The latest 100 articles from Carbon Brief
October 2024
- China Briefing 17 October 2024: China’s electrification to disrupt oil; High-level environment meeting; Aligning China’s population and climate policies
- Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit
- Guest post: The growing threat of climate-sensitive infectious diseases
- COP16: More than 85% of countries miss UN deadline to submit nature pledges
- DeBriefed 11 October 2024: Hurricane Milton; BP abandons oil reduction target; Scotland’s ancient stone circles and climate change
- The Carbon Brief Interview: UN biodiversity chief Astrid Schomaker
- Explainer: How hotter oceans can fuel more intense Atlantic hurricanes
- Cropped 9 October 2024: COP16 looms; ‘Parched’ Amazon river; UN biodiversity chief Q&A
- Guest post: How to minimise the risks from overshooting the 1.5C limit
- Interactive: Who wants what at the COP16 biodiversity summit
- Q&A：英国如何成为首个淘汰煤电的G7国家
- Guest post: Heat stress thresholds are not designed for vulnerable groups
- Guest post: How to track progress towards the ‘global goal on adaptation’?
- DeBriefed 4 October 2024: UK turns the lights out on coal; Hurricane Helene; Where does Japan’s new PM stand on climate?
- Antarctic sea ice maximum in 2024 is ‘second lowest’ on record
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Louise Heathwaite
- China Briefing 3 October 2024: New coal guideline; Less oil consumption; ‘Green’ hydrogen
- Guest post: How solar geoengineering could disrupt wind and solar power
- UK misses deadline to submit nature pledge ahead of UN COP16 biodiversity summit
September 2024
- DeBriefed 27 September 2024: UN ‘pact for the future’; UK turns its back on coal power; River ‘rights’
- Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power
- Analysis: UK must spend £1.7bn more on nature by 2026 to meet climate-finance goal
- Cropped 25 September 2024: Biodiversity loss ‘worse than terrorism’; Human-polar bear conflict; Australia’s ‘zombie’ forestry
- 深度报道：中国对非洲可再生能源的投资在沉寂两年之后反弹
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Adam McKay
- Explainer: China’s carbon market to cover steel, aluminium and cement in 2024
- Guest post: The forgotten role of logistics in achieving net-zero
- DeBriefed 20 September 2024: Europe’s worst storm for ‘two decades’; Record solar boom; How China talks about its energy transition
- China Briefing 19 September 2024: ETS expansion; Oil demand peak; Back-to-back typhoons
- How a UK government-backed company has fuelled gas power in Africa
- DeBriefed 13 September 2024: US presidential debate skirts climate; Global fires and floods; How a UK-backed firm fuels African gas
- US supply chains face biggest jump in ‘weather shocks’ due to climate change
- Cropped 11 September 2024: Japan rice crisis; EU’s farming future; Environmental defender violence
- Q&A: What the Draghi report says about EU climate action and energy
- Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’
- Q&A：中国蓬勃发展的电动汽车产业引起的“贸易战”争论
- In-depth: China’s finance for African renewables rebounds after two-year lull
- DeBriefed 6 September 2024: China and Africa discuss ‘green growth engines’; Hottest summer; How extreme heat threatens education
- US election 2024: How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump differ starkly on energy and climate
- Reducing ‘overconsumption’ of meat and dairy could cut one-sixth of food emissions
- China Briefing 5 September 2024: ‘Energy transition’ white paper; Steel permits ‘paused’; China’s investment in Africa
- Analysis: UK’s record-breaking renewable auction ‘will cut consumer bills’
- Webinar: Carbon Brief joins scientists live at the UK’s Arctic Research Station
- Guest post: Just 15 countries account for 98% of new coal-power development
August 2024
- DeBriefed 30 August 2024: Sea level rise ‘crisis’; African floods; Studying climate change in Svalbard
- Q&A: The global ‘trade war’ over China’s booming EV industry
- Cropped 28 August 2024: Sicily sizzles; Exploratory seabed mining; Net-zero ag emissions
- Guest post: Using El Niño forecasts to give early warning of crop failures
- Explainer: Why is climate change causing ‘record-shattering’ extreme heat?
