The emissions rebound after the GFC: why greenhouse gases went up in 2010
Emissions spiked, thanks to more intensive energy use.Louis VestRecessions are not the way to permanently cut greenhouse gas emissions. Global emissions surged during 2010, cancelling out the...
View ArticleWhere is it cheapest to cut carbon emissions?
You think you can't afford it, but do you know what it costs?AAP Image /Lukas CochThere is no single answer to the question of where it’s cheapest to cut emissions.But when more than one country shares...
View ArticleIPCC: emissions cuts are about ethics as well as economics
The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that global greenhouse gas emissions have grown faster than ever over the last decade. Taking action to achieve the world’s goal...
View Article‘Censored’ IPCC summary reveals jockeying for key UN climate talks
IPCC leaders release their climate mitigation report in Berlin - but governments already have one eye on next year's UN climate summit.EPA/Joerg CarstensenIn the wake of this month’s Intergovernmental...
View ArticleFactCheck: has Australia met its climate goals, while other nations make...
The difference between Australia and a lot of other countries … is when we make commitments to reduce emissions we keep them. Other countries make all these airy fairy promises, that in the end never...
View ArticleChina is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That’s bad...
Carbon emissions from China are growing faster now than before COVID-19 struck, data show, dashing hopes the pandemic may have put the world’s most polluting nation on a new emissions trajectory.We...
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