The question of carbon emission cuts always depend on how far back one would go. The US emission cuts were based on its 2005 figure. Why did the US use this date while the rest of the world used 1990 as the year to be compared to?
Tag: 2030
The New 2030 Climate Pledge
In the face of the severe economic depression and an ongoing third wave of the pandemic, Boris Johnson is becoming a surprise climate champion with his government’s second climate pledge ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK. The UK has set a new climate target aiming for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…
Saudi: The Post-Oil future
From the streets of Wazeeriyah, Jeddah Saudi Arabia has always been the black sheep of the Middle East in the eyes of the West. From the times of the Oil embargo, the western powers allied with the country mostly to secure their energy supply and profiteer from conflicts in the Middle East. But the conservative…