Mitigation

Biden Pledges To Double US Climate Contribution

President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to "double" United States (US) contributions towards a goal of mobilizing US$100 billion for countries hardest-hit by global warming, a move hailed as a rare piece of good news in the climate crisis.Experts said the announcement would take the American contribution to the commitment, made by developed countries ahead of the 2015 Paris agreement, to approximately US$11.4 billion annually."This will make the United States a leader in public cli

22 September 2021
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The key to arresting global warming

The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees Celsius’ (SR15) released last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected that the world has around 12 years before the increase in global atmospheric temperature is likely to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

17 October 2018
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