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China’s Climate Pledges: Stronger Immediate Action Needed
by Barbara Finamore

China’s 2015 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) included a pledge to peak its CO2 emissions around 2030 and make best efforts to peak earlier. Yet it did not set a target level at which emissions would peak.

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The Day the Earth Moved: 50 Years of Earth Day
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At a time when we face political inaction and a looming climate crisis, the significance of the first Earth Day, 50 years ago, is more relevant than ever.

 

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