Along with the rush to ratify the Paris Agreement and pass the 55 / 55 criteria for entry into force, last week saw the International …
Category: Copenhagen
More steps towards Paris
At the end of last week (May 15th) Canada submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC, becoming the 37th state to do …
Baselines, metrics and business as usual
The submission of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC started in earnest to meet the March 31st agreed date, although many more are …
Is the UNFCCC ADP on track?
This week (March 10th-14th) in Bonn, parties to the UNFCCC are meeting under the direction of the Fourth Part of the Second Session of the …
The type of target really matters
As the EU Commission gears up to release its 2030 Energy and Climate White Paper in Davos week, there is considerable discussion regarding the emissions …
Targeting 2°C
There is now something of a religious fervor around the international goal of 2°C, to the extent that it is almost impossible to discuss other …
400 ppm and counting
The first full day of 400+ ppm CO2 as recorded at Mauna Loa in Hawaii last week produced an outpouring of sentiment and grief from …
Expectations for COP 18 in Doha
This week sees the start of the 18th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP18 for short, in Doha, Qatar. This should be a …
US emissions continue to fall
If you dig down a few layers through the US State Department website, you will come across a Press Release from February 2010 where the …
The inconvenient evidence piles up!
As the NASA Curiosity rover touched down gently on Mars and began its 2+ year observation and exploration of its surrounding terrain, the NASA Goddard …
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