- 报告：中国国有电企在煤电“关键转折点”上仍面临挑战
- DeBriefed 23 August 2024: Bangladesh and Pakistan floods; US Democrats ‘quiet’ on clean energy; Just ‘4%’ of climate policies deliver
- Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world
- China Briefing 22 August 2024: ‘Groundbreaking’ guidelines for ‘green transition’ ; Coal plant approvals ‘drop sharply’; Methane emissions from abandoned coal mines
- 分析：中国二季度CO2排放量下降1%，疫后首现季度下降
- DeBriefed 16 August 2024: ‘Fire weather’ on the rise; Trump and Musk have ‘dumbest climate conversation of all time’; Hurricane hunting
- Meeting 1.5C warming limit hinges on governments more than technology, study says
- Revealed: Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales face ‘high risk’ of overheating
- Cropped 14 August 2024: Worldwide wildfires; Offsets up in smoke; Joshua tree spotting
- Climate change made ‘monsoon downpour’ behind Kerala landslides 10% more intense
- 国际能源署：热泵可帮助中国减少75%为建筑供暖而产生的碳排放
- DeBriefed 9 August 2024: China’s first quarterly emissions fall since Covid; Harris chooses ‘climate vice president’; Athletes feel the heat
- China Briefing 8 August 2024: Record extreme weather; First quarterly CO2 fall since Covid; ‘Dual control’ of carbon emissions
- Climate change made the ‘supercharged’ 2024 Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense
- Analysis: China’s CO2 falls 1% in Q2 2024 in first quarterly drop since Covid-19
- IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report
- ‘Critical turning point’ for coal poses risks for China’s state power firms, says report
- Analysis: UK could approve 13 new oil and gas projects despite North Sea pledge
- DeBriefed 2 August 2024: Deadly rains from India to Sudan; ‘Fossil-fuelled’ heat hits Olympics; Tuvalu’s plan to be first ‘digital nation’
- Heat pumps could help cut China’s building CO2 emissions by 75%, says IEA
- Rural ‘buffer ring’ can reduce urban heat island effect by more than 0.5C
- ‘Every 0.1C’ of overshoot above 1.5C increases risk of crossing tipping points
July 2024
- Cropped 31 July 2024: Deep-sea mining talks; UN hunger report; Venezuela election and the Amazon
- Q&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss?
- Vacancy: Section Editor (Science)
- Net-zero transition will deliver at least ‘£164bn in benefits’ to UK
- DeBriefed 26 July 2024: Biden’s ‘climate legacy’; Global wildfires; Life in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
- Study offers new policy tool for considering ‘Indigenous climate justice’
- China Briefing 25 July 2024: ‘Third plenum’ outcomes; ‘Low-carbon’ coal plants; EU probes wind subsidies
- State of the climate: 2024 now very likely to be warmest year on record
- 分析：中国清洁能源发展使五月燃煤发电份额降至53%的历史低点
- DeBriefed 19 July 2024: New political players in EU and US; UK govt urged to make up ‘lost ground’ on targets; AI’s climate impact
- Guest post: The growing problem of how extreme heat damages mental health
- Q&A: What China’s push for ‘new quality productive forces’ means for climate action
- CCC: Labour must ‘make up lost ground’ to hit UK climate goals
- ‘Significant shift’ away from coal as most new steelmaking is now electric
- Cropped 17 July 2024: Climate change and wine; Seabed mining talks; Argentina’s beef habit
- Q&A: Can debt-for-nature ‘swaps’ help tackle biodiversity loss and climate change?
- Guest post: Tracking G7 climate progress with data from 116,095 power plants
- DeBriefed 12 July 2024: 12 consecutive months above 1.5C; Labour sets UK climate agenda; West Africa’s fishing crisis
- China Briefing 11 July 2024: ‘Wartime’ flooding emergency; EU tariff impact; Record-low coal share
- Webinar: What are the key climate priorities for the new UK government?
- Analysis: China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53% share of power in May 2024
- Experts: What is the Labour government’s top priority for meeting UK climate targets?
- Q&A: How Denmark plans to tax agriculture emissions to meet climate goals
- Q&A：中国如何适应日益频繁的洪灾
- Interactive: Labour government’s in-tray for climate change, energy and nature
- DeBriefed 5 July 2024: Key climate MPs in new UK parliament; Hurricane Beryl; Biden calls deniers ‘really, really dumb’
- Cropped 3 July 2024: Brazil wetlands blaze; Denmark agri carbon tax; Heat and drought hit crops
- Tropical forest degradation due to ‘edge effects’ is 200% higher than thought