Carbon Budgets
Watchdog: Germany must reach net zero emissions by 2038
An independent advisory body on environmental policy warned Germany risks exhausting its carbon budget by 2029 without robust climate action
UK renews commitment to climate change targets
NEWS: Energy secretary Ed Davey has seen off calls to weaken pollution controls, reaffirming the UK’s green ambitions
UK climate laws have ‘negligible’ impact on business – LSE
NEWS: Green policies are not driving UK businesses abroad as critics claim, say leading academics
UK political uncertainty undermining carbon targets – report
NEWS: Vacillation over energy policy in the UK is threatening low carbon future set out in 2008 Climate Change Act
Comment: Business needs a carbon budget to hit 2°C target
Switching focus from greenhouse gas cuts to budgeting those we emit, will be more effective, writes Japan’s former climate ambassador Yoshi Nishimura
Warning $674bn ‘carbon bubble’ will blow 2C climate target
Governments & regulators called on to change investment strategies away from fossil fuels which climate scientists say cannot be burnt
Earthquakes lead to calls for US fracking shutdown
Ohio Governor closes five shale gas drill sites after magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes.
Shipping emissions should be included in UK carbon budgets
A report by the Committee on Climate Change urges for shipping emissions to be included in the UK’s carbon budgets, but says for really reduction in emissions and global deal must be agreed