Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common
The term “global warming” is typically used to describe increasing global temperatures as a result of human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. However, unusually cold...
View ArticleCarbon Brief 采访清华大学王灿教授
在巴库举行的COP29会议上,Carbon Brief采访了清华大学环境规划与管理系主任王灿教授,讨论了其领导的研究团队发布的《2024全球碳中和年度进展报告》。 上微信关注《碳简报》 该报告由清华大学大学碳中和研究院和环境学院联合发布,评估了不同国家在减缓气候变化的“目标、技术、资金和国际合作”方面的进展,指出了“碳中和目标与减排成果之间的实施差距”。...
View ArticleAnalysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. Major...
View ArticleCropped 12 March 2025: Trump and timber; Food fights; Peru’s peatlands
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 Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email...
View ArticleExplainer: What does China’s ‘two sessions’ mean for climate policy in 2025?
China’s climate ambition at this year’s “two sessions” (两会), which ended on 11 March, was relatively subdued, with analysts expecting economic concerns to trump climate action in the year ahead. The...
View ArticleDeBriefed 14 March 2025: US’s ‘moral case for fossil fuels’; Rainforest...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week US ‘180-degree pivot’ ‘SIDE EFFECT’: US energy secretary Chris Wright...
View ArticleGuest post: China will need 10,000GW of wind and solar by 2060
China will need to install around 10,000 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar capacity to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, according to new Chinese government-endorsed research. This huge energy...
View ArticleFactcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero...
The leader of the opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, has shattered the political consensus on climate change in a speech attacking the UK’s net-zero by 2050 target. In a speech launching a...
View ArticleGuest post: Why action on extreme heat in Indian cities is falling short
Local governments face the difficult task of preparing communities and infrastructure for a warmer world – all while urbanisation accelerates and extreme weather becomes more frequent and intense....
View Article‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change
Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures across Argentina, Brazil and the US in 2012, according to a new attribution study. The research,...
View ArticleQ&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions
China’s central government listed “boosting consumption…and stimulating domestic demand” as its first “major task” for 2025, at the recently closed “two sessions”. As part of this focus – and amid...
View ArticleChina Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; ‘Two new’ promoted; ‘Two...
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...
View ArticleGlacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns
Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening access to fresh water for more than two billion people, a UN report...
View ArticleDeBriefed 21 March 2025: Germany’s climate win; Conservatives’ net-zero...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Germany’s €100bn climate funding BILLIONS IN FUNDING: Germany’s parliament...
View ArticleGuest post: How human behaviour shapes effective climate policies
There is clear evidence that technological change will be insufficient to meet UK and global climate goals on its own, leaving a vital role for consumer and business behaviour change. Indeed, most...
View ArticleCropped 26 March 2025: US birds in peril; UK ecologists ‘job fears’; Finance...
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 Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email...
View ArticleExperts: What do Trump’s tariffs mean for global climate action?
The Trump administration in the US has imposed tariffs on all imports from China, Mexico and Canada, as well as on steel, aluminium and cars from around the world. In response, the US has been hit...
View ArticleGlossary: Decoding how China talks about energy and climate change
China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter as well as the fastest deployer and manufacturer of low-carbon technologies, has issued a series of climate policies to help reach net-zero. As Carbon...
View ArticleGlobal soil moisture in ‘permanent’ decline due to climate change
A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle. Combining data from satellites, sea level measurements and...
View ArticleArctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is smallest in 47-year record
Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals. Provisional data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) shows...
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