UN releases report on countries’ climate action plans – much more needed!

The UN report brings together the collective efforts of countries with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Whilst the reports shows progress, efforts need to ‘redouble’ if the target of global heating of below 2 percent by the end of the century. The report covers 191 parties’ NDCs CO2 emissions need to be reduced by 45% globally […]

US and EU make a joint pledge of 30% methane emission cut by 2030

The EU/US led a multi-nation pledge to cut global methane emissions by 30% by 2030. The pledge will be taken to, and formalized at, the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November. Methane is 86 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas over 20 years Methane is 34 times more powerful than CO2 as […]