Climate News: To avoid global catastophe and the reversing of human progress we must bend the curve away from fossil fuels - Johan Rockström

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Professor Dr Johan Rockström (pictured) from the Potsdam Univerity fears both environmental catastrophe and catastrophe reversal of human progress if we don't bend the curve away from fossil fuels.

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"‘Minimal progress’ made this year on curbing global heating, report finds";

"What Is Project 2025, and Why Did Trump Distance Himself From It During the Campaign?";

"‘Fossil Fuels Are Still Winning’: Global Emissions Head for a Record";

"Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say";

"What are tariffs?";

"Proposal at UN climate talks to tax business-class flights, crypto and plastics";

"From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice";

"The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate";

"The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future";

"What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight";

"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0";

"Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies";

"Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts";

"Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics";

"Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election";

"To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says";

"‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress";

"As New York Congestion Pricing Turns a Corner, Experts Point to Lessons From London";

"Good To Go? Decarbonising Travel After the Pandemic";

"The case for COPs (even this one)";

"Did people have to fly to COP29? Private jet use soared, but one group got to Baku overland";

"Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29";

"At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change";

"COP29 climate finance in numbers: How much is needed and where is it coming from?";

"Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together";

"In a Parched US, Human-Triggered Wildfires Are Poised to Thrive";

"Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report";

"How will offshore wind fare under a second Trump term?";

"A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry";

"Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say";

"If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar, we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy".