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France’s Case of the Century
On December 18, 2018, the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme (Foundation for Nature and Mankind), Notre Affaire à Tous...
P2Green Project: An Innovative Solution to Water Pollution and the Limited Efficacy of Conventional Fertilizers
P2Green is a project awarded a contract and funding by the EU’s Horizon Europe initiative. It is working to develop,...
NGO ClientEarth Supports Improved Climate Jurisprudence Work of China’s Supreme People’s Court
China’s legal institutions have increasingly had to deal with cases related to environmental issues over the past decade. In 2020...
The Green Party’s Successful Campaigns for Climate Legislation in Canada
Over the last decade, Canada’s Green Party has supported important legislation for Canada’s action on climate change. For example, in...
Climate Observatory Produces a Decisive Document that Can Help Brazil Become Negative in its Emissions in 2045
The idea of forming a coalition of Brazilian civil society organizations to discuss climate change came up in 2001 in...
Australia’s Climate Emergency Declaration Campaign
On December 5th, 2016, the City of Darebin, a local government in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, made history by becoming the...
The US Needs to do More if it is to Reduce Emissions by 50% by 2030
In the past ten years, both climate action and policy have been turbulent within the United States. From exiting the...
New Data Suggests the UK Will Fail to Reach Its Ambitious 2030 68% Emissions Reduction Goal
The UK has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 68% by 2030; although this is still a worthy goal, new...
Turkey will fail to reach its goal of reducing its emissions by 50% by 2030
The chance of Turkey meeting the 50% reduction of the (BAU) business-as-usual emission levels is almost zero based on the...
Spain will help the EU Come Close towards Reaching the EU 50% Emission Reduction Goal
Spain will not reach a 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030. However, it will contribute towards coming close to...
South Africa will fail to reduce its emissions by 50% over pre-industrial levels by 2030
According to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) rates, South Africa’s climate targets fail to reach the 2030 50% goal. This...
Saudi Arabia will not meet its goal of reducing emissions by 50% over 1990 levels by 2030
Saudi Arabia is at risk of not meeting its goal of reducing emissions to 50% over 1990 by 2030. Key...
Nigeria commits to cutting GHG emissions by 20% by 2030 instead of 50%
As the world faces the urgent challenge of mitigating climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has set...
Mexico will likely fail to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030
According to the latest assessment reports by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), countries must reduce their greenhouse gas...
Japan will fail to reduce its emissions over 2019 levels by 50% by 2030
In October 2020, Japan declared its goal of becoming “carbon neutral by 2050”. In April 2021, Japan announced a new...
Indonesia will likely fail to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030
Indonesia has set an increased climate target of reducing its carbon emissions by 32% below the business-as-usual scenario (BAU) by...
India plans to reach the goal of 50% emissions reduction by 2030 over pre-industrial levels
Hypothesis: India will reach the 50% emissions reduction goal by 2030. Analysis: India updated its nationally determined contributions (NDCs). It...
France will come close to reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 if it does the right things
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a synthesis of its three-part Sixth Assessment Report in March 2023. The report...
EU On Track to Achieve 50% Decrease in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 if Member States Comply
The EU has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and has outlined the steps...
China may be able to come close to a 50% 2030 reduction goal if the implementation of policy groundwork is intensified
The latest installment of the IPCC’s Assessment Report AR6 stipulates that countries will have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by...