Risks, resilience and honeybees: Scientists react to the new report on...
Hundreds of scientists from more than 70 countries helped pull together the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Now it's published, here's what a few of them have to...
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Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Arctic sea ice falls to fifth lowest level on record Arctic sea ice is continuing its 'death spiral', reports the Guardian, with...
View ArticleAnalysis: How UK newspapers covered the IPCC’s report on the impacts of...
From food shortages to endangered species, there were plenty of headline-grabbing findings in the UN's latest big climate report. We take a look at how the UK's newspapers covered the...
View ArticleIPCC says adapt and mitigate to tackle climate risks
The front page article of today's Spectator claims the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has "updated" its position on climate change, to accept that "climate change is now a question...
View ArticleThe IPCC's risky talk
There can be no doubt how Professor Chris Field wanted the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report to be understood. As well as being co-chair of the IPCC's Working Group 2,...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 7th April 2014
Conservatives to promise ban on new onshore windfarms The Conservative party's manifesto will introduce a moratorium on future onshore windfarms from 2020 on the grounds that they have now become...
View ArticleSafe and secure: the IPCC report and human security
No place is immune to the impacts of climate change. This is the principal message from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. The impacts of climate change will be felt...
View Article‘Misleading the reader’: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
In an article in this weekend's paper, the Mail on Sunday accuses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of 'sexing up' its findings in the short 'summary for policymakers' that...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 8th April 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Philippine experts divided over climate change action John Vidal reports on competing visions for how to adapt the Philippines to...
View ArticleIt’s a bit of a downer: can climate change be a good news story?
War, famine and pestilence. Threats to security, food and humankind. Overwhelming effects. Some commentators have accused the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s latest mega-report...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 11th March 2014
World 'needs Plan B' on climate - IPCC report A new report warns that if governments fail to meet their short term climate targets, they'll have to reduce emissions quickly in the second half of the...
View ArticleIPCC author on working group2 Arctic findings
Climate change is affecting the Arctic further and faster than any other part of the world. Carbon Brief speaks to Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author Jan-Gunnar Winther about...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 10th April 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Renewable heat incentive offers homeowners money to switch from oil Homeowners reliant on oil for heating will now be offered...
View ArticleGermany’s renewables reforms are a step towards giving energy sector back to...
On Tuesday, Germany announced some new policy reforms to its high-profile 'energy revolution'. Some reports have suggested the country is slamming on the brakes to prevent renewable energy further...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 11th April 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Britain must increase spending on green energy by ten times in next 15 years to help reduce global warming, says UN The mail...
View ArticleA big report on how to tackle climate change will be published next week: How...
Hundreds of scientists and policymakers are meeting in Berlin this week to discuss a major new UN climate change report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release the third and final...
View ArticleWhat where when of global greenhouse gas emissions three charts
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the third and final instalment of its big report today. It calls for policymakers across the globe to come together to formulate ways...
View ArticleNot just another climate report: main messages from the UN report on tackling...
If we're going to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, the world's governments need to co-operate - and they're running out of time to do it. That's one of the top-line messages from the...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 14th April 2014
UN: 'Massive shift' needed on energy The BBC covers the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report in detail. One piece focuses on the IPCC's headline finding that curbing warming to two...
View ArticleInternational cooperation, fracking endorsements, and moon-dust Plan Bs:...
While many were still engulfed in their duvets recovering from the night before, the UN spent Sunday morning launching a big report on strategies to tackle climate change. The report was the third...
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