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UK Government Talks About Climate Change But Isn’t Taking Substantive Action
Paris Agreement COP26, initially scheduled for November 26th of 2020 in Glasgow, has been pushed back a year due to...
Thailand Prepares Its First-Ever Climate Change Legislation
A Bangkok Post report from October 21, 2020 discussed the Thailand Government’s recent plan for finalizing the country’s first-ever Climate...
Spain Shuts Down 30 Coal Mines
In July 2020, the government of Spain announced the closure of 15 coal-fired power plants, arguing the production of electricity...
South Africa’s Establishment of a Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission
The cabinet of South Africa has approved the establishment of the Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission on the 9th of...
Saudi Arabia: Hotter Summers, Fossil Fuel Bailouts, and the Production of Blue Ammonia
September 2020 It’s a race against heat, and humanity is losing Saudi Arabia has increased their air pollution amidst heat...
Russia Takes Baby Steps in Climate Mitigation
President Putin has finally admitted Russia has been facing environmental and climate-related issues for years. A REGNUM correspondent reported that...
Nigeria: Floods, Droughts, and a Lack of a Plan
These past few months have proven to be deeply challenging for the world as it reckons with the impacts of...
Mexico City Among the Latin American Capitals Committed to Climate Neutrality
According to Jorge Rickards, Director of WWF Mexico, urban centers are key for the creation of solutions and environmental policies...
New Prime Minister Declares Japan will Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Zero by 2050
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Japan has since experienced several significant climate disasters and adopted new policy...
COVID-19 Sets Back Indonesia’s Progress on Climate Change Mitigation Goals
COVID-19 has been the focus of a majority of countries around the world this year and rightfully so. The virus...
New Federal Air Quality Guidelines, a Rise in Extreme Weather Events, and New Climate Research Studies in India
Listed below are some of the notable events that took place in India between July and October 2020, offering glimpses...
Germany’s Government Discussing Conflicting Climate Strategies
Earlier this year it became evident that Germany will fail to achieve its emission reduction targets of 40% by the...
France Economic Recovery Helps Promote Green Energy; Citizens Climate Convention Releases Recommendations
Green energy policy was accelerated in France last September as the French economy faced its deepest recession since World War...
EU Increases Ambition of Climate Change Goals
There have been numerous discussions in the EU within the past months regarding Climate Change mitigation efforts and it is...
China Pledges to be Carbon Neutral by 2060
China surprised the world in September with a pledge to take further action in combating climate change and achieve carbon...
Canadian Prime Minister’s Throne Speech Sets Forward a Sweeping Climate Mitigation Agenda
CLIMATE POLICY – Canada’s minority government received a confidence vote on its September 23rd Throne Speech plan (which opens every...
Brazil is on the Verge of a Serious Climate Crisis
It is unsurprising that the same administration which vowed to take advantage of the pandemic to “pass the cattle” is...
Big Leap Forward in the Renewables Sector and Continued Lack of Federal Response to Climate Needs in Australia
The July to October period has seen some incredible leaps in the Australian renewables sector despite lack of federal government...
India Spotlight: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and The Center for Science and the Environment (CSE)
Research over the years in the area of climate change in India has gradually been adopted by the school and...
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
The United States is home to some of the most groundbreaking research on climate change, but at the federal level,...