obama climate change push puts coal country on defensive

How to answer the argument that Australia's emissions are too

17.06.2019Yes, Australia's greenhouse emissions are a small part of the global total. But we're a rich, emissions-intensive country that could and should be setting a much better example to the world.

South African Coal Deal Is New Model for Climate Progress

12.11.2021November 12, 2021, 4:05 PM The global reaction to this year's U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, has largely echoed former U.S. President Barack Obama's gloomy speech in Glasgow,

Full transcript of BBC interview with President Barack Obama

24.07.2015President Obama covered a wide range of issues in his interview with the BBC's Jon Sopel Barack Obama spoke with the BBC ahead of his trip to East Africa.

Coal explained Coal and the environment

02.12.2021In 2019, methane emissions from coal mining and abandoned coal mines accounted for about 8% of total U.S. methane emissions and about 1% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (based on global warming potential). Some mines capture and use or sell the coalbed methane extracted from mines. Emissions from burning coal

Climate Action

Climate Action Tackling Climate Change Goal 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. It is intrinsically linked to all 16 of the other Goals of the 2030 Agenda

The devious fossil fuel propaganda we all use

To boot, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has a climate task force that recommends transitioning to 100 percent renewable electricity (wind, solar, geothermal) in 15

UK puts climate denier in charge of energy policy

07.09.2022An International Energy Agency study published in 2015 showed that onshore wind was generally cheaper than coal and gas power. Since then, renewable energy costs have continued to fall. The same study published in 2020 said that "onshore wind is expected to have, on average, the lowest levelised costs of electricity generation in 2025".

Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal

22.10.2021Coal exports totalled A$55bn (29bn; $40bn) last year, but most of this wealth was kept by mining companies. Less than a tenth went to Australia directly - that's about 1% of national revenue.

UNFCCC

06.11.2022Get the latest climate change news. See all. 12 Nov 2022. Transparency and Accountability Underpin Effective Climate Action. Article 10 Nov 2022 . Scientists at COP27 Warn against Limits of Adaptation. Article 08 Nov 2022. Real World Actors Share Progress at COP27. External Press Release 06 Nov 2022. COP27 Opens in Sharm el-Sheikh. UN Climate Press

The impacts of climate change put almost every child at risk

19.08.2021As climate change disrupts the environment, children are being forced to grow up in an increasingly dangerous world. This is a crisis that threatens their health, nutrition, education, development, survival and future. Above: Women and children walk to collect water from a well in the Gwembe Valley, Zambia.

Japan net zero emissions pledge puts coal in the spotlight

26.10.2020Under the current energy plan, coal, oil and gas still account for 56% of the energy mix in 2030. Renewables are only expected to provide 22-24% of power generation. The ministry for economy, trade, and industry (Meti) is due to publish a revised energy plan next June.

Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under

23.05.2013Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has posted five tweets in the past week about climate change using the BarackObama Twitter

Clean Power Plan

The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating anthropogenic climate change (global warming) that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. The final version of the plan was unveiled by President Obama on August 3, 2015. Each state was assigned an individual

The coming climate onslaught

11.11.2014The Obama administration is set to roll out a series of climate and pollution measures that rivals any president's environmental actions of the past quarter-century — a reality check for

Climate Change Indicators Dashboard

Annual global greenhouse gas emissions plunged in 2020, leading some to think that the pandemic might be a turning point in the climate-change developments. Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, however, are back above pre-pandemic levels, with emissions rising across all sectors in 2021 and in Q1 of 2022.

Chile

By 2024, 11 coal plants will be closed (up from 8 in the original plan), and by 2025, in total 18 plants could be closed or retrofitted to run with natural gas or biomass, accounting for 65% of Chile's coal-power plants. Eight plants have already shut down, most ahead of schedule, driven by falling costs of renewables.

What Is Killing the US Coal Industry?

Many Republicans have blamed environmental regulations enacted during the Obama administration for the decline of the country's coal industry. Republicans have pledged to bring back the industry and its jobs, primarily by neutering those regulations.

COP26: Rich countries 'pushing back' on paying for climate loss

08.11.2021A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this year showed that in 2019, about 25% of climate finance from developed countries went towards adaptation -

Barack Obama backs push for firm 1.5C limit at Cop26 summit

08.11.2021Developing countries pushing for a climate deal that limits global heating to 1.5C have been given a boost after Barack Obama signalled his support, in a rare positive moment amid an

7 things about climate change and conflict

09.07.2020The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-Gain) Index looks at a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges, set against its ability to improve resilience. Yemen, Mali, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia, all of which are dealing with conflict, are among the lowest ranked.

