Many are promising policies within agreed warming limits, but are approving new oil and gas fields (Representative Image) PARIS: One year after world leaders issued the landmark call for a global move away from fossil fuels, nations are failing to turn that promise into action, say climate diplomats, campaigners and policy experts.Countries are being urged […]
Global production of synthetic polymers has increased 230-fold since the 1950s (Representative Image/Reuters) PARIS: Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060.How did we get here? And what are the impacts on the […]
Carbon cuts ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal: UN Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling “miles short” of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.Levels of the three main greenhouse gases — heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all […]
