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Iowa City met its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal 10 years early, but it’s not stopping there

Here’s how Iowa City’s Climate Action and Outreach Department is working to reduce emissions by the city, businesses and residents.

Iowa City’s Climate Action and Outreach department works with all departments within the city offices to help implement the Iowa City Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, established in 2018, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city.

Iowa City Climate Action Coordinator Sarah Gardner sat down with The Gazette to talk about the city’s progress and community outreach efforts.

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity."

https://www.thegazette.com/article/iowa-city-met-its-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reduction-goal-10-years-early-but-its-not-stopping-ther/

There is a petition to ration the flight kilometers per EU citizen that needs 1 million signatories before December 2025:
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https://air-quotas.eu/

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The goal of the Paris Agreement was to keep temperature increase below 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. We already failed.

sciencenews.org/article/2024-e…

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>Emissions Gap Report 2024

As climate impacts intensify globally, the

Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please!

finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years.

https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2024

Report (PDF)
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/46404/EGR2024.pdf

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