A coalition of firms with assets worth roughly $130trn committed to greening their portfolios by mid-century. Campaigners are unconvinced
and other so-called “short-term climate forcers” has been recognised as an increasingly important part of the fight against climate change. Though methane has a fairly brief life in the atmosphere, while it is up there it is an extremely potent greenhouse gas: a tonne of it causes 86 times more warming than the equivalent amount of COThe woods for the treesby 2030 on November 2nd. Tree-laden countries signing up included Brazil, Canada and Russia.
to COP26. After a long, philosophical preamble, Mr Modi suddenly shifted quite abruptly to a commitment-filled conclusion. He pledged that India would reach net-zero emissions by 2070; that by 2030 ; and that it would cut its carbon-dioxide emissions by 1bn tonnes by the same date. A commitment to reach net zero in 50 years puts India
and two behind the 2050 target committed to by many western countries and often spoken of by Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general. Thebody that collates scientific opinion on climate change—states that global emissions must reach net zero by around 2050 for it to remain even remotely possible for warming to be contained to no more than 1.5°C.
of mostly rich countries—which are collectively responsible for around 80% of current greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide—were wrapping up their own meeting in Rome.
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