Countries' current carbon-cut pledges 'miles short' of 2030 goal, UN says
• Oct 28, 2024, 10:19 AM
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The United Nations warned on Monday that countries' current pledges for reducing carbon emissions fall "miles short", as greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2023. A separate report by UN Climate Change found that barely a dent is being made in the 43 percent emissions cut needed by 2030 to avert the worst of global warming.
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Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling
• 8:59 AM
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Oil giant Shell has succeeded in overturning a landmark 2021 court ruling that ordered it to cut CO2 emissions by 45 percent from 2019 levels by 2030. The appeals court in The Hague said that while companies like Shell had the responsibility to contribut
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UK's Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for 'Orbital'
• 3:21 AM
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UK author Samantha Harvey, one of a record five women shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the coveted award on Tuesday for her fifth novel, a "space pastoral" titled "Orbital", becoming the first woman to win the award since Margaret Atwood in 2019.
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