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New study shows that as of 2020, methane levels were still on the rise. Bill Hare told AP that to hold global warming to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit, we need to cut carbon dioxide emissions nearly in half and methane by more than one-third.

Fahad Saeed spoke to Al Jazeera about why Karachi hasn’t often been hit by cyclones. “During this time of the year, we have strong easterlies in the upper atmosphere. These are the winds coming from east to west in the middle to upper atmosphere pass over the region of the Arabian Sea and discourage the formation of cyclones or the conversion of depressions into cyclones", he said.

"The need for loss and damage finance is here today, and costs will only rise without urgent climate action now," Rosanne Martyr told Phys.org. "In 2020, some Pacific Island nations including Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia lost more than one percent of their GDP to rising seas."

The 1.5°C National Pathway Explorer tool shows that under current policies, South Africa will not reach its climate goals. To reach the goal of 1.5°C, emissions will need to fall significantly.

The glacial lake flood that hit the Nepali village of Thame last week illustrates how vulnerable communities continue to bear the brunt of climate extremes – and of the need for global action to limit warming to 1.5°C, writes Manjeet Dhakal.

New study suggesting that implementing climate policies effectively is the most important factor in the feasibility of limiting global warming to 1.5°C "needs to be interpreted very cautiously", Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner told Carbon Brief.

Australia’s coal and gas exports cause more climate damage than those from any other country bar Russia, according to a new study by Climate Analytics that argues the country is undermining a global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.

Adaptation finance challenges and solutions shared by regional experts in Francophone Africa - lessons from Climate Analytics Africa's event series on climate finance.

Sub-Saharan Africa has immense potential for renewable energy, including solar and wind, Bill Hare told Africa Rendez-vous. "However, the high cost of capital and lack of adequate infrastructure are holding back the development of these projects. We need to create public-private partnerships and further involve multilateral development banks to provide financing on preferential terms,” he said.

In 1969, founding chair of the Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Reg Sprigg wrote that there was "considerable evidence to indicate that man’s pollution of the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, is already [happening],” leading to "increased CO₂ in the atmosphere warming the earth’s climate". Bill Hare told The Saturday Paper that Sprigg's observations were “just another piece of evidence that the fossil fuel industry knew how serious the climate change problem was and that they were the main driver of it”.