The latest 100 articles from Carbon Brief
November 2024
- Cropped 20 November 2024: Food at COP29; ‘Big ag’ in Baku; Brazil’s new climate pledge
- COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge
- Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU
- Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’
- Webinar: Ask Carbon Brief anything about COP29
- COP29 DeBriefed 15 November 2024: Azerbaijan’s shaky start; Finance and fossil fuels dominate negotiations; Free webinar today
- China Briefing 14 November 2024: COP29 special edition
- Analysis: Global CO2 emissions will reach new high in 2024 despite slower growth
- COP29: Six key reasons why international climate finance is a ‘wild west’
- Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP29?
- COP16: Principales resultados acordados en la conferencia de la ONU sobre biodiversidad en Cali, Colombia
- Guest post: What 1.5C overshoot would mean for climate impacts and adaptation
- DeBriefed 8 November 2024: Trump wins; COP16 ‘disarray’; Origin story of ‘$100bn’ climate-finance goal
- Webinar: Principales resultados de la COP16 para Latinoamérica
- Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP29 climate summit
- State of the climate: 2024 will be first year above 1.5C of global warming
- Experts: What does a Trump presidency mean for climate action?
- The Carbon Brief Quiz 2024
- Cropped 6 November 2024: COP16 concludes; Recognition for Indigenous peoples; Spain’s farms hit by ‘deadly floods’
- Webinar: Key outcomes from the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit
- Interactive: Who wants what at the COP29 climate change summit
- 分析：尽管煤电反弹，但中国2024年三季度碳排放未增长
- COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?
- COP16: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia
- DeBriefed 1 November 2024: Spain’s deadly floods; UK budget ‘mixed’ on climate; Countries inch towards a deal at COP16
- Experts: What to expect in China’s climate pledge for 2035
- Guest post: How COP29 host Azerbaijan could boost growth through climate action
October 2024
- China Briefing 31 October 2024: Q3 emissions; EU’s EV tariff in effect; NDC expectations
- UK autumn budget 2024: Key climate and energy announcements
- Cropped 30 October 2024: The state of play at COP16
- More than half a trillion hours of work lost in 2023 due to ‘heat exposure’
- Analysis: No growth for China’s emissions in Q3 2024 despite coal-power rebound
- CCC: UK’s next Paris pledge should commit to ‘81% emissions cut by 2035’
- DeBriefed 25 October 2024: COP16 kicks off; ‘Quantum leap’ needed for 1.5C; Where countries stand on reversing nature loss
- UNEP: New climate pledges need ‘quantum leap’ in ambition to deliver Paris goals
- Q&A: Can ‘carbon border adjustment mechanisms’ help tackle climate change?
- Cropped 23 October 2024: COP16 kicks off; Water woes; Coral bleaching ‘worst ever’
- Webinar: What to watch at the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit
- Climate change almost wipes out decline in global area burned by wildfires
- DeBriefed 18 October 2024: IEA projects solar surge; US counts cost of hurricanes; Is global warming ‘accelerating’?
- Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals
- Developed countries failing to pay ‘fair share’ of nature finance ahead of COP16
- 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