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Global reaction: the Paris Agreement on climate change
Shortly before 7.30pm on 12 December, 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, the world’s first universal, legally-binding pact on tackling climate change. Francois Hollande said the deal would be...
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Piers Forster: 1.5C is a brave new world
A guest post from Prof Piers Forster, a professor of physical climate change at the University of Leeds and recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award. Forster is also a Carbon Brief...
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AGU 2015: Scientists offer latest update on worsening state of Arctic
Scientists at this year’s American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco, the largest coming together of earth and space scientists in the world, have issued their latest health-check for the...
View ArticleInteractive map: Historical emissions around the world
Which country is most responsible for climate change? It’s a big question, with weighty consequences for decisions on who should take the lead in tackling the rise in emissions. Finding a way to...
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Archive photos reveal Greenland’s contribution to sea level rise
Using a “treasure trove” of aerial photos of Greenland, a new study claims to solve a long-standing gap in scientific evidence – how much ice has disappeared from the Greenland ice sheet over the past...
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Met Office forecasts 2016 to be hottest year on record
Global average temperatures for next year are expected to hit a new high since records began in 1850, says a UK Met Office outlook. At 0.84C above the 1961-90 average, the Met Office says 2016 “is...
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IEA: China might have passed ‘peak coal’ in 2013
China possibly saw its coal consumption peak in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The seismic shifts underway in China have global implications for both coal use and emissions....
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Interactive: The Paris Agreement on climate change
On 12 December 2015, after 21 years of negotiations, the UN delivered a universal, legally binding climate change deal. The 32-page document sets out how countries should reduce their emissions, adapt...
View ArticleAGU 2015: Scientists react to Paris agreement on climate change
With the ink only just dry on the agreement signed in Paris to curb global carbon emissions, scientists at this year’s American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco have been reacting to the...
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Poaching could reduce carbon storage of tropical forests, study says
The hunting of large mammals and birds, such as monkeys, tapirs and toucans, in tropical forests could have unintended consequences for climate change, a new study suggests. These animals provide a...
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UK now burning 33% of world’s wood pellet imports
The world produced a record 26 million tonnes (Mt) of wood pellets last year, fuelled by increasing demand for renewable power. Despite record volumes, the UK increased its share of imports to a third...
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Guest post: Climate change before the court
A guest post from James Thornton and Howard Covington, chief executive and trustee, respectively, of the environmental law firm ClientEarth. Just over a week ago, representatives of 196 parties around...
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Carbon Brief’s 15 numbers for 2015
As the year draws to a close, Carbon Brief takes a look at 2015’s top climate stories through the medium of numbers. Here are our top 15. 1.5C limit Over the last 12 months, after years of taking the...
View ArticleThe Carbon Brief Interview: Michel Jarraud
Michel Jarraud is the long-serving Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), due to leave office at the end of 2015 after more than ten years. Mr Jarraud began his career as a...
View ArticleEPA sees exciting future for utilities as Clean Power Plan takes effect
This week, the Clean Power Plan passed a significant milestone when it took effect as US law. It kicks off what will be an “exciting” decade for the utility sector, says Janet McCabe, acting assistant...
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Map: Where climate change could hit electricity production
Research out today maps where power plants around the world are most at risk from higher water temperatures and decreased water availability. The paper, published in Nature Climate Change, extends...
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Revealed: Emails undermine government’s argument for cutting renewables support
The government has repeatedly cited official forecasts of rising energy costs to justify cuts to subsidies for renewables, saying consumer bills need to be kept under control. But calculations behind...
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Analysis: How December 2015 topped chart as UK’s wettest month on record
With pictures of flooded towns and villages still filling our national newspapers, official figures released today confirm that December 2015 was the UK’s wettest month on record, seeing more rain than...
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Droughts and heatwaves cause 10% drop in annual crop harvests
Over the past five decades, hundreds of droughts and heatwaves have struck countries across the world. A new study finds that these events caused an average annual drop in national crop production of...
View ArticleAliso Canyon: How bad is the California gas leak disaster?
In Los Angeles, an invisible environmental disaster is unfolding. Since 23 October, natural gas has been leaking from a ruptured storage well in Aliso Canyon owned by the Southern California Gas...
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