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State of the climate: 2024 now very likely to be warmest year on record
As 2024 passes its midpoint, the global climate continues to push into uncharted territory. Carbon Brief’s analysis indicates a 95% probability that this year will surpass 2023 as the warmest year on...
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China Briefing 25 July: ‘Third plenum’ outcomes; ‘Low-carbon’ coal plants; EU...
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Study offers new policy tool for considering ‘Indigenous climate justice’
Addressing climate justice calls for a “fundamental, decolonial constitutional change”, according to a new study published in Climate Policy. While systemic change would only be possible in the long...
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DeBriefed 26 July 2024: Biden’s ‘climate legacy’; Global wildfires; Life in...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Biden’s ‘climate legacy’ BIDEN OUT: US energy policy expert Jason Bordoff...
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Net-zero transition will deliver at least ‘£164bn in benefits’ to UK
Cutting emissions from buildings and transport across the UK could yield billions of pounds in economic “co-benefits”, leaving people healthier and better off, a new study finds. The research...
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Carbon Brief is seeking an experienced candidate for a brand new editorial role. You will help us explain and analyse the latest developments in climate science. Are you a journalist or editor with...
View ArticleQ&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss?
The deep sea has emerged as a new mining frontier in the global race towards energy security, with countries vying to explore and exploit its reserves of metals, such as nickel, copper, cobalt and...
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Cropped 31 July 2024: Deep-sea mining talks; UN hunger report; Venezuela...
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. Key developments Still at sea DARK...
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‘Every 0.1C’ of overshoot above 1.5C increases risk of crossing tipping points
Every increment of global warming above 1.5C increases the risk of crossing key tipping points in the Earth system – even if the overshoot is only temporary, says new research. It is well established...
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Rural ‘buffer ring’ can reduce urban heat island effect by more than 0.5C
Rural land cover surrounding a city has the potential to reduce the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect and cool the city centre by more than 0.5C, new research shows. While heatwaves around the world...
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Heat pumps could help cut China’s building CO2 emissions by 75%, says IEA
Wider adoption of heat pumps could accelerate decarbonisation of heating in China’s carbon-intensive buildings and light industry sectors, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. The...
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DeBriefed 2 August 2024: Deadly rains from India to Sudan; ‘Fossil-fuelled’...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Climate chaos DEADLY DISASTER: Devastating landslides have killed 167...
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Analysis: UK could approve 13 new oil and gas projects despite North Sea pledge
The UK government could approve 13 new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, with the fuel produced emitting 350m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) if burned, Carbon Brief analysis shows. The Labour...
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‘Critical turning point’ for coal poses risks for China’s state power firms,...
China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are investing in low-carbon sources and helping push the country’s energy transition towards a “critical turning point” where coal power starts to decline, a new...
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IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report
Delegates at the 61st meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Sofia, Bulgaria have failed to agree on a timeline for the upcoming seventh assessment report. The week-long...
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Analysis: China’s CO2 falls 1% in Q2 2024 in first quarterly drop since Covid-19
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2024 in the first quarterly fall since the country re-opened from its “zero-Covid” lockdowns in December 2022. The new...
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Climate change made the ‘supercharged’ 2024 Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense
Human-caused climate change made the “unprecedented” wildfires that spread across Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in June 2024 between four and five times more likely, according to a new rapid attribution...
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China Briefing 8 August: Record extreme weather; First quarterly CO2 fall...
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DeBriefed 9 August 2024: China’s first quarterly emissions fall since Covid;...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week US climate credentials and consequences CLIMATE VEEP: US vice president...
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国际能源署：热泵可帮助中国减少75%为建筑供暖而产生的碳排放
国际能源署（IEA）在一份报告中称，热泵的普及可以加快中国高碳排的建筑和轻工业在用暖过程中的脱碳。 上微信关注《碳简报》 这份与清华大学合作发布的报告认为，由于使用热泵可以提高电气化程度并改善能效，因此如果把使用热泵作为中国实现2060年碳中和战略的一部分，为建筑供暖而产生的直接碳排放量到2025年将下降75%，降至7000万吨二氧化碳（MtCO2）。...
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