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govt's climate advisory body. In contrast w/earlier statements by Econ & Climate Min Robert Habeck, the Council of Experts on Climate Change thinks the 2030 target will not be met. "Overall, we cannot confirm the cumulative target achievement for the years 2021 to 2030 shown by the 2024 projection data; on the contrary, we assume that the target will not be met," the council says. The building sector and transport in particular are likely to exceed the reduction targets. The council's 130pp report is based on the projections of Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Germany's Climate Law stipulates that greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by at least 65% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. (via dpa)
Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the amount of carbon dioxide removed each year from the atmosphere in order to meet global climate goals. Currently, CDR removes around 2bn metric tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year, but it needs to rise to around 7-9bn tonnes if temperature rises are to be kept below the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a research report by more than 50 international experts. "Global net greenhouse gas emissions were about 55bn tonnes per year in 2022, and emissions accumulate in the atmosphere, so every year, every action counts," said Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the co-authors of the annual State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report.
The UN's climate chief has called on climate negotiators to overcome differences and find consensus on key climate solutions such as Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and climate finance at the Bonn Climate Change conference. Register Now "We must also move towards better carbon markets by making progress on Article 6 here in Bonn," said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the opening session of the climate summit in Bonn. Finding a compromise around Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which sets the rules for global trade in
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