Contemporary climate change includes both global warming and its impacts on Earth’s weather patterns. There have been previous periods of climate change, but the current rise in global average temperature is more rapid and is primarily caused by humans.[2][3] Burning fossil fuels adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, most importantly carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane. Smaller contributions come from agriculture, industrial processes, and forest loss.[4] Greenhouse gases warm the air by absorbing heat radiated by the Earth, trapping the heat near the surface. Greenhouse gas emissions amplify this effect, causing the Earth to take in more energy from sunlight than it can radiate back into space.
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SEC adds emissions and climate risk requirements
James Hydzik
7 March 2024 - 01:22
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 to add disclosure requirements regarding corporate emissions and climate risk
Investing In The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
James Hydzik
16 February 2024 - 06:44
Europe will freeze! Actually, not all of it, and where will the newly-frozen move to?
A Warning From the Bean Counters
James Hydzik
9 February 2024 - 17:07
Get a cup of coffee and sort out just where the coffee bean market is going.
Sunak to drop heat pump targets in fresh retreat from net zero goal
Financial Times
5 February 2024 - 08:55
Government set to reverse plan to fine boiler makers for missing green production quotas.
Europe can still avoid the coming ‘green steel’ crunch
Financial Times
30 January 2024 - 09:23
Moving clean energy around is an oft-touted solution but steelmakers might also wish to rethink their inputs.
Investors’ timeframe falls short of long-term climate challenge
Financial Times
20 January 2024 - 14:46
Focus on quick returns is not compatible with backing sustainability and energy transition.
What we really know about the global economy
Financial Times
18 January 2024 - 09:43
From demography to technology, we must pay attention to the forces that will certainly shape our future.
Europe’s biggest renewables group shores up dams against extreme weather
Financial Times
2 January 2024 - 09:44
Norwegian state-owned Statkraft will spend €700mn upgrading infrastructure to help it withstand heavier rains.
What is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)?
Lorenzo Bagnato
29 November 2023 - 13:00
Sustainable aviation fuel captured everyone’s interest as the first transatlantic flight is a total success.
Germany faces threat of creeping deindustrialisation, warns steel boss
Financial Times
28 November 2023 - 09:06
Salzgitter CEO says steel and chemicals producers must commit to country, despite high energy costs