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Publication date: November 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 177 Author(s): Gabriel Lopez Porras, Lindsay C. Stringer, Claire H. Quinn

Sector excluded in transport emissions figures but policy change unlikely until 2023 International aviation and shipping emissions are likely to be included in the UK government’s net zero target, it has emerged – but not until after 2023. The intention to review carbon accounting emerged after ministers and advisers, including climate activists, held the first

If Boris Johnson wants to permanently shift the UK on to a trajectory to meet its climate targets, he must deliver a new zero-carbon infrastructure. There’s no sign of that yet Boris Johnson does not want a crisis to go to waste. The coronavirus-induced recession is widely accepted as an opportunity to reset and rebuild

Publication date: November 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 177 Author(s): Felix Creutzig

Pink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier believed to be caused by plant that makes the ice darker, causing it to melt faster Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. There is debate about where

Resources spokesperson Joel Fitzgibbon says a mid-century target of net zero emissions would now be the opposition’s focus Labor’s resources spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, says an emissions reduction target for 2030 has become “irrelevant”. He’s also declined to say whether the opposition should adopt a concrete commitment for 2035. Fitzgibbon told the ABC on Sunday Labor’s