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Guest post: Climate change could reverse falling inequality between countries
Over recent decades, inequality between countries has fallen, in particular due to fast economic growth in China and India. But our new research suggests climate change could reverse this trend. In...
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In-depth Q&A: How will tree planting help the UK meet its climate goals?
The UK has just three decades to reach net-zero emissions and tree planting has emerged as a prominent part of the government’s plan to get there. With technological solutions in their infancy, trees...
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Analysis: Will China build hundreds of new coal plants in the 2020s?
China’s 14th five-year plan (FYP), setting out its national goals for 2021-2025, will arguably be one of the world’s most important documents for global efforts to tackle climate change. The...
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Coal mines emit more methane than oil-and-gas sector, study finds
Methane emissions from coal mines could be more than double previous estimates, according to a new study. The fossil-fuel industry is understood to be one of the biggest sources of atmospheric...
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Mapped: The world’s coal power plants
Since 2000, the world has doubled its coal-fired power capacity to around 2,045 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. A further 200GW is being built and 300GW is planned. More...
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Fossil fuel use not closely linked to longer life expectancy, study suggests
The rise of primary energy use and CO2 emissions over four decades across 70 countries is not closely correlated with increases in life expectancy, a new study finds. This suggests that increased...
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分析：中国会在十年内新建百余座燃煤电厂吗？
中国的第14个“五年规划”（下称“十四五”规划）将设立2021至2025年间的国家目标。可以说，这将是全球应对气候变化最重要的文件之一。 全球最大排放国的经济与社会发展的总体规划将于2021年初完成并获批，此后一年内还将制定更为详尽的行业目标。电力行业规划预期将于2021、2022年之交的冬季问世。...
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Coronavirus: What could lifestyle changes mean for tackling climate change?
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, governments are taking drastic measures to limit the movement of its citizens and shore up shocked economies. a#bioName{color:...
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Guest post: How energy-efficient LED bulbs lit up India in just five years
Innovating and scaling up low-carbon technologies is a fundamental part of the global need to tackle climate change. However, this can be a particular challenge for large developing countries such as...
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Met Office: The UK’s wet and warm winter of 2019-20
As the UK begins to see the longer, warmer days of spring, it leaves in its wake a winter that broke records for both temperature and rainfall. The 2019-20 UK winter – covering the months of December,...
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The Carbon Brief Profile: South Korea
As part of its series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at South Korea’s attempts to balance its high-emitting industries with its “green” aspirations. Though...
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Deep emissions cuts this decade could prevent ‘abrupt ecological collapse’
Swift global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could prevent the “abrupt” collapse of ecosystems, which may otherwise begin within the next few decades, a study finds. The research, published...
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Analysis: Coronavirus set to cause largest ever annual fall in CO2 emissions
The global coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold at a staggering pace, decimating lives, livelihoods and the normal functioning of society, as well as interrupting energy demand and CO2 emissions....
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Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse
Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties. The amount of global warming will depend on the magnitude of future emissions, which, in turn, depends on how...
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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
In the early 2000s, a new field of climate-science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms. Known as “extreme...
View ArticleVacancy: Digital content executive
Carbon Brief, the award-winning website specialising in climate change, is seeking a digital content executive. Reporting to the director, you will deliver the day-to-day running of our website,...
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State of the climate: First quarter of 2020 is second warmest on record
This year is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record – if not the warmest. This is particularly noteworthy because 2020 is likely to see neutral El Niño/La Niña conditions that will play...
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Guest post: Why coal phaseout is a ‘no-regret’ plan for tackling climate change
The combustion of coal is the single most important source of climate-warming CO2 emissions. As a result, phasing out coal is one of the most commonly discussed ways to help combat climate change –...
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Analysis: Great Britain hits coal-free electricity record amid coronavirus...
Great Britain has run for a new record of 18 days, six hours and 15 minutes without burning coal to generate electricity – and counting – as the coronavirus lockdown cuts demand by nearly 20%. This...
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Analysis: Coronavirus has cut CO2 from Europe’s electricity system by 39%
The coronavirus pandemic has seen entire countries locked down, with businesses, industry and travel all curtailed in an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19. My analysis for Carbon Brief shows that...
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