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Guest post: Mapping ‘blue-carbon wealth’ around the world
Carbon “sinks”, such as forests or the ocean, play a crucial role in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and thereby reducing the damages caused by climate change and the emissions that drive it. However,...
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Recent increase in major Atlantic hurricanes may be ‘rebound’ after...
Reported increases in major hurricanes in the North Atlantic over the satellite era are potentially a “recovery from a deep minimum in the 1960-1980s”, rather than being part of a longer-term trend, a...
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In-depth Q&A: What is the UK’s ‘net-zero’ plan for transport?
Net-zero domestic flights and electric lorries by 2040 are among the proposals in the UK’s long-awaited transport decarbonisation strategy. Initially expected last year, the document is meant to flesh...
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China Briefing, 15 July 2021: Cross-border coal funders; Megacities’ GHG...
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Q&A: How ‘Fit for 55’ reforms will help EU meet its climate goals
The European Commission has published proposals on how the European Union should reach its legally binding target to cut emissions to 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. Spanning thousands of pages, its...
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Q&A: Will England’s National Food Strategy help tackle climate change?
Last week, part two of England’s National Food Strategy (NFS) was published, providing a broad overview of the state of the “food system” – an all-encompassing term that covers the production,...
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Clouds study finds that low climate sensitivity is ‘extremely unlikely’
It is “very likely” that the way clouds change as the world warms will drive further temperature rise, a new study finds. The response of clouds to a change in global temperature – known as the “cloud...
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State of the climate: 2021 sees widespread climate extremes despite a cool start
While the early months of 2021 have been cooler than much of the past decade, global temperatures have risen in recent months as the effects of La Niña have started to fade. This year is now on track...
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Climate change will drive rise in ‘record-shattering’ heat extremes
“Record-shattering” extremes – which break weather records by large margins – will become more likely as a result of climate change, a new study finds. The paper, published in Nature Climate Change,...
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解説：「共通社会経済経路（SSP）」で未来の気候変動を探る
ここ数年、気候科学者、経済学者、エネルギーシステムモデル研究者による国際チームは、次の100年ほどの間に世界の社会、人口動態、経済がどのように変化するかを検討するために、さまざまな新しい「経路（pathway）」を構築してきました。これらは総称して「共通社会経済経路（Shared Socio-economic Pathways; SSP）」と呼ばれています。...
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Q&A: What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for energy and climate change?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is inextricably linked to the global energy crisis. With wholesale gas prices already at extremely high levels, in part due to Russia’s actions, the attack on Ukraine has...
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In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how climate change impacts the...
The threat that climate change poses to human well-being and the health of the planet is “unequivocal”, says the latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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Guest post: How heat pump sales are starting to take off around the world
Experts see heat pumps as one of the main solutions for tackling the carbon emissions associated with keeping buildings warm, both in the UK and internationally. Yet sales of the technology, often...
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Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG2 report?
A new report out this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) details how climate change has “caused widespread adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and...
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Guest post: Why gender justice matters in the transition away from coal
Combating the climate crisis requires the restructuring of the economic and energy system including, first and foremost, the phaseout of coal, which is the highest-emitting energy source. The changes...
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China Briefing, 3 March 2022: Impacts of Ukraine invasion; Annual statistical...
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Declining ‘resilience’ pushing Amazon rainforest towards tipping point
Three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has lost “resilience” since 2003 – making it more vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts – according to new research. Scientists have long warned that...
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Guest post: In conflict and peace, what drives deforestation in Colombia?
In 2016, the government of Colombia signed a landmark peace accord with former guerilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), bringing a formal end to a 50-year-long armed conflict....
View ArticleCropped, 9 March 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; IPCC report; Palm oil...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon...
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China Briefing, 10 March 2022: Changes to energy targets; Xi’s coal...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China weekly digest. We handpick and explain the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past seven days. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s...
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