SpaceX launched an innovative satellite to combat methane emissions

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SpaceX launched an innovative satellite to combat methane emissions On March 4, the innovative MethaneSAT satellite was successfully launched aboard a Falcon9 rocket owned by SpaceX. The MethaneSAT launch is a joint effort between Google, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the New Zealand Space Agency and Harvard University. Its mission is to monitor methane emissions …

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The 6th session of the UN Environment Assembly began in Nairobi

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The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) is taking place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. As the world’s top decision-making body on the environment, UNEA aims to help restore harmony between humanity and nature, improving the lives of the world’s …

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The Grand Opening of the Central Asia Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP28

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The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) invites to the Grand Opening of the Central Asia Pavilion within the framework of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, which will take place on December 1, 2023 from 12:45 to 13:15. After the Grand Opening of the Pavilion, the regional event “Potential and Opportunities for …

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Governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows

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A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69% more than would be consistent with 2°C. This comes despite 151 national governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions and the latest forecasts which suggest global coal, oil, and gas demand will …

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UN Climate Change Report Highlights Urgent Need for Stronger Global Climate Action

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A new report from UN Climate Change has underscored that the national climate action plans of various nations fall short of the necessary measures to restrict global temperature rise to the crucial 1.5 degrees Celsius target set by the Paris Agreement. Despite increased efforts by certain countries, the report emphasizes that urgent and substantial action …

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Environmentalists discover that the anthropogenic salt cycle disrupts the global salt cycle in nature

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Increasing salt production and use is shifting the natural balances of salt ions across Earth systems, causing interrelated effects across biophysical systems collectively known as freshwater salinization syndrome. In this Review, we conceptualize the natural salt cycle and synthesize increasing global trends of salt production and riverine salt concentrations and fluxes. The natural salt cycle is …

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Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets

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Paris, 11 October 2023 – Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the …

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