Global Emissions

• Global emissions set to fall by only 2% come 2030: UN report

  Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a UN report released Tuesday.

  World

  Nov 14, 2023
  
• Window to meet global climate goals ‘rapidly closing,’ UN report warns

  The Global Stocktake report says the world is far off track from meeting the goals outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement and calls for transformational and urgent action.

  Environment

  Sep 9, 2023
  
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• Recent wildfires, storms, heatwaves a direct result of climate change: scientists

  For decades, scientists have warned of such events, but have been wary of saying that a particular storm or heat wave was a direct result of climate change. That's now changing.

  Environment

  Sep 10, 2020
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• Carbon emissions from global power sector mark biggest fall in almost 30 years: report

  Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity sector fell by 2 per cent in 2019, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, a study from independent climate think tank Ember said Monday.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2020
• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: Sept. 29, 2019

  This week on Focus Montreal, Global invites federal election riding candidates to debate climate policy, pipelines and climate anxiety's effect on youth mental health.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2019
• UN says international community falling well short of climate goals

  The UN says the international community is nowhere near on track to achieve emissions and temperature goals adopted in the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change.

  Environment

  Nov 3, 2016