Rescuing shipping's Net Zero Framework

The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) offers a critical pathway for reducing emissions in international shipping and aligning the sector with global climate goals. This Climate Action Tracker briefing examines the potential temperature warming implications of the NZF, comparied with a business-as-usual scenario.

Decarbonising electricity, cement, iron and steel, and chemicals in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

This four-part series explores technical and policy decarbonisation opportunities for the Western Balkans in key industries affected by the EU's incoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

AEMO's gas projections for Western Australia: analysis

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has just released its gas projections for Western Australia, the results of which highlight the absence of climate policies in the state.

Troubled waters: risks and realities of blue carbon in climate action

Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows (blue carbon) is viewed as a potential bridge between mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance. However, as this brief explores, the viability of blue carbon as a mitigation option is questionable due to the fragility of these systems and the use of blue carbon as offsets counterproductive.

Catalysing LT-LEDS implementation in Africa: Insights, bottlenecks, and solutions from country experiences

This report examines how African countries are advancing from the design to the implementation of their Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), drawing on case studies from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as extensive desk research and comparative analysis.

Three key near-term actions could bend the warming curve; bringing projected warming below 2°C

Tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency and cutting methane by 2030 and beyond would cut warming rate by a third in ten years, and halve it by 2040. This would cut projected warming this century about 0.9˚C from 2.6˚C to 1.7˚C.

Climate Action Tracker: 2025 warming projection update

Little change in warming outlook for four years; new 2035 climate targets make no difference

Real zero is within reach

This analysis explores the technical feasibility and economic benefits of real zero. Our analysis demonstrates that reaching real zero is achievable in many sectors and identifies the economic benefits of eliminating fossil fuels.

Rescuing 1.5°C: new evidence on the highest possible ambition to deliver the Paris Agreement

This study shows that, even after years of insufficient action, the world can still return to well below 1.5°C of warming this century if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition” in climate action.

Preliminary comments on “Assessing the decarbonisation role of Western Australia’s LNG exports to Asia”

A preliminary analysis of a Deloitte report for the Western Australian government about fossil gas exports to Asia.

Clearing the air on methane: a global review of emissions, ambition and the policy landscape

This report assesses emissions, targets, and policies for 72 countries that collectively account for over 90% of global methane emissions, providing a robust foundation for understanding progress and gaps in global methane mitigation efforts.

The responsibility of investor-owned carbon majors to contribute to direct air carbon capture and storage investment

New study finds world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies should shoulder a major share of the investment needed to develop carbon removal technologies.

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