Tag: Paris Agreement

Room for optimism: review of Akshay Rathi’s Climate Capitalism

April 19, 2024 admin

Solar panels in the Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern economic growth and rising demand for goods at relatively lower prices have led to inevitable exploitation of nature, and consequent climate change. There is no denying that unfettered capitalism has contributed to over extraction of natural resources and increasing emission of…

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Room for optimism: review of Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism

April 19, 2024 admin

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Majority of recent CO2 emissions linked to just 57 producers: Report

April 4, 2024 admin

Saudi Aramco, Coal India and Gazprom did not immediately respond to requests for comment. | Photo Credit: AP “The vast majority of planet-warming carbondioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of just 57 fossil fuels and cement producers,” researchers said on April 4. “From 2016 to 2022, the 57 entities including nation-states,…

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2023 on course to be warmest year on record | Data

October 12, 2023 admin

FILE PHOTO: Police officers use a hose in effort to extinguish wildfires in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, September 20, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. | Photo Credit: Antara Foto/Nova Wahyudi As the world gears up for COP28, there is alarming data on the horizon. The year 2023 is on…

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Pope challenges leaders at United Nations talks to slow global warming before it’s too late

October 4, 2023 admin

Pope Francis challenged world leaders on October 4 to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.” In an update to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the environment, Pope heightened the alarm about the “irreversible” harm to…

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