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COP26 news: Real progress made but more emissions cuts are needed

COP26 news: Real progress made but more emissions cuts are needed

12 November 2021

Before COP26, the world was on course for 2.7°C of warming – now it’s at 2.4°C, which is a significant improvement. Future summits will need to push further on cutting emissions and funding climate adaptation


Aerial view of a container cargo ship traveling over calm, open ocean with cloudy sky

COP26: Governments and industry aim for zero-carbon shipping corridors

10 November 2021

Governments joined industry leaders to create the Clydebank Declaration, committing to creating zero-carbon corridors along major shipping routes – but big questions on cleaning up a heavily polluting industry remain unresolved


Electric car charging in street, London, England, UK

COP26 news: Draft text calls for phasing out coal and fossil fuels

10 November 2021

The first COP26 draft statement was released, with an acknowledgment of the role of fossil fuels in climate change. Plus, 24 countries and several car-makers pledged to end the sale of cars run on fossil fuels by 2040


Rolls-Royce small modular reactor

COP26 news: First draft of Glasgow agreement expected today

9 November 2021

The key outcome of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is known as the cover decision, a draft of which is expected to be published soon. Plus, the UK announced plans to fund nuclear technology


U.S. former President Barack Obama gives a speech during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC2DQQ9821FF

COP26 news: Obama says world must ‘settle for imperfect compromises’

8 November 2021

Consensus on the text of the final COP26 agreement has been hard to come by so far, and former US president Barack Obama today encouraged negotiators to take partial victories


Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics

Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics

19 February 2020

A difference in the properties of matter and antimatter could help explain our universe – but a property called the Lamb shift is similar in particles of both


The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

7 June 2018

The Higgs boson has been seen acting just as the standard model of physics predicts – which leaves us without clues to dark matter and other mysteries


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