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Cropped 27 March 2024: Bankrolling meat and dairy; EU nature restoration...
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Analysis: New oil and gas projects since 2021 could emit 14bn tonnes of CO2
Burning all the oil and gas from new discoveries and newly approved projects since 2021 would emit at least 14.1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2), according to Carbon Brief analysis of Global Energy...
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DeBriefed 28 March 2024: Amazon fund; China faces trade storm; How lifestyle...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Nature in the balance AMAZON RECOVERY: Brazil and France have launched a...
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Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists...
Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. This, in turn, has led to questions about whether the world...
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China Briefing 4 April: Heat-driven impact on economy; Coal capacity ‘pushed...
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DeBriefed 5 April 2024: Southern Africa’s drought ‘disaster’; Top electric...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Drought in southern Africa NATIONAL DISASTERS: An ongoing extreme drought...
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How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change
Since the start of this year, Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria has faced prolonged stretches of severe heat. A recent quick-fire analysis found that the conditions in February, when temperatures...
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Guest post: How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality
According to most metrics, economic inequalities across the world have been declining since the late 1980s. This has been driven by decreasing inequalities between countries – due to rapid economic...
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Cropped 10 April 2024: ‘Ghost roads’ deforestation; Record wildfires;...
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China responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023, report says
China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM). Construction began on 70 gigawatts (GW) of...
View ArticleInside HABITABLE: Investigating climate-driven migration in rural Thailand
Climate change is already impacting human migration and displacement. Extreme weather events displace tens of millions of people every year, while multi-year droughts and rising sea levels are making...
View ArticleIn-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?
The once-stable climate that people have lived in for millennia is now rapidly shifting. Extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, are forcing many people to flee their homes. Meanwhile, in...
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DeBriefed 12 April 2024: ‘Historic’ European court victory; Climate migration...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week ‘Historic’ court victory FIRST-EVER RULING: The European Court of Human...
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Climate change ‘bait and switch’ threatens sharks and rays
Cold-blooded sea creatures seeking refuge from warming ocean waters may find themselves at increasing risk of deadly cold shocks due to changes in ocean currents, new research warns. Climate change...
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Revealed: UK ‘double counting’ £500m of aid for war-torn countries as climate...
The UK government has reclassified nearly £500m of aid for war-torn and impoverished countries as “climate finance”, in a bid to meet its international commitments under the Paris Agreement. This...
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India election 2024: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change
Hundreds of millions of Indians will head to the polls from 19 April to 1 June amid scorching heat to cast their votes in the world’s biggest elections. Their decisions could have significant...
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China Briefing 18 April: Clean-tech ‘overcapacity’; New coal construction;...
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DeBriefed 19 April 2024: ‘Most extensive’ global coral bleaching; World Bank...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Coral mass bleaching FOURTH MASS BLEACHING: US government scientists...
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Q&A: Climate finance at World Bank and IMF spring meetings 2024
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their spring meetings last week in Washington DC – a key event in a critical year for international climate finance. As the two so-called...
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报告： 2023年中国新建煤电项目占全球的95%
根据全球能源监测组织（GEM）的最新年度报告，2023年中国煤电建设活动占全球新建煤电活动的95%。 GEM的全球煤电行业年度报告称，中国有70吉瓦（GW）的煤电装机容量破土动工，相较2019年增长了四倍。 相比之下，世界其他地区新开工煤电装机容量不足4吉瓦，是2014年以来的最低水平。 除中国外，只有32个国家有处于拟建阶段的新建煤电项目，只有七个国家有在建电厂。...
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