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US emissions increase as higher natural gas prices drive a return to coal in 2025

Rising natural gas prices triggered a sharp rebound in US coal consumption in 2025, pushing US emissions higher and reversing a decade-long downward trend, according to the…

Rinnovabili • Data center water consumption, Microsoft cuts water use with new AI cooling systems
Climate Change
Microsoft cuts data center water use…

Microsoft says its newest AI data centers no longer use water for…

Rinnovabili • Godzilla El Niño could make 2026 the hottest year ever
Climate Change
Ocean heatwave raises fears of a…

An enormous marine heatwave spreading across the Pacific Ocean is fueling concerns…


Rinnovabili • Climate Tipping Points: Prevention Costs Four Times Less
Climate Change
With climate tipping points, prevention costs four times less than remediation

Exceeding climate tipping points multiplies the costs of combating climate change. A study reveals that acting…

Rinnovabili • Peak greenhouse gas emissions in China: no later than 2025
Climate Change
China will reach its peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 at the…

Coal, renewables, and electric cars fuel experts' optimism. But China will miss its carbon intensity target…

Rinnovabili • State of the Cryosphere 2024: Only 1.5°C Minimizes the Damage
Climate Change
The Future of the Cryosphere in 3 Global Warming Scenarios

This is the warning issued by the State of the Cryosphere 2024 report, coordinated by the…

Rinnovabili • Climate Commitments by Companies at COP29
Climate Change
COP29, the Private Sector and the Climate Challenge: Where Do We Stand?

The Elephant in the Room Remains the Exit from Fossil Fuels. While more companies are drafting…

Rinnovabili • In 20 years, dozens of
Climate Change
In 20 years, dozens of “impossible” extreme events have occurred

Carbon Brief updates the global map of attribution studies, scientific works that quantify the role of…

Rinnovabili • Nationally Determined Contributions 2035: EU must aim for -78%
Climate Change
The EU must cut emissions by 78% by 2035 to meet the…

The Climate Action Tracker calculates the targets that the world's largest polluters need to set in…

Rinnovabili • Global warming increase: still true +2.7°C
Climate Change
We have wasted 3 years: we are always heading towards a 2.7°C…

The Climate Action Tracker updates projections on global warming increase by 2100. Since 2021, progress has…

Rinnovabili • Mediterranean increasingly warmer: +1°C in 25 years
Climate Change
Heating of the Mediterranean: In 25 years, the Tyrrhenian Sea has become…

The data collected from over 3,000 expendable bathythermographs deployed during 100 campaigns by Enea and INGV…

Rinnovabili • Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement: Agreement Reached at COP29 in Baku
Climate Change
COP29, the agreement on the global carbon market is reached immediately

During the opening plenary session, the agreement on Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement was approved.…

Rinnovabili • Shell wins in court: the basis for climate litigation worldwide collapses
Climate Change
Shell wins in court: the basis for climate litigation worldwide collapses

The Court of Appeal in The Hague has ruled in favor of the oil major, overturning…

Rinnovabili • Green growth: the world is moving too slowly toward decoupling
Environment
Decoupling too slow; half of the planet will not reach net zero…

The PIK Potsdam study analyzes the trend of decoupling GDP-emissions in 1,500 regions worldwide, which account…

Rinnovabili • Global warming record 2024
Climate Change
2024 will exceed 1.5°C of global warming

Compared to the pre-industrial era, October 2024 was 1.65°C above average. This year will almost certainly…