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Article originally by Sonali Paul, Reuters GL Energy Ltd, Australia’s biggest carbon emitter, will partly link executive long term bonuses to emissions cuts, as part of a climate action plan it announced on Tuesday. The move makes AGL the first of Australia’s major polluters, including miners and gas producers, to include cutting emissions in long…

Original article by Leila Mead, IISD A group of stakeholders has launched an initiative that aims to bring businesses, investors, cities, and regions on board to commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and to accelerate climate action in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Race to Zero’ campaign, launched during a virtual event on 5 June 2020,…

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have seen worldwide emissions drop by 17%. The Wold Economic Forum has released a video discussing.

Original article by John Sibley, Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – Airlines must take steps to keep carbon emissions down when flights resume so that the lower levels recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic can be entrenched, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. “Inadvertently, the planet this year will (have) greatly reduced its CO2 emissions ……

Article originally by The Economist. Humanity has had an immense impact on Earth’s climate and carbon cycle.⁠⠀ Of the energy that people pay for, 34% comes from burning oil, 27% from coal and 24% from gas. Nuclear power, hydroelectric power and all other renewables combined provide just 15%.⁠ The result of all this fossil fuel…

Original article by Richard Aedy, ABC News I can’t tell you what I was doing on June 23, 1988, though I can take a guess. I was a week or so from finishing my journalism course and — how times have changed — I’d already been offered a job. That’s what would have been occupying…