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COP29 DeBriefed 15 November 2024: Azerbaijan’s shaky start; Finance and...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week COP29 kicks off AGENDA FIGHT: The UN’s COP29 climate talks in Baku,...
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Webinar: Ask Carbon Brief anything about COP29
As COP29 nears its mid-point in Baku, Azerbaijan, Carbon Brief has hosted a webinar to answer questions on everything from climate finance to private planes. Often referred to as the “finance COP”,...
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Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’
As global temperatures rise, extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent all around the world. Over the past two decades, the cutting-edge field of extreme weather attribution...
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Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU
China’s historical emissions within its borders have now caused more global warming than the 27 member states of the EU combined, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. The findings come amid fraught...
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COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge
Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two-thirds by 2035 compared to 2005 levels. The new pledge makes Brazil...
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Cropped 20 November 2024: Food at COP29; ‘Big ag’ in Baku; Brazil’s new...
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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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...
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COP29 DeBriefed 22 November 2024: Countries split on climate finance;...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week COP crunch FINAL CALL: COP29 has entered its final scheduled day in Baku....
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COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku
Developed nations have agreed to help channel “at least” $300bn a year into developing countries by 2035 to support their efforts to deal with climate change. However, the new climate-finance goal –...
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Five charts: Why a UN plastics treaty matters for climate change
A global treaty on plastics, which is being touted as the most important environmental treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is set to be negotiated in South Korea over the next week. At the fifth...
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Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP29’s key outcomes
Less than 48 hours after the gavel came down at COP29, Carbon Brief ran a webinar to talk through all the key outcomes from the summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The team discussed the new climate finance...
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Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024
The Greenland ice sheet melt season for this year is over, resulting in the 28th year in a row in which Greenland has lost ice. This has been a spiky year for Greenland – a mix of highs from abundant...
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COP29: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate...
Despite taking place just days after a major UN biodiversity summit, the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan produced few new commitments on food, forests, land and nature. Countries did finalise...
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Ireland election 2024: What the manifestos say on climate change and energy
On 29 November, Ireland will hold its first general election since before the Covid-19 pandemic. Voters will elect new Teachtaí Dála – members of Ireland’s lower house of parliament, the Dáil....
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The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Lyu Wenbin and Prof Bai Quan
The Academy of Macroeconomic Research (AMR) is a research institution under the direct supervision of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the ministry in charge of economic...
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China Briefing 28 November 2024: How China approached COP29; Xi cuts energy...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing 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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DeBriefed 29 November 2024: COP29 disappoints developing countries; Plastics...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week COP29 fall-out FINANCE DEAL: Developed nations agreed to help channel “at...
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Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it...
At COP29 in Baku, developed-country parties such as the EU, the US and Japan agreed to help raise “at least” $300bn a year by 2035 for climate action in developing countries. The goal was welcomed by...
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Cropped 4 December 2024: Climate talks omit nature; Land COP underway;...
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: The conflicting practices in using land to tackle climate change
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere using land-based mitigation strategies is central to nearly every country’s net-zero target. To mitigate global climate change, land-use and land-management sectors...
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