Daily Briefing | Climate change risk to one in six species
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Climate change risk to 'one in six species' One in six species on the planet could face extinction if nothing is done to...
View ArticleClimate change made Englands record hot year in 2014 at least 13 times more...
Last year was England's hottest year since records began over three and a half centuries ago, the Met Office revealed in January. Now a new study shows that this record-breaking year was at least...
View ArticleEU strikes deal to boost emissions trading scheme
Diplomats in Brussels have struck a deal to reform the EU's emissions trading system, giving a boost to efforts to reduce emissions across the 28-nation bloc. The move will remove carbon permits from...
View ArticleMonthly global carbon dioxide tops 400 ppm for the first time
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today announced that the monthly global average concentration of carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) in March 2015 for...
View ArticleDaily Briefing Global CO2 levels break 400ppm milestone
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Global carbon dioxide levels break 400ppm milestone Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere averaged out at a...
View Article19 reasons why the world is missing the 2C climate change limit
The world is falling further behind the goal to avoid more than 2C of global warming despite rapid progress in renewables and other areas, according to a new assessment from the International Energy...
View ArticleDaily Briefing Election results Conservatives on course for a majority
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Election results: Conservatives on course for majority After results in 627 of 650 seats, the Conservatives look set to...
View ArticleElection 2015 What will a Conservative majority mean for climate and energy
With all 650 seats having declared their election results, the Conservatives have secured 331 seats, five more than they needed to form a majority in the House of Commons and return David Cameron to...
View ArticleDaily Briefing Tory victory a huge blow to UK green industry
Tory victory a huge blow to UK green energy industry, campaigners warn With its new majority in Parliament, the Conservative party could deal a blow to the renewables industry if it goes forward with...
View ArticleInvestigation Does the UK's biomass burning help solve climate change
In the name of tackling climate change, the UK has become the largest importer of wood pellets in the world in just five years. The UK's demand for wood pellets is set to break five million tonnes...
View ArticleIce sheet melt is driving acceleration in sea level rise study suggests
Global sea levels are rising faster than previously thought, according to new research. After researchers adjusted satellite sea level data to account for the slight rise and fall of Earth's land...
View ArticleDaily Briefing Greens welcome Amber Rudd as new Energy Secretary
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Greens welcome Amber Rudd as new Energy Secretary Climate change campaigners "will be relieved", said the Telegraph, by the...
View ArticleAntarctic Larsen C ice shelf at risk of collapse study warns
In the past 20 years, warming temperatures have caused two ice shelves in Antarctica to collapse into the ocean. New research points to a third shelf, more than twice the size of Wales, which has...
View ArticleDaily Briefing | Antarctic ice shelf at risk of collapse
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Antarctic Larsen-C ice shelf at risk of collapse, study warns In the past 20 years, warming temperatures have caused two ice...
View ArticleAnalysis: How DECC spends its annual budget
The Conservatives have pledged to shave a further £13 billion from government spending over the next two years. With the likes of health and overseas aid likely to be protected and welfare subject to...
View ArticleDaily Briefing | How DECC spends its annual budget
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** Analysis: How DECC spends its annual budget As the new Conservative government enjoys its first week in power, the...
View ArticleCountries fail to set shipping climate target
Countries rejected the opportunity to place a global emissions reduction target on the shipping industry at a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation in London this week. Proposed by the...
View ArticleThe Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Dame Julia Slingo OBE
Prof Dame Julia Slingo has been the chief scientist at the Met Office since February 2009. Before joining the Met Office, she was the director of climate research in NERC's National Centre for...
View ArticleDaily Briefing | The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Dame Julia Slingo OBE
**Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe** The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Dame Julia Slingo OBE In an in-depth interview with Carbon Brief, Prof Dame Julia Slingo,...
View ArticleThe Carbon Brief Interview: Tony de Brum
Tony de Brum is the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, a small nation of coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean and one of the most vulnerable countries to sea level rise. He previously served as...
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