Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in…
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‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledge
Climate campaigners have accused Scottish ministers of being “inept” and “short-termist” after they scrapped Scotland’s target to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. Màiri…
View More ‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledgeShell says it ‘lobbies for energy transition’ during climate ruling appeal
Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling. The…
View More Shell says it ‘lobbies for energy transition’ during climate ruling appealClimate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan
Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow…
View More Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting planScientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases
The levels of the three most important heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached new record highs again last year, US scientists have confirmed, underlining the…
View More Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
In the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of a multimillion-dollar carbon boom. Punctuated…
View More ‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemesEffects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts say
Scientists must work urgently on predicting the effects of climate geoengineering, the chief of the US atmospheric science agency has said, as the technology is…
View More Effects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts sayNewly elected leaders to be held to same climate obligations, says Cop29 chief
The governments that assume power after elections around the world this year will be held to the same climate obligations as their predecessors, the chief…
View More Newly elected leaders to be held to same climate obligations, says Cop29 chiefMinisters could use loophole to water down carbon reduction commitments
Ministers will be able to water down the UK’s carbon reduction commitments if the government chooses to take advantage of a legal loophole. The UK…
View More Ministers could use loophole to water down carbon reduction commitmentsUK ministers in court again over net zero plans
UK ministers are facing court for a second time over plans to meet legally binding climate targets, after environmental groups branded revised measures “a complete…
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