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Electric cars sales in the US ‘could prevent one-tenth of global cropland...
A faster shift to electric vehicles (EVs) in the US would avoid around 10% of the global cropland expansion expected over the next 30 years, according to a new study. Instead of growing maize (corn)...
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Analysis: How the UK’s ‘insane’ 40C heat was forecast ‘weeks in advance’
The UK has provisionally breached 40C for the first time ever, reaching 40.2C at London Heathrow airport. Before this heatwave, temperatures of 40C had never even been forecast for the UK – let alone...
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Media reaction: UK’s record-smashing 40C heatwave and climate change
For the first time, the UK has hit temperatures of 40C, with Coningsby in Lincolnshire registering a high of 40.3C – smashing the previous record of 38.7C set in Cambridge Botanic Garden in 2019. It...
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Analysis: UK’s ‘jet-zero’ plan would allow demand for flying to soar 70%
As the UK sweltered in record-breaking 40C heat on Tuesday, the UK government quietly released a new aviation plan that could allow the number of flights to soar in coming decades. The UK’s “jet zero”...
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Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says
Climate change will make it harder for the world’s poorest people to migrate – leaving them “extremely vulnerable” to continued impacts and increased poverty, new research finds. The paper, published...
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State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat
The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a scorcher. June 2022 saw the warmest temperatures on record over the world’s land areas – and record–breaking heatwaves have swept across the northern...
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Global warming of 2C could ‘double’ flooding costs in China compared to 1.5C
Economic losses from flooding in China at 2C of global warming could be double those at 1.5C, research suggests. The study, published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences,...
View ArticleCropped, 27 July 2022: Heatwaves sweep northern hemisphere; Ukraine-Russia...
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Climate change made 2022’s UK heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’
The record-breaking UK heatwave of 18-19 July 2022 was made “at least 10 times more likely” by human-caused climate change, a new “rapid-attribution” study finds. On 19 July, UK temperatures surpassed...
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Guest post: What we learned about coal phaseout by studying 15 countries
Despite the widely recognised need to quickly move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal, many countries continue to invest in this highly polluting source of energy. To understand why it is...
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気候変動が人類の幸福と地球の健康にもたらす脅威は「明白」であると、国連の気候変動に関する政府間パネル（IPCC）の最新報告書は述べている。 .listing ul{margin:5px 20px 0 17px}.listing li{font-size:16px}.listing title{margin-bottom:5px} IPCC AR6 Explore Carbon Brief’s...
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Guest post: How China and South Korea could save money by steering clear of gas
China and South Korea are planning to build more than 112 gigawatts (GW) of gas-fired power plants, making them the top two countries in East Asia, accounting for 80% of the region’s total. These...
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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 ArticleCommodity Profile: Wheat
In the first of a new series explaining how key agricultural commodities are affected by and contribute to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at wheat – how and where it is grown, where it is traded...
View ArticleCropped, 10 August 2022: Food crisis progress; Irish emissions targets;...
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The Arctic has warmed ‘nearly four times faster’ than the global average
“Arctic amplification” may be stronger than previously thought, according to new research. The phenomenon means Arctic temperatures are rising much faster than the global average, with previous...
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Analysis: Why UK energy bills are soaring to record highs – and how to cut them
A global energy crisis has been building for nearly a year, after the post-Covid rebound crashed headlong into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sending already-rising gas prices stratospheric. Soaring...
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Media reaction: What Joe Biden’s landmark climate bill means for climate change
On Tuesday 16 August, US president Joe Biden signed a bill into law that he has described as “the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis”. The Inflation Reduction Act...
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Planting trees in tropical cropland could create ‘win-win’ for nature and...
Planting trees across tropical farmland can help to restore biodiversity without sacrificing crop yields, a new study finds. The research examines the impacts of “agroforestry” – a practice whereby...
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Guest post: How meeting the 2C goal cuts the climate risks for 25,000 marine...
Climate change is rewiring marine ecosystems at an alarming rate. Warming waters are causing the distribution of marine life to shift, with species such as bluefin tuna showing up in the Arctic while...
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