Carbon Neutrality
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All Stories for Carbon Neutrality
California air regulators unanimously approve roadmap for carbon neutrality by 2045
•The plan sets out to achieve so-called carbon neutrality by 2045. This means the state will remove as many carbon emissions from the atmosphere as it emits
Going beyond Net Zero: How collective global action can protect life on earth
Vineet Mittal •Global warming is making the planet much hotter to a degree beyond not just human survivability but also that of myriad organisms
China needs to shut down old, new coal plants to reach its carbon neutrality goal by 2060
•China also pledged to reach its peak carbon emissions by 2030, which researchers claim needs coal-fired power to start reducing almost immediately.
Carbon neutrality: China's addiction to coal will erode its long-term climate goals
•Between 2000 and 2018, China's annual carbon emissions nearly tripled, and it now accounts for nearly a third of the world's total greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
Siemens to support Australian coal project despite protests; teen climate activist Greta Thunberg asks German firm to review its role
•Siemens was awarded a contract last year to provide signaling technology for a railway line to transport coal from a remote coal mine run by India’s Adani Group in northern Queensland state
Green Deal: Nuclear energy one of EU's solution to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050
•Slovak Prime Minister insisted the EU would be unable to reach its climate targets without nuclear power plants.
US & EU must pay 54 percent of the climate action costs, says civil society groups
Dishashetty •Over 60 countries, including most small island nations, have already committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
July might have been the hottest month in recorded history, says UN Sec-Gen
•He said greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 45 percent by 2030 and “we need carbon neutrality by 2050.”