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‘Construction fever’ responsible for one fifth of China’s CO2 emissions
The construction and demolition of buildings in China was responsible for nearly a fifth of the nation’s annual CO2 emissions in 2015, according to a new study. The world’s largest emitter has seen...
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Warm spring worsened Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought, study says
Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought was worsened by an unusually warm and sunny spring in the same year, a new study finds. Sunny weather in the months preceding the heatwave caused plant growth to...
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Guest post: Cost of extreme weather due to climate change is severely...
Over the past decade, a compelling body of evidence has linked a range of extreme weather events to human-caused climate change. This area of research – known as “event attribution” – provides a...
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Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events?
The past few months have seen some remarkable weather, from the UK’s sunniest spring on record to Siberia’s dramatic heatwave and “zombie wildfires”. Key to this unseasonable weather are persistent...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Tracking how the world’s ‘green recovery’ plans aim to cut...
The coronavirus pandemic has had devastating consequences for lives and livelihoods around the world, while also dramatically cutting CO2 emissions. In many countries, governments are now looking...
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IEA: ‘Green’ coronavirus recovery would keep global emissions below 2019 peak
The world has a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to pour investment into clean energy and create millions of new jobs, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Its “sustainable recovery...
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In-depth: BP data reveals clean electricity matched coal for the first time...
Renewables were the largest source of new energy in 2019, but there were still record highs for oil, gas and CO2 emissions, according to new global data from oil giant BP. Low-carbon electricity...
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Land purchases by private companies accelerate tropical deforestation, data...
The buying up of tropical forest by private companies and foreign governments enhances deforestation in the majority of cases, new data confirms. Palm oil, wood fibre and tree plantations were the...
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CCC: UK risks ‘egg on face’ unless it accelerates climate plans
The UK government “must seize the opportunity” for a “green recovery”, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in its latest report. This “once-in-a-lifetime” chance, enabled by the coronavirus...
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Guest post: How climate change misinformation spreads online
The rapid rise of social media over the past two decades has brought with it a surge in misinformation. Online debates on topics such as vaccinations, presidential elections (pdf) and the coronavirus...
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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions surged past pre-coronavirus levels in May
China’s CO2 emissions have surged back from the coronavirus lockdown, rising by 4-5% year-on-year in May, analysis of new government data shows. Emissions fell an estimated 25% in the six weeks...
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South pole warmed ‘three times faster’ than global average over past 30 years
The world’s southernmost weather station has seen record-high temperatures over the past three decades, a new study says. The Amundsen-Scott station, located at Antarctica’s south pole, recorded...
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Scientists shed light on human causes of North Atlantic’s ‘cold blob’
As global temperatures continue to rise, there has been a stubbornly cool patch of ocean in the North Atlantic that has intrigued scientists for years. This is the North Atlantic warming “hole” – also...
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Risk of 40C heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’, says Met Office
The chances of anywhere in the UK hitting 40C – a temperature not yet recorded in the country – are likely to increase rapidly in the coming decades, a new study finds. At present, the UK is only...
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Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
The Earth’s climate has been quite stable over the past 11,000 years, playing an important role in the development of human civilisation. Prior to that, the Earth experienced an ice age lasting for...
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Guest post: How ‘discourses of delay’ are used to slow climate action
You have probably already heard a discourse of climate delay. Perhaps it came from a friend, a colleague, someone famous or someone powerful. This person did not deny that climate change is a problem,...
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Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns
Human-caused climate change has “intensified” patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the globe, a new study finds. There is a detectable “human fingerprint” on decreasing rainfall over the...
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Guest post: How public attitudes towards ‘CO2 removal’ differ in the UK and US
With global greenhouse gas emissions still increasing – and Covid-19 lockdown restrictions merely causing a short-term dip – the challenge of holding global temperature rise to 1.5C above...
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Guest post: Where in the UK might be suitable for BECCS?
As global temperature rise pushes past 1C above pre-industrial levels, the time remaining to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement becomes increasingly tight. In addition to deep cuts to global...
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Guest post: Global warming edges closer to Paris Agreement 1.5C limit
The latest forecast (pdf) from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) suggests that over the next five years there is a 24% chance of the global average temperature exceeding 1.5C above...
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