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US formally quits Paris agreement as election hangs in balance

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Environmentalists say Trump's announcement that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement three years ago made it easier for countries such Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil to weaken their own ambitions

The decade that decides our fate

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If we don’t do enough, in a decade’s time there’ll be droughts, floods, wildfires and crop failure on an apocalyptic scale

World “sleepwalking into catastrophe” — WEF

Article Sipho Kings - 22 Jan 2019

World Economic Forum warns that little action is being taken on climate change as the world splinters

COP24 ignores dire climate warnings

Article Yolandi Groenewald - 18 Dec 2018

The climate conference delivered a rulebook but nations failed to pledge to do more to cut emissions

EU to cut new car emissions by 37.5% by 2030

Article Lachlan Carmichael - 18 Dec 2018

The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels

COP24: Nations agree on global climate pact rules after impasse

Article Agency - 16 Dec 2018

Nearly 200 countries overcame divisions, producing 156-page rule book for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement

Sadly, vegans can’t save Earth

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Dec 2018

Reducing the carbon footprint of farming will take more than some individual action

Money issues bedevil climate talks

Article Yolandi Groenewald - 14 Dec 2018

But SA’s delegation leader Derek Hanekom believes everyone wants to see a deal reached

Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

Article Marlowe Hood - 12 Dec 2018

The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at 'well under' two degrees Celsius

Editorial: Your earth, take action

Article Editorial - 7 Dec 2018

Change is happening at such a rate that animals, plants and ecosystems cannot evolve fast enough to survive

Bolsonaro spells ecological disaster for Brazil – and the world

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Nov 2018

'To make destroying the environment even easier, Bolsonaro pledged to merge the environment and agriculture ministries'

Global warming outpaces efforts to slow it — UN

Article Marlowe Hood - 28 Nov 2018

New calculations by the UN's top science panel sharply reduce the real-world potential for drawing CO2 out of the air

UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate

Article Marlowe Hood - 30 Sep 2018

Of hundreds of climate models in 2015 projecting a low-carbon future, only two or three aimed for a 1.5℃ global warming cap

Nations round on US, allies as UN climate talks wrap up

Article Patrick Galey - 9 Sep 2018

Talks foundered over the key issue of how efforts to limit climate change are funded and how contributions are reported.

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Latest articles on Paris Accord

Barbara Creecy: ‘You can make a difference if you want to’

US formally quits Paris agreement as election hangs in balance

The decade that decides our fate

World “sleepwalking into catastrophe” — WEF

COP24 ignores dire climate warnings

EU to cut new car emissions by 37.5% by 2030

COP24: Nations agree on global climate pact rules after impasse

Sadly, vegans can’t save Earth

Money issues bedevil climate talks

Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

Editorial: Your earth, take action

Bolsonaro spells ecological disaster for Brazil – and the world

Global warming outpaces efforts to slow it — UN

UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate

Nations round on US, allies as UN climate talks wrap up

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