Climate Goals

Climate Goals

This is not only a question of political wishful thinking but also a good economics Photo: Reuters

Climate goals and fossil fuel plans don't add up: experts

The report compiled by more than 50 international researchers compares fossil fuel expansion against the goals of the Paris climate accord, and found a chasm between promises and reality

Higher temperatures turbocharge the planet’s weather engines, leading to more unpredictable, frequent and severe floods. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Community-focused action key to Bangladesh's climate goals: Experts

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Mission 2025 group urges governments to set more ambitious climate goals

File Photo: A person throws eggs towards the police officers as Belgian farmers use their tractors to block the European Union headquarters, as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, on the day of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman

EU unveils 2040 climate goal under pressure from farmer protests

Dominion Energy is seeking to extend the operating license of its North Anna Nuclear Generating Station located in Louisa County, Va., to 80 years. Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images North America

Nuclear power plants are pushed to the limit as demand surges

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen speaking at the Sixth Summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Kazakhstan on Thursday (13 October). Photo: Courtesy

Momen calls for implementation of climate financing pledges ahead of climate conference

The world's landfills, like this one in Chennai, India, are a major source of planet-warming emissions. Photo: Collected

Rubbish reform: Changes to waste management could slash emissions

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Energy crisis seen posing 'existential threat' to climate goals

Women work in fields near the windmill farm in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Sept 14, 2022. India is investing heavily in renewable energy and has committed to producing 50% of its power from clean energy sources by 2030. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Impact of Russia-Ukraine War on Asia’s climate goals

Reactor units under construction at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, in May. Photo :Bloomberg

China’s climate goals hinge on a $440 billion nuclear buildout

Clouds are seen above the sail training ship The Royalist during the Cloud Appreciation Society's gathering in Lundy, Britain, May 21, 2019. Photo :Reuters

Denmark, US and 12 other nations back tougher climate goal for shipping

Environmental activists march towards the White House to demand US President Joe Biden stop fossil fuel projects and put climate justice at the heart of his infrastructure plans, in Washington, US, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Biden's lofty climate goals collide with political, economic reality

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'Hot in the kitchen': EU shrugs off internal climate strife