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Climate Denier Nigel Farage Standing in Seat at Risk of Sea Level Rises and Flooding

DeSmogBlog

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage , who is a vocal critic of green policies and climate science, is standing in a constituency threatened by rising sea levels and flooding due to global warming. Farage, who is projected to win the seat, is a vocal critic of the UK’s goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

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Study: Global warming will stay below 2 degrees C — if countries actually keep their promises

Grist

All 154 commitments included targets to cut emissions by 2030, and 76 included long-term targets stretching out to 2050 and beyond. The prime minister of Barbados, for instance, called 2 degrees of warming a “death sentence.”. The study assessed 154 pledges submitted by countries at the end of COP26. The difference between 1.5

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Two-Thirds of People in Climate Denier Nigel Farage’s Constituency Are Worried About Rising Temperatures

DeSmogBlog

By contrast, local MP Farage has denied climate science and has called for the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions target to be scrapped. The study’s lead author Paul Sayers, an engineering consultant who works with the University of East Anglia’s Tyndall Centre, said: “Significant sea level rise is now inevitable.

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Anti-Net Zero Reform MP Owns Green Tech Company

DeSmogBlog

Lowe, who shares Reform’s views on net zero, has previously claimed that there is a “cult of climate change” promoting unscientific theories about rising temperatures and their effects. The Kona Energy website says that battery storage is critical to meeting the UK’s “legally binding commitment to become net zero by 2050”.

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What effect will the “Code Red” climate report have on COP26?

Renewable Energy World

.” The report’s authors support this position with a wealth of grim landmarks, including: The global surface temperature of the planet was 1.09C higher in the decade between 2011-2020 than between 1850-1900. The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared to 1901-1971. What can be done?

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

Landmark IPCC report provides wave of stark warnings, but stresses that rapidly putting the global economy on course to net zero emissions by 2050 could hugely reduce the escalating impacts that will result from a warmer world. The report concludes that the world's average surface land temperature currently stands at around 1.1C

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. The stark fact is that if we keep warming to 1.5?C C we are still facing half a metre of sea level rise.