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How the International Energy Agency's Sustainable Development Scenario doesn't match up to the Paris goals, and how the IEA can change it (2 years ago it nearly did!)

The iconic giant baobab trees of Africa are dying. And we are most likely to blame

The report "makes clear that we're experiencing new weather, because we've made a new climate.”

A new report released yesterday synthesizes years of research and concludes that the major carbon producers could and should be held accountable for "climate chaos".

"Emerging evidence of Clovis’ potential involvement with the Trump campaign’s Russian connections should be the final nail in the coffin for his confirmation"

What does the new carbon budgets study mean for the need to wind down fossil fuel production?

Oh the irony. A scientific expedition examining the effects of climate change has been cancelled because of .. climate change.

Washington DC is still reeling this morning with the news that Donald Trump yesterday sacked FBI director, James Comey. Ostensibly, the White House is saying that Comey’s firing is all about his botched investigation into Clinton’s emails. But everyone knows that is not the truth.

Today the IEA finally released an energy forecast that aims for a greater chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. It is crucial that the IEA now retire its outdated 450 Scenario, and instead focus on how to keep warming well below 2ºC and aim for 1.5ºC.