Why China's climate policy matters to us all

29.10.2021Coal has been the country's main source of energy for decades. President Xi says China will phase down coal use from 2026 - and will not build new coal-fired projects abroad - but some

Africa digs for coal amid climate concerns – DW – 04/02/2021

02.04.2021The country's power grid and power plants are outdated, and energy demand has increased. Like South Africa — where around 90% of energy comes from coal — other African countries have embarked

Coal Power Impacts

15.11.2017Climate change is coal's most serious, long-term, global impact. Chemically, coal is mostly carbon, which, when burned, reacts with oxygen in the air to produce carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas. When released into the atmosphere, carbon dioxide works like a blanket, warming the earth above normal limits.

Biden climate change summit puts focus on Asia coal

21.04.2021In a speech Monday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said: "When countries continue to rely on coal for a significant amount of their energy, or invest in new coal factories, or allow for

Phasing out coal

There are no new investment decisions for the construction of coal-fired power in the NZE, but as much as 200 GW receive the go-ahead and are completed by 2030 in the APS, mainly in China, India and Southeast Asia, and over 215 GW are approved and built by 2030 in the STEPS, and more go ahead after 2030 in both scenarios.

Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong

25.11.2019Nobody is suggesting climate change won't negatively impact crop yields. It could. But such declines should be put in perspective. Wheat yields increased 100 to 300% around the world since

Climate change: The world needs to ditch coal to save humanity

03.11.2021A slow but steady increase in wind power is also helping put coal out of business. Globally, proposed coal plants are rapidly being canceled. A report by climate think tank E3G found a 76%

Bad News for Obama: Fracking May Be Worse Than Burning Coal

08.09.2014A study this spring from the Department of Energy—even using leak rates we now know to be too conservative—found that shipping natural gas to China and burning it instead of coal would mean no

EPA to jettison major Obama climate rule, as Biden

12.02.2021The Biden administration indicated Friday it will not try to resurrect the Clean Power Plan, a controversial Obama-era policy that set climate pollution targets for every state's electricity

Climate change policy of the United States

President Obama said in September 2009 that if the international community would not act swiftly to deal with climate change that we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe our prosperity, our health, and our safety are in jeopardy, and the time we have to reverse this tide is running out. [51]

Coal Reserves by Country

List of world countries by proven Coal Reserves in million cubic feet (MMcf) and per capita.

Cost of a Climate Policy: The Economic Impact of Obama's Climate

27.06.2013The President's recently released Climate Action Plan continues his Administration's war on coal. Though other aspects of the plan would add even more costs, our analysis shows that the war on

How America Changed During Barack Obama's Presidency

10.01.2017Barack Obama campaigned for the U.S. presidency on a platform of change. As he prepares to leave office, the country he led for eight years is undeniably different. Profound social, demographic and technological changes have swept across the United States during Obama's tenure, as have important shifts in government policy and public opinion.

Education Secretary puts climate change at the heart of education

05.11.2021Today's announcement comes as part of the Department's commitment to keep the education system at the forefront of sustainability and innovation and help meet the government's target of reducing

China's push to burn more coal puts climate goals at risk.

01.11.2021The country has begun expanding coal production by more than what Western Europe mines in a year, in a campaign that will help the country end recent electricity shortages. And Beijing

Trump EPA finalizes rollback of key Obama climate rule that

19.06.2019Climate and Environment Trump EPA finalizes rollback of key Obama climate rule that targeted coal plants By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis June 19, 2019 at 11:36 a.m. EDT EPA

China Poised for Leadership on Climate Change After U.S.

28.03.2017Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28 percent over 2005 levels by 2025. As every day brings fresh evidence of how the planet is warming

Climate change

19.07.2020The UAE straddles the Tropic of Cancer. The Abu Dhabi emirate, in particular, is influenced by direct sun. The climate generally is hot and arid; yet, on the coast, humidity can reach over 90 percent in summer and autumn. Inland is far less humid although the temperature is higher; sometimes, exceeding 50 degrees Celsius before midday in July.

Report: Climate change could see 200 million move by 2050

13.09.2021By RENATA BRITO September 13, 2021 BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.

Climate change impacts

13.08.2021Coral reefs are vulnerable to many effects of climate change: warming waters can lead to coral bleaching, stronger hurricanes can destroy reefs, and sea level rise can cause corals to be smothered by sediment. Coral reef ecosystems are home to thousands of species, which rely on healthy coral reefs to survive.