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Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies

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A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C license ). C by the end of the century.

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Delivering pledges to net zero essential if Paris targets to be met, says IEMA

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On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Legal challenge to exclusion of waste incinerators from post-Brexit emissions trading scheme

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The exclusion means the UK will fail in its obligations under the Paris Agreement and instead has concentrated on the need to achieve net zero by 2050. By concentrating only on achieving net zero by 2050, it is alleged that the Government has failed to lawfully take account of those aims.

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Delivering pledges to net zero essential if Paris targets to be met, says IEMA

Envirotec Magazine

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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“Top down governance is flawed”, says report on local government and net zero

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The technology that we need to get to at least 80 per cent of the way to Net Zero targets exists today.”. Polly Billington, CEO of UK100, said: “Local authorities are the essential ingredient in Net Zero. Leadership is the key to enable effective collaboration and break down barriers to a zero carbon economy.”.

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Bloomberg report: Urgent deployment of existing technology can get world close to net zero

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Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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Green New Deal promises to re-evaluate the European economy to meet climate challenges

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The net zero commitment was expected as it had already been endorsed by the EU Parliament in November. when you consider the US’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement and the ever-ramping emissions of developing nations. But the publication also wondered “what’s the point?”,