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Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP25?
Thousands of negotiators, policymakers, researchers, journalists and campaigners have been descending on Madrid over recent days for a fortnight of UN climate negotiations at the 25th Conference of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions up 0.6% in 2019 due to China
After increasing at the fastest rate for seven years in 2018, global CO2 emissions are set to rise much more slowly this year – but will, nevertheless, reach another record high. Emissions from fossil...
View ArticleCOP25 video: What needs to happen by COP26 to keep the Paris Agreement on track?
As negotiations at COP25 in Madrid progress slowly, Carbon Brief has been asking a range of scientists, party delegates and NGO representatives for their views on the year ahead. With the first week...
View ArticleCOP25 video: Messages from climate marchers to politicians
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Madrid on Friday night after a frustrating week of negotiations at the UN’s annual climate change conference. Among the marchers were Spanish...
View ArticleInteractive: When will the Arctic see its first ice-free summer?
Since satellites first began monitoring the Arctic in 1979, the average area covered by sea ice has shrunk by at least 40%. The average thickness of the ice has fallen by more than half over the same...
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COP25: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Madrid
This year’s annual UN climate conference, COP25 in Madrid, became the longest on record when it concluded after lunch on Sunday, following more than two weeks of fraught negotiations. It had been...
View ArticleAnalysis: UK low-carbon electricity generation stalls in 2019
The amount of electricity generated by low-carbon sources in the UK stalled in 2019, Carbon Brief analysis shows. Low-carbon electricity output from wind, solar, nuclear, hydro and biomass rose by...
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Media reaction: Australia’s bushfires and climate change
Australia is currently experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons, with swathes of the southern and eastern coastal regions having been ablaze for weeks. As the fires have spread, there has been...
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Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2019
Last year was warmer, wetter and sunnier than average for most of the UK, and finished as the 11th warmest, 11th wettest, and 15th sunniest year on record. But perhaps one of the most remarkable...
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In-depth: Understanding the impacts of changing Arctic storms
For ships sailing close to the north pole, few events pose bigger risks than an Arctic storm. Arctic storms can unleash extremely high winds, which churn up the ocean, causing waves to swell by...
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Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2019
Last year saw the rise of climate change protests, with Greta Thunberg, school strikes and Extinction Rebellion generating global news coverage. The impacts of climate change and extreme weather also...
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Explainer: How ‘Atlantification’ is making the Arctic Ocean saltier and warmer
In the seas above Scandinavia, there is a point where the Arctic Ocean collides with the warmer, saltier waters of the Atlantic. This Arctic region – known as the Barents Sea – has undergone rapid...
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State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2019
All of the official climate data for 2019 is now in. In this article, Carbon Brief explains why last year proved to be so remarkable across the planet’s oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface...
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Emissions from Chinese aviation ‘could quadruple by 2050’
Carbon emissions from China’s aviation sector could be almost four times higher by the middle of the century, according to new analysis. With per-capita aviation emissions in China still far below...
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CCC: One fifth of UK farmland must be used to tackle climate change
An “urgent” overhaul of the UK’s land and agricultural sector will be essential to meet the government’s legally binding net-zero target, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in a new report....
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Tropical forests losing ability to absorb CO2, study says
The world’s tropical forests are losing their ability to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, while boreal forests are absorbing emissions at an increasingly fast rate, a study finds. The new analysis uses...
View ArticleAnalysis: Why coal use must plummet this decade to keep global warming below...
The next 10 years are crucial for tackling climate change, with widespread recognition that CO2 emissions must fall 45% by 2030 to keep global warming below 1.5C. Yet global emissions are expected to...
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Climate change driving ‘rapid and widespread’ decline of bumblebees
The chances of spotting a bumblebee have dropped by almost half across North America and by 17% in Europe from the mid-20th century to near present day, a study finds. Shifts in temperature and...
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Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
The persistent march of a warming climate is seen across a multitude of continuous, incremental changes. CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Ocean heat content. Global sea level rise. Each creeps up year...
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Guest post: Could the Atlantic Overturning Circulation ‘shut down’?
Generally, we think of climate change as a gradual process: the more greenhouse gases that humans emit, the more the climate will change. But are there any “points of no return” that commit us to...
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