The new plan, the first update since 2008, sets out Brazil’s pathway to cut emissions by up to 67% by 2035 and reach net zero by 2050, with a continued focus on ending deforestation, a major driver of emissions in the Amazon. However, campaigners say the plan lacks the ambition needed to rapidly transition away from oil, gas and coal, particularly as Brazil remains one of the world’s top emitters.
While the plan confirms continued expansion of renewable energy and a carbon-intensity reduction target of 17%, notably lower than the previous carbon intensity target. The plan stops short of outlining the structural changes needed to put China firmly on a path toward declining emissions this decade, referring to peak instead of previous language to phase down coal.
The new war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz lay bare the horrendous costs of a world chained to fossil fuels. When global energy security can be upended by a single flashpoint, it shows how unstable and risky our dependence on oil and gas is.
US Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA) under Trump's administration will repeal on Thursday the “endangerment finding,” a scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to public health and welfare.
By leaving the Paris Agreement, President Trump is unintentionally making the strongest case for renewables yet. Clean, affordable energy frees countries from imported fossil fuels and the geopolitical shocks that come with it.
The agreement involves building windfarms that connect directly to multiple nations through high-voltage subsea cables, is set to be signed today in Hamburg by energy ministers from the UK, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.
