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La Commission européenne s’est réjouie jeudi 31 octobre d’une baisse des émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre de 8,3 % en 2023 dans l’UE, par rapport à l’année précédente, grâce au développement des énergies renouvelables.

This report reveals the tactics of Big Meat and Dairy companies to delay, distract, and derail action on transforming the food system, mirroring strategies used by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. Food systems are responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, with approximately 60% coming from animal agriculture, the largest source of man-made methane emissions.

Humanity is not on track to avoid the deadliest effects of climate change, according to University at Buffalo researcher Holly Jean Buck. "Our plans are not adequate to meet the goal of limiting the Earth's temperature increase to no more than 1.5℃ by 2050," said Buck, Ph.D., assistant professor of environment and sustainability....

UK tops all league tables for highly polluting form of travel, with a flight taking off every six minutes last year

Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating

Carbon offsets can help achieve emissions goals, some experts argue, while others say they are actively dangerous

Carbon credits and offsets do not have a great record but the funds they raise are a vital part in fight against deforestation

If 15 planned coal mining projects in Australia enter operation they would boost the country’s methane emissions from the dirtiest fossil fuel by nearly a fifth, according to an analysis from energy think tank Ember.

Les émissions de ce gaz, responsable de 25 % de la hausse des températures depuis l’ère préindustrielle, atteignent des records. Mais leur réduction partielle, et rapide, est à portée de main.

From the seemingly inexorable increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the rapid growth in green energy

Le récent ouvrage du climatologue de renom Michael E. Mann, ( The New Climate War : the fight to take back our planet), souligne avec force que les puissants groupes d’intérêt de l’industrie des combustibles fossiles continuent de verser des centaines de millions de dollars par an pour influencer secrètement les débats sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, la conservation et l’action climatique. Seules les stratégies ont changé : les mensonges et le déni de réalité ont fait place à des formes plus subtiles de désinformation et de tromperie. Et nous tombons tous dans le panneau, encore et encore.

Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says

Scientists warn world ‘is heading in wrong direction’ amid rise in nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane.Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”.

The EU is on track to break a promise to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 made due to a “policy vacuum” on livestock emissions, a report has warned.Most of Europe’s methane emissions come from agriculture – particularly livestock – but the EU has avoided using policy levers such as its €387bn common agricultural policy to directly tackle the problem

Un quota de pets. Mardi, la Nouvelle-Zélande a confirmé son projet de taxer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre des animaux d’élevage. Son plan prévoit que les agriculteur·rices paient pour les émissions de leurs troupeaux, dont le méthane relâché par les rots de vaches et le protoxyde d’azote issu de l’urine du bétail.

Des dizaines de milliers de tonnes de méthane se sont échappées des gazoducs Nord Stream 1 et 2. Mais pour les spécialistes, cet événement n'est qu'un incident parmi des milliers d'autres qui se produisent chaque année à travers le monde.

The European Union is embarking on an experiment that will expand its climate policies to imports for the first time. It’s called a carbon border adjustment, and it aims to level the playing field for the EU’s domestic producers by taxing energy-intensive imports like steel and cement that are high in greenhouse gas emissions but aren’t already covered by climate policies in their home countries.

Group says ‘climate disaster’ vehicles targeted in nine countries including the UK, France and Canada

Levels of the gas are growing at a record rate and natural sources like wetlands are the cause, but scientists don’t know how to curb it.

Shallow deposits of frozen methane beneath oceans may be more vulnerable to thawing than previously known.