3 Eliminate Fossil Fuels·5 Sustainable Transportation Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed Tyre wear generates 6 million tonnes of pollution annually. Heavier vehicles produce more tyre particles, increasing pollution. November 27, 2024
10 Dangerous Limits·Dire Warnings Unexplained Heat-Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe "While the wealthy United States is better prepared than many other places, excessive heat nevertheless kills more people than all other weather-related causes combined" November 26, 2024
2 Build Political Will·3 Eliminate Fossil Fuels·Videos Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP29’s key outcomes COP29’s discussions on transitioning away from fossil fuels were less robust than anticipated. November 26, 2024
2 Build Political Will Basel committee committed to climate disclosures, despite US pushback “The US has been standing in the way of a lot of international progress for some time.” November 26, 2024
10 Dangerous Limits·2 Build Political Will Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan "China steps up, US says goodbye and India stays at home" November 25, 2024
2 Build Political Will·4 Renewable Energy India fires warning shot with rejection of finance deal at COP29 India sought “much higher ambition” from rich nations. November 25, 2024
3 Eliminate Fossil Fuels·4 Renewable Energy·Videos Time to Wake Up 285: COP29 and the Global Economic Consequences of Climate Change Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivers his 295th speech urging his colleagues to wake up to the threat of climate change. November 22, 2024
1 Act Now Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again The proactive archiving during Trump’s first term reflects a growing recognition of the vulnerability of federal climate data. November 22, 2024
2 Build Political Will Critics Call COP29 Climate Finance Draft ‘Slap in the Face’ by Rich Nations "Previous suggestions to end fossil fuel handouts and make polluters pay have all been axed.." November 22, 2024
2 Build Political Will·3 Eliminate Fossil Fuels·Link COP29: A Global Pledge To Phase Out Coal Power Plants Without Carbon Capture Signatories include the UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia. The US and China are predictably absent. November 22, 2024
2 Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan November 25, 2024
5 Oil giants blocked a treaty to curb plastic pollution, but countries will try again December 2, 2024