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Clean Air Task Force is first environmental NGO to join 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact at COP26
Clean Air Task Force joined 40 signatories including Google and the government of Iceland in launching the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact. CATF is the first environmental NGO to join the compact.
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Discourse matters: The net-zero agenda and Africa’s priorities
For African countries, issues of adaptation, climate finance and loss and damage are as important as net-zero ambitions.
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WATCH: Pathways to decarbonize marine shipping
Video explainer on the various pathways to decarbonize the global marine shipping sector by switching to zero-carbon fuels like hydrogen and ammonia.
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24 additional countries to join Global Methane Pledge as momentum builds ahead of COP26
The U.S. and EU today announced that 24 additional countries intend to join the Global Methane Pledge at its official launch at COP26
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What the Global Methane Pledge means for CATF
On the 17th of September, the EU and the U.S. announced a landmark new Global Methane Pledge, with U.S. President Biden declaring that reducing methane would “rapidly reduce the rate of global warming.” Alongside EU President von der Leyen, Biden urged other heads of State to join this pledge to…
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Pushing to ensure cleaner air for all on this International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
On this International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we recognize the tremendous strides the United States has taken towards cleaner air since 1970 under the federal Clean Air Act. And yet the work to achieve this year’s theme of “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet” is not over. There is…
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IPCC’s Assessment Report highlights the urgency of sharp reductions in methane
Monday’s release of the UN’s newest climate report highlighted the fact that climate change is happening now; poses severe challenges to society; is attributable to human activities; and will get progressively worse and more harmful without dramatic cuts in emissions. The report also clearly identifies methane abatement as a critical…
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New IPCC report underscores urgency of reducing emissions, accelerating carbon free technology
Today, the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) released its new working group I (AR6 WGI) report, issuing another, and unfortunately still needed, warning on the urgency of climate action. The report pinpoints the need to rapidly reduce both carbon and methane emissions this decade and should also underscore for…
