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New Initiative Aims to Reinvigorate Push to 1.5°C

Chris Hall

It will do so initially by forming five taskforces looking at central areas of decarbonisation: clean power; finance and investment; the built environment; manufacturing; and food and agriculture. C was set out in detail back in 2018 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Other taskforces may be formed later.

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From 'climate quitting' to 'global boiling,' 10 terms that defined 2023

Corporate Knights

Then, September broke its previous monthly heat record by half a degree Celsius — a margin so stunning that Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist, declared it “ absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Solving credibility issues may require a greater overhaul of carbon markets.