The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, said artificial intelligence (AI) is an essential tool to help companies reduce their carbon footprint, as he participated in a dialogue on climate change at the China Development Forum.
The United Kingdom announced this week that it will introduce a carbon tax on imports of raw materials such as steel, iron, cement and ceramics from 2027. The measure, which was called the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), aims to support national producers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Diverting the billions of dollars the world subsidizes fossil fuel production every year and putting an implicit price on carbon emissions would generate the vast amounts of money needed to tackle the climate crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. .
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The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon (CO2) emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, says an Oxfam report .
The world's first satellite capable of detecting industrial sources of carbon emissions from space has just reached orbit – and promebe a watershed.
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Forest conservation and restoration could make a significant contribution to tackling the climate crisis, as long as greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, a new study has revealed.
Conserving and restoring forests could sequester 226 gigatons of carbon, study suggests Read more »
A recent report revealed that France is the biggest European supporter of projects to extract “carbon bombs”, reserves of fossil fuels that have the potential to release more than a gigaton of CO2 each.
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The carbon budget refers to a limited amount of greenhouse gas emissions that can be released into the atmosphere during a specific period of time while seeking to achieve emissions reduction targets to combat climate change.
The remaining carbon budget to limit the climate crisis to 1,5ºC of global warming is now “miniscule”, an analysis published in the journal Nature Climate Change has revealed.
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The European Union must reduce greenhouse gas pollution almost three times faster than in the last decade in order to meet its climate goals, says a European Commission report.
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