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World headed for record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit
New report forecasts two-in-three chance of passing 1.5℃ threshold sometime in the next five years. Does this mean the Paris Agreement has already failed?
Andrew King

May 18, 2023

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“Limited time:” World will lock in 1.5°C warming by 2025 without big emissions cuts
New research suggests aiming for net zero emissions by 2050 would likely see the world blow past 2 degrees of global warming.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 7, 2022

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Policy & Planning

There is 50:50 chance global warming will exceed 1.5°C before 2025, WMO says
The WMO warns of 50/50 chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees within next five years.
Michael Mazengarb

May 10, 2022

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Policy & Planning

IPCC warns “world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards”
Latest IPCC report warns of unavoidable and multiple “threats to human wellbeing and health of the planet” caused by climate change.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 28, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s bushfire threat already beyond worst-case scenarios, thanks to climate change
As a cooler summer provides Australia a reprieve from the extremes of recent hot summers, experts say bushfire threat still exceeds ‘worst case’ scenarios.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 10, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Even with La Niña, 2021 ranks as one of hottest years on record
“Extraordinary:” Leading international weather body says 2021 still ranked among seven warmest years on record, despite cooling effects of consecutive La Niña events.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 20, 2022

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Policy & Planning

World “way off track” as global emissions surge to new highs, WMO says
Despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, global greenhouse gas emissions surged to new highs last year, UN-backed agency says.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 26, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Scientists demand urgent action after Covid-19 did little to slow climate emergency
Scientists call for three-pronged action on emissions after new research finds Covid-19 did little to slow climate emergency.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 28, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

IEA’s simple message for Australia: No place for gas-fired recovery in net zero by 2050
Get ready for exponential change in the global energy landscape as a global tsunami of capital flows to support the science of climate change.
Tim Buckley

May 18, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Net zero emissions must be reached before 2030 for 2°C target, new analysis says
New analysis of climate projections finds carbon budgets are virtually meaningless, and the impacts of global warming have been underestimated.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 12, 2021

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Policy & Planning

New research suggests projections of future warming may be too conservative
Two recently published pieces of research suggest the world is likely to warm more than current projections.
David Spratt

Jan 27, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Planning for chaos: We can’t use the past to predict the future
Australia’s regulatory framework needs to catch up with the fact that climate change means that we can’t use the past to predict the future.
Mark Byrne

Dec 23, 2020

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