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Interactive: Who wants what at the COP28 climate change summit
As a year of record-breaking temperatures and climate change-fuelled disasters draws to a close, nations are once again preparing to gather for another round of UN climate talks. Several major...
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Q&A: Why deals at COP28 to ‘triple renewables’ and ‘double efficiency’ are...
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber has urged governments to agree on global goals to triple renewables capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030. This call from Al-Jaber is...
View ArticleCropped 22 November 2023: COP28 curtain-raiser; Food security fear; Dust,...
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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Guest post: Why resolving how land emissions are counted is critical for...
The choices made about how land is used and managed play a crucial role in tackling climate change. The importance of the land use, land-use change and forestry sector (which is often referred to as...
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Autumn statement 2023: Key climate and energy announcements
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his autumn statement, laying out plans for revitalising the economy at a time of inflation and slow growth. As the US and the EU pour investment into low-carbon...
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Q&A: What does China’s new methane plan mean for its climate goals?
Earlier this month, China published its long-awaited plan to reduce methane emissions. The document is seen as an important step for China, which is the world’s largest emitter of methane. It has a...
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DeBriefed 24 November 2023: Fossil fuels under fire on eve of COP28; Record...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly DeBriefed email newsletter....
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Revealed: How colonial rule radically shifts historical responsibility for...
Historical responsibility for climate change is radically shifted when colonial rule is taken into account, Carbon Brief analysis reveals. The first-of-its-kind analysis offers a thought-provoking...
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Revealed: Colonial rule nearly doubles UK’s historical contribution to...
The UK is responsible for nearly twice as much global warming as previously thought, due to its colonial history, Carbon Brief analysis shows. History matters because the cumulative amount of carbon...
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Q&A: How Great Britain’s ‘demand flexibility service’ is cutting costs and...
Amid heightened concern last winter about the security of the electricity supply across the island of Great Britain, National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) brought in a first-of-its-kind...
View ArticleThe Carbon Brief Profile: China
As part of a series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at China, which leads the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and coal use – but also on the...
View ArticleChina Briefing 30 November: China at COP28; Xi’s ‘unwavering’ climate...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. Carbon Brief handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key...
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Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP28?
Record numbers of delegates have been registered for this year’s COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it potentially the largest in COP history by some distance. More than...
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Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit
Amid all the noise around the COP28 climate talks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it can be easy to lose sight of the negotiations and the core legal process at the summit. This process often fades...
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COP28 DeBriefed 1 December 2023: Countries strike loss and damage deal; Oil...
Welcome to the first COP28 special edition of DeBriefed, an essential guide to all the key developments at the Dubai climate talks. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly DeBriefed email...
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Analysis: Growth of Chinese fossil CO2 emissions drives new global record in...
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.1% in 2023, hitting a new record high of 36.8bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the 2023 Global Carbon Budget...
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Q&A: Why defining the ‘phaseout’ of ‘unabated’ fossil fuels is so important...
The future of fossil fuels – and whether to agree to phase them “down” or “out” – is shaping up to be a key battle at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. While some parties and groups would like to see...
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Q&A: Climate tipping points have put Earth on ‘disastrous trajectory’, says...
The Earth is on a “disastrous trajectory” with “no adequate global governance” to deal with the scale of threats posed by climate tipping points, warns a major new report. These tipping points “pose...
View ArticleCropped 6 December 2023: COP28 greenwashing; Nature finance; Food pledge
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...
View ArticleInteractive: The pathways to meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit
The Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of keeping warming “well below” 2C and aiming to limit it to 1.5C is the global benchmark for climate action. It was conceived to avoid the worst impacts of global...
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