Taxes on everyday Europeans bring in 13 times more revenue than taxes on wealth(oxfam.org)

9 points by pera 2 years ago | 1 comments

Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality(news.un.org)

88 points by Traces 1 year ago | 98 comments

Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back(news.un.org)

8 points by DeepLogin 8 days ago | 1 comments

UN News article reporting that global warming will exceed the 1.5°C limit but that deep, rapid emissions cuts could bring temperatures back down.

The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable(unric.org)

502 points by velo_aprx 8 days ago | 814 comments

UN Regional Information Centre article on the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2026 stating that the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming goal is no longer viable.

“In 2050, everyone will be carbon literate”(read2050.substack.com)

12 points by peter_havers 3 years ago | 39 comments

Croatia wants to turn superhot underground lake into 16MW power plant(thenextweb.com)

85 points by amalinovic 3 years ago | 34 comments

Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in UK(carbonbrief.org)

32 points by xbmcuser 1 month ago | 30 comments

Carbon Brief analysis article arguing that electric vehicles are now nine times cheaper per mile than petrol or diesel cars to drive in the UK.

Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest(apnews.com)

546 points by geox 1 year ago | 401 comments

AP News article reporting Denmark's plan to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of its farmland into forest.

European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices(ec.europa.eu)

325 points by ChrisArchitect 1 year ago | 274 comments

European Commission press release announcing a €2.95 billion fine against Google for abusing its dominance in advertising technology.

Climate Change Tracker(climatechangetracker.org)

374 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 192 comments

Climate Change Tracker is a website with dashboards tracking global warming, CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions, plus IPCC-based indicators for policy makers.

UN report finds UN reports are not widely read(reuters.com)

326 points by anjneymidha 1 year ago | 122 comments

Reuters article on a United Nations report finding that the UN's own reports are not widely read.

In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels(e360.yale.edu)

656 points by speckx 9 months ago | 676 comments

Yale Environment 360 digest article reporting that wind and solar power generated more electricity than fossil fuels in Europe.