US EditionOnly 15 countries have met the latest Paris agreement deadline. Is any nation serious about tackling climate change?
- Only 15 countries, or less than 8% of the parties in the Paris Agreement, met the recent deadline for submitting greenhouse gas emission plans.
- Brazil's new pledge aims for a 59-67% reduction in emissions by 2035, while the UK targets at least an 81% reduction by 2035.
- Many major emitters, including China, India, and Russia, failed to submit new plans, raising doubts about their commitment to climate action.
- If nations continue to fail to meet their commitments, scientists warn that global heating could reach 4.4°C by 2100, resulting in a catastrophic outcome.
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What OSFI's new climate regs mean for Canada's insurers - Canadian Underwriter
Canada’s solvency supervisor, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), has published its Guideline B-15: Climate Risk Management, outlining how the regulator expects Canada’s property and casualty insurers to manage their climate risks. “The publication of Guideline B-15 follows one of the most extensive consultations in OSFI’s history,” the regulator says on its website announcing the publication of B-15 guidelines. “O…
Bloomberg News goes all in for China! ‘This Is China’s Chance to Prove It’s a Climate Leader’ – Trump’s rejection of UN climate goals ‘has offered China a rare opportunity to expand its global influence’ – ‘China can produce the kind of change the world a
March 18, 2025, By The Editorial Board Excerpt: With the US out of the Paris accords (again), the world’s biggest polluter should show it’s serious about slashing emissions. Now that the US has wit…
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Phys.orgOnly 15 countries have met the latest Paris agreement deadline. Is any nation serious about tackling climate change?
Svet Foto/ShutterstockThe latest deadline for countries to submit plans for slashing the greenhouse gas emissions fuelling climate change has passed. Only 15 countries met it – less than 8% of the 194 parties currently signed up to the Paris agreement, which obliges countries to submit new proposals for eliminating emissions every five years. Known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, these plans outline how each country intends to h…
Al Gore: Action on climate is ‘unstoppable’, despite recent shifts in US policy
Climate campaigner Al Gore stresses that reducing emissions makes economic sense. Photo credit: World Economic Forum/Jason Alden. By Robin Pomeroy and Natalie Marchant “A lot of the decisions that affect global warming pollution emissions, are not down to what the federal government in the US does.” That is Al Gore’s assessment of the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s notice to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate chang…
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