Forward-looking companies have started to individually calculate how many °C would the global temperature increase by, if all companies operated as emission intensely as themselves. For this calculation, they are using the XDC webApplication. Therefore, they have started asking questions like these: How can it be that a company like Apple achieves a standard XDC of "only" 1.49 ° C? How do science-based targets and the XDC model come … [Read more...]
Dutch court’s climate ruling may force other states to cut emissions – or else
States have a duty of care towards their citizens that the absence of a global climate treaty does not take away, argues Professor Arthur Petersen from University College London. A recent court ruling in the Netherlands sets a precedent for national judges to directly use climate science to find governments liable for inadequate action on climate change, he says. The ruling's biggest impact may be outside the Netherlands. … [Read more...]
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