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Two Years Left in Global Carbon Budget to Meet 1.5°C Target
A new scientific assessment reveals that at current emission rates, the world has only two years remaining of its carbon budget to meet the 1.5°C climate target, necessitating drastic emissions reductions to avoid catastrophic consequences including intensified extreme weather and rising sea levels.
Two Years Left in Global Carbon Budget to Meet 1.5°C Target
A new scientific assessment reveals that at current emission rates, the world has only two years remaining of its carbon budget to meet the 1.5°C climate target, necessitating drastic emissions reductions to avoid catastrophic consequences including intensified extreme weather and rising sea levels.
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56% Bias Score
Australia's Insufficient Climate Action Undermines COP31 Bid
Australia's climate action is rated "insufficient," falling short of Paris Agreement goals; its 43% emission reduction target by 2030 relies heavily on land carbon sequestration; and the country's fossil fuel exports remain high.
Australia's Insufficient Climate Action Undermines COP31 Bid
Australia's climate action is rated "insufficient," falling short of Paris Agreement goals; its 43% emission reduction target by 2030 relies heavily on land carbon sequestration; and the country's fossil fuel exports remain high.
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56% Bias Score
China's Economic Growth Decouples from Environmental Degradation
A new report by Clean Air Asia reveals that unlike many Southeast Asian countries, China has successfully decoupled economic growth from environmental degradation, achieving significant reductions in various pollutants and improving air quality between 2013 and 2022, as its GDP per capita surpassed ...
China's Economic Growth Decouples from Environmental Degradation
A new report by Clean Air Asia reveals that unlike many Southeast Asian countries, China has successfully decoupled economic growth from environmental degradation, achieving significant reductions in various pollutants and improving air quality between 2013 and 2022, as its GDP per capita surpassed ...
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44% Bias Score
Australia's Net-Zero Commitment Under Review After Election
Australia's Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen criticized the Liberal party's post-election review of its net zero by 2050 commitment, warning of potential sovereign risk for investors, while the party's new leader Sussan Ley left the door open to abandoning the target despite 104 other countries h...
Australia's Net-Zero Commitment Under Review After Election
Australia's Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen criticized the Liberal party's post-election review of its net zero by 2050 commitment, warning of potential sovereign risk for investors, while the party's new leader Sussan Ley left the door open to abandoning the target despite 104 other countries h...
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48% Bias Score
African Climate Survey: National Governments Bear Primary Responsibility
A survey of over 26,000 Africans in 39 countries reveals 45% hold their national governments most responsible for climate action, contrasting with 13% blaming wealthy nations and 8% blaming businesses; the study, published in Communications Earth and Environment, highlights the disparity between Afr...
African Climate Survey: National Governments Bear Primary Responsibility
A survey of over 26,000 Africans in 39 countries reveals 45% hold their national governments most responsible for climate action, contrasting with 13% blaming wealthy nations and 8% blaming businesses; the study, published in Communications Earth and Environment, highlights the disparity between Afr...
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32% Bias Score
Wealthiest 10% Responsible for 65% of Global Warming Since 1990
A study reveals that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for 65% of global warming since 1990, with the top 1% accounting for 20% and the top 0.1% for 8%, directly contributing to climate disasters disproportionately affecting poorer nations.
Wealthiest 10% Responsible for 65% of Global Warming Since 1990
A study reveals that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for 65% of global warming since 1990, with the top 1% accounting for 20% and the top 0.1% for 8%, directly contributing to climate disasters disproportionately affecting poorer nations.
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24% Bias Score
Australian Coalition Party Debates Climate Policy Amidst Internal Divisions
Facing internal divisions after an election loss, Australia's Coalition party is debating its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, with some MPs questioning climate science and the economic costs, while others, like Senator Maria Kovacic, urge support for the policy to protect the environment a...
Australian Coalition Party Debates Climate Policy Amidst Internal Divisions
Facing internal divisions after an election loss, Australia's Coalition party is debating its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, with some MPs questioning climate science and the economic costs, while others, like Senator Maria Kovacic, urge support for the policy to protect the environment a...
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36% Bias Score
NZ Lawyers Sue Government Over "Inadequate" Emissions Plan
Over 300 New Zealand environmental lawyers launched a lawsuit against their government on Tuesday, challenging its "dangerously inadequate" emissions reduction plan for over-relying on high-risk carbon offsetting strategies like forestry and failing to adequately consult the public, marking the firs...
NZ Lawyers Sue Government Over "Inadequate" Emissions Plan
Over 300 New Zealand environmental lawyers launched a lawsuit against their government on Tuesday, challenging its "dangerously inadequate" emissions reduction plan for over-relying on high-risk carbon offsetting strategies like forestry and failing to adequately consult the public, marking the firs...
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48% Bias Score
India's Steel Expansion Threatens Climate Goals
India's plan to double steel production by 2030, heavily reliant on coal, threatens its climate goals and global emission reduction targets; this increase could double its current steel-related greenhouse gas emissions, currently at 12%, despite its ambitious renewable energy targets.
India's Steel Expansion Threatens Climate Goals
India's plan to double steel production by 2030, heavily reliant on coal, threatens its climate goals and global emission reduction targets; this increase could double its current steel-related greenhouse gas emissions, currently at 12%, despite its ambitious renewable energy targets.
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52% Bias Score
Austria Rejects EU's 90 Percent Emissions Cut Target
Austria's new government, a coalition of the conservative Peoples' Party, Social Democrats, and NEOS, rejected the EU's proposed 90 percent emissions reduction target by 2040, creating political pressure to revise the target and potentially weakening the EU's climate policy framework.
Austria Rejects EU's 90 Percent Emissions Cut Target
Austria's new government, a coalition of the conservative Peoples' Party, Social Democrats, and NEOS, rejected the EU's proposed 90 percent emissions reduction target by 2040, creating political pressure to revise the target and potentially weakening the EU's climate policy framework.
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52% Bias Score
Wealthiest 10% Caused Two-Thirds of Global Warming Since 1990: Study
A new ETH Zurich study published in Nature reveals that the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population have caused about two-thirds of human-induced global warming since 1990, contributing disproportionately to extreme weather events like century-heat waves, particularly in China and the USA; re...
Wealthiest 10% Caused Two-Thirds of Global Warming Since 1990: Study
A new ETH Zurich study published in Nature reveals that the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population have caused about two-thirds of human-induced global warming since 1990, contributing disproportionately to extreme weather events like century-heat waves, particularly in China and the USA; re...
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32% Bias Score
Germany's New Government Faces Climate Action Challenges
Germany's new coalition government aims for climate neutrality by 2045, but experts question its commitment given the recent shift of climate policy back to the environment ministry under a relatively inexperienced minister, raising concerns about potential conflicts with economic priorities and the...
Germany's New Government Faces Climate Action Challenges
Germany's new coalition government aims for climate neutrality by 2045, but experts question its commitment given the recent shift of climate policy back to the environment ministry under a relatively inexperienced minister, raising concerns about potential conflicts with economic priorities and the...
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48% Bias Score
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