For many years now, the fossil fuel industry has supported claims that wind mills and wind farms are harmful to birds as they are often sited on important bird migration routes.
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NGO scenario shows how the EU and its 27 Member States can go net zero by 2040
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe recently updated its Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) scenario in which it describes how the European Union can become climate neutral by 2040, ten years earlier than the EU’s official target date.
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COP29 in Baku delivered controversial climate finance outcome
At the last climate summit (COP29) which took place in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, countries both welcomed and rejected the conclusions related to climate finance.
The biodiversity summit decided to improve policy coherence across the Rio Conventions. But there was little concrete progress on critical issues like financing and forests.
COP29 showed insufficient progress in climate pledges. Greenhouse gas emissions must decrease by at least 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035 to meet Paris Agreement goals.
Experiences from 1500 policies world-wide, show that an effective climate mitigation strategy must include a mix of approaches that include carbon pricing.
