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Wie Deutschland seinen Strom erzeugt
Deutschlands Energiewende ruft einerseits Bilder von sonnendurchfluteten, blühenden Landschaften hervor, gespickt mit Windrädern und Solaranlagen. Doch die Erfolgsgeschichte hat auch eine...
View ArticleTimeline: The past, present and future of Germany’s Energiewende
The Energiewende (energy transition) is an internationally recognised example of Germans’ love for compound nouns, where two previously unconnected words are joined at the hip. It conveys a package of...
View ArticleZeitleiste: Die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft der deutschen Energiewende
Mit der Energiewende hat Deutschland einen Begriff geprägt, der weltweit als Beispiel für die typisch deutsche Liebe für zusammengesetzte Wörter gilt, die zwei bislang unverbundene Begriffe kombinieren...
View ArticleVideo: Laurence Tubiana on the 1.5C questions scientists need to answer
On the eve of the 1.5 Degrees scientific conference taking place at the University of Oxford this week, Carbon Brief spoke to Laurence Tubiana, the French climate change ambassador who played a pivotal...
View ArticleHighlights: Day one at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
More than 200 climate science and policy researchers, economists and social scientists have descended this week on Keble College in Oxford for a two-day conference entitled “1.5 degrees: Meeting the...
View ArticleHighlights: Day two at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
Today saw the second and final full day of the conference “1.5 degrees: Meeting the challenges of the Paris Agreement”, organised by the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford....
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Explainer: How aviation could, finally, agree a climate deal
In 2010, the aviation industry agreed an aspirational goal to cap its emissions after 2020, so that future growth would have to be “carbon neutral”. This won’t be easy. The industry is expected to grow...
View ArticleMapped: The countries with the highest carbon price
Update 4pm: We have been contacted by the OECD. See below for some additional context and a second map. Putting a price on CO2 is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate change – at least...
View ArticleIn-depth: How can fossil fuel supplies be constrained?
Academics gathered in Oxford this week to discuss how to constrain fossil fuel supply as part of efforts to tackle climate change. Carbon Brief attended the two days of talks at the “Fossil Fuel Supply...
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Guest post: What technologies are available for meeting the 1.5C goal?
A guest article by Sam Hampton, a doctoral researcher at the Environmental Change Institute. Hampton was one of the rapporteurs at the 1.5 Degrees conference which took place in Oxford last week....
View ArticleFactcheck: The carbon floor price and household energy bills
Not long ago, barely a week went by without newspaper headlines about household energy bills. There was Ed Miliband’s price freeze and David Cameron’s infamous comments on “green crap“. These days,...
View ArticleAnalysis: UK solar beats coal over half a year
The UK’s solar panels generated more electricity than coal across the past six months combined, Carbon Brief analysis shows, rounding off a historic half-year of firsts. Saturday 9 April 2016 was the...
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Anthropocene: The journey to a new geological epoch
Over the last century, humans have littered the oceans with plastic, pumped CO2 into the air and raked fertilisers across the land. The impact of our species is so severe and so enduring that the...
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Climate change could push risk of ‘megadrought’ to 99% in American southwest
A megadrought spanning several decades could be almost certain to hit the American southwest this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, a new study says. Rising temperatures will “load...
View ArticleExplainer: Paris Agreement on climate change to ‘enter into force’
The Paris Agreement will formally come into force next month, legally binding countries that have ratified the deal to act on the pledges made last year. This includes a commitment by every country to...
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Explainer: Why a UN climate deal on HFCs matters
This week, countries will gather in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, to tackle a small but potent cause of climate change: hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The conference is the second in a trio of...
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Hurricane Sandy-sized floods up to 17 times more likely by 2100
As the remnants of Hurricane Matthew recede into the Atlantic Ocean, the warnings and evacuations in the Caribbean and US east coast are giving way to rescue efforts and clean-up operations. Four years...
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CCC: UK ‘needs negative emissions’ to comply with Paris climate deal
The UK will have to use negative emissions to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to its official climate advisers. Plans to start using greenhouse gas removal technologies by...
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CCC: UK must act now to secure zero-carbon heat by 2050
UK heating must be virtually zero-carbon by 2050, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Options to reach this goal include district heating schemes, low-carbon hydrogen in the gas grid and...
View Article‘Trees on steroids’: Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products
How do you reduce CO2 emissions? The Global CO2 Initiative is pushing a unique approach: turn them into useful products, then sell them. Based in San Francisco, the company has the ambitious aim to...
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