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Climate change: COP24 fails to adopt key scientific report
Attempts to incorporate a key scientific study into global climate talks in Poland have failed. The IPCC report on the impacts of a temperature rise of 1.5C, had a significant impact when it was launched last October.
Activists denied access to Poland for U.N. climate talks, green groups say
Poland's deputy environment minister, Michal Kurtyka, said on Saturday he was in contact with the authorities over reports from campaign groups that at least 12 to 14 activists were refused entry to the country or deported while on their way to a U.N. climate change conference in Katowice.
UN warns of 'destructive and irreversible impacts' as greenhouse gases hit level not seen for millions of years
The greenhouse gases driving climate change have reached highs not seen in at least 3 million years, prompting UN scientists to warn the “window of opportunity” to tackle emissions is rapidly closing
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Biofuel land grab will slash nature’s space
Replacing fossil fuels with alternatives derived from some natural sources may be prohibitively high: the biofuel land grab needed could require at least 10% more land than the world uses now to grow green crops, conservationists say. But that’s the good news.
Full decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors is possible, says new report
In the wake of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) urgent call for action, this new report sends a clear signal to policymakers, investors and businesses: full decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors is possible, making ambitious climate objectives achievable.
Russia Looks to Hydrogen as Way to Make Gas Greener for Europe
Russia is looking at how to develop a market for hydrogen in Europe, a move that would help maintain demand for one of its primary exports as governments everywhere work to cut pollution.
Why 2018 will be a record year for carbon emissions - and what to do about it
2017 was a record year for renewable energy, but 2018 will be a record year for carbon emissions. Why? And what can be done to decarbonise a world with a raging appetite for energy?
The 12th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme has concluded in Moscow
During the final fourth week of training, the participants of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme visited museums, industrial and test laboratories, research and education centers based at Moscow universities, attended to the lecture of experts from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. After that, they presented their research works.
