China’s emissions have started to fall due to changes in how it creates energy.
COP29 is now over with modest deal
COP29 makes international carbon market a reality
Brazilian cattle industry contributing to illegal deforestation of Amazon.
Wildfires burned across the Northeast, due to unseasonably warm and dry weather.
Washington State, voters upheld one of the most ambitious climate laws in US.
"This is the gyogram, environmental headlines from around a planet in crisis." Climate Crisis 24/7 reports that China has led the world in greenhouse emissions for decades, and it still does. It's well ahead of number two, the US and third, India. Despite little support for global plans to slow climate change, China's emissions have started to fall due to changes in how it creates its own energy. A growing number of experts believe China's carbon dioxide emissions have peaked or will do so in 2025. China's development and deployment of green energy is both the largest and most rapidly growing in the world. This is particularly true of solar and wind power. The lesson from China is that other nations could quicken their investments in green energy use, particularly if the acceleration has its foundation in central government support. The conversation reports that the United Nations Climate Summit, COP 29, is now over. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists, and delegates are heading for home. The meeting achieved incremental progress. Negotiators agreed on a new climate finance target of at least $300 billion a year by 2035, up from $100 billion now. These funds would help developing nations shift away from fossil fuels, adapt to the warming climate, and respond to loss and damage from climate disasters. Climate change is already costing developing countries huge sums estimated at $100 to $500 billion a year. COP 29 also reached an agreement that settles longstanding disputes about making the international carbon market a reality. This hard-won deal delivered global standards for carbon trading, opening up a new way for developing countries to boost the renewable energy capacity. These rules will pave the way for country-to-country trading of carbon credits. Each credit represents a ton of carbon dioxide, either removed from the atmosphere or not emitted. The deal will give countries more flexibility in how they meet their emission targets. As found in Mongabe, according to Radar Verdi, a cattle monitoring initiative made up of several climate groups, surveys of the Brazilian ranching industry have found that there is still a serious lack of transparency throughout the beef supply chain, including from slaughterhouses and retailers. This means there is little control over where beef comes from, suggesting that much of it could be contributing to illegal deforestation in the Amazon. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of beef, and the Amazon is home to approximately 43% of the country's cattle herds. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of beef, and the Amazon is home to approximately 43% of the country's cattle herds. Over a 12-month span starting last July, the Amazon lost approximately 2,500 square miles of forest. Since early October, hundreds of wildfires have burned across the northeast as the region experiences unseasonably warm and dry weather, until recent rains arrived. Some oscillations increasingly define the northeast's climate. It's getting warmer and wetter, with flood risk increasing. At the same time, the dry episodes are becoming more common as well. This will increase the risk of wildfires. All the vegetation that was able to grow thanks to more rain becomes fuel for fire once it dries out. Because of the northeast expansive wildland urban interface, think of suburban homes near a large forest. There are also many potential ignition sources, downed power lines, campfires, burning debris, cigarette butts, and more. According to the National Park Service, altogether, humans cause nearly 85% of all wildfires. And TV station KNXK and Seattle reported in Washington state voters upheld one of the most ambitious climate laws in the U.S. by rejecting a ballot initiative that would have repealed it. This comes as a new Trump administration is expected to roll back federal climate policies that has climate activists all over the country, hoping that Washington state system can be a blueprint for other states, as climate action shifts to state and local levels.
