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Dr.Seema Javed Countries should be open to Net Zero plans since they are the milestones which play the most important role in meeting net-negative emissions targets further down the road to keep global warming within 1.5-2 degree celcius . SInce a new research published in NAture Climate Change shows that …

Dr. Seema Javed A new paper, Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID era’, is published March 3, 2021 published in Nature Climate Change, is the first global stock take by researchers that examines progress in cutting fossil CO2 emissions since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015.  The result: 64 …

Fredrik S. Heffermehl The Norwegian Nobel Committee will soon address the pile of nominations received for 2021. The number is constantly increasing, this year it will probably be around 350. Not easy to find the best. But much easier if the awarders would comply with Alfred Nobel´s visionary idea of …

Dr. Seema Javed A recent study linking India’s economic disparity with climate impact found that the country’s rich emit seven times more than its poorer citizens. According to a study by Japan-based Research Institute for Humanity and Nature- The top 20% of high-expenditure households in India are responsible for seven times the emissions …

Dr. Seema Javed   On Wednesday 20 January, President Biden was sworn into office, referencing the “climate in crisis” in his Inauguration speech and saying now is “a time for boldness.” The Biden administration is already demonstrating that bold climate action will be a top priority, with two symbolic moves …

Dr. Seema Javed Tonight President Biden will be sworn into office after having run on the strongest climate platform of any incoming president, received the most votes of any incoming president, and, with the 5 January special elections in Georgia, Democrats will control the White House. All of this sets Biden …

Dr. Seema Javed “By not complying with its climate objective, France is at fault, and the State should be held responsible for that.” Amélie Fort-Besnard, rapporteur public for the Paris Administrative Court, declared today during the hearing of case whereby four French NGOs in late 2018  had launched a lawsuit againt …

Dr.Seema Javed Banks are co-responsible for the plastic pollution crisis, ignoring their customers’ outcry by indiscriminately funding the plastics supply chain. This was brought to light by Bankrolling Plastics Report , an assessment, carried out by portfolio.earth .A First ever investigation into the loans that global banks have provided to the plastics supply chain. Major banks have …

Dr.Seema Javed The year 2020 will always be referred as the year of the great pandemic in future. But while the public health emergency dominated headlines, our era’s other big headache, climate change, also found prominence in the footnotes. While the world floated into the Paris Agreement era, developing & …

Dr.Seema Javed If the world was not shaken by a global pandemic, today on 12 December2020, which marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement, we would be analysing the operationalisation of the largest such inter-governmental accord.Instead, we are looking at the economic tumult brought on by …