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A lignite excavator operates in the Garzweiler II opencast lignite mine near the village Luetzerath, in Jackerath, Germany, Thursday, January 5, 2023
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CLIMATE activists have condemned the German government after a new report showed the country on course to miss its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions again.
According to new data from think tank Agora Energiewende published on Wednesday, Germany released the equivalent of 761 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the main planet-warming gas, in 2022.
That was slightly below the previous year’s figure but still above Germany’s target of a 40 per cent emissions cut by 2020.
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results