Paris Agreement
Coverage of Paris Agreement in the Nexus archive.
- Coal is back in AustralianSuper’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?
AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest super fund, removed Whitehaven Coal shares in 2020 as part of its net zero carbon emissions pledge but has since become the coalminer’s largest investor by 2026. The fund initially dumped the shares to align with the Paris agreement’s goals.
- Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C
Over 260 researchers gathered in Milan to discuss scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5C target. Experts emphasized the need to increase CDR from 2.2GtCO2/year today to 8.8GtCO2 by 2050, highlighting uncertainties in technology effectiveness and policy challenges.
- Q&A: The current state of ‘carbon dioxide removal’ around the world
A new report highlights that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies must be deployed faster than solar power to limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2100. Current global CDR plans fall short by over 5 billion tonnes of CO2 annually by 2050, requiring a fourfold increase to meet the target.
- From 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at Paris Climate Accords signing ceremony
On April 22, 2016, the United Nations hosted a signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement, an international climate treaty, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, an actor and environmental activist, as a speaker.