Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says 29/10/2024

National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday as countries prepare for the next round of climate change negotiations in November. ...more

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 29/10/2024

The concentration of planet-heating pollutants clogging the atmosphere hit record levels in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. ...more

Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam 29/10/2024

The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found. ...more

Pollutants from gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year, report finds 29/10/2024

Gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year by pumping pollutants into their lungs, a report has found, a death toll twice as high as that from car crashes. ...more

Norway's wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says 29/10/2024

The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is falling short on its own climate expectations by failing to vote in support of key shareholder resolutions during this year's AGM season, a non-governmental organisation said on Monday. ...more

Climate change: UN report says planet to warm by 3.1 C without greater action 28/10/2024

Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than twice the rise agreed to nearly a decade ago. ...more

Future of UN climate dialogue threatened by budget shortfall 28/10/2024

The leading U.N. body on climate change is experiencing a severe budget shortfall, according to a Reuters analysis of documents from the world body - a funding gap that diplomats said could impair international climate dialogue. ...more

UK needs big emissions cut, climate watchdog says 28/10/2024

The UK needs to make huge cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions this decade to help the world avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures, the government's climate watchdog has said. ...more

Morgan Stanley lowers climate target, warns on sluggish transition 28/10/2024

Morgan Stanley has lowered its expectations for cutting emissions from its corporate lending portfolio as the world is moving too slowly to a greener economy, the bank's chief sustainability officer told Reuters. ...more

Brazil fines meat packers $64 million for buying cattle from deforested Amazon land 28/10/2024

Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world's largest JBS SA (JBSS3.SA), for raising or buying cattle on illegally deforested land in the Amazon. ...more