FAO draft report backs growth of livestock industry despite emissions
The livestock industry is essential for food security and economic development, according to a draft report by the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) that reinforces its defence...
View ArticleG20 waters down experts’ climate finance report, despite UN pressure to act
As UN chief António Guterres called on the G20 to “lead” on climate, Climate Home can reveal that the group of big countries watered down a report by top economists on how the financial system should...
View ArticleEU should push for global deal to curb solar geoengineering, advisors say
The European Union should “proactively negotiate” for a global regime that governs controversial technologies designed to cool the planet – and push to prevent their deployment, its scientific...
View ArticleCanada ignores official advice in setting much-criticised 2035 emissions target
The Canadian government has announced a new target to reduce planet-heating emissions 45-50% from 2005 levels by 2035, despite its official advisors on the Net Zero Advisory Board (NZAB) recommending a...
View Article2024: A year of extreme heat and growing climate danger
At the end of the first year in which global average temperatures are almost certain to top the key threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have sounded the alarm about the extremes of...
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