Recent Carbon Brief articles by Ros Donald

• The technologies that could grow the global economy and save the planet, at no extra cost
• From exploding cows to climate security: Ros’s time at Carbon Brief
• Does British belief in climate change really go up and down? A look at 14 polls
• Typhoon Haiyan, record-breaking CO2 levels, rising seas and more: five measures of the state of the climate in 2013
• Australian carbon tax repeal fails after surprise vote
• Who are you calling a skeptic? New survey identifies diverse views on climate change among US Republicans
• The verdict on smart meter privacy, security and health concerns as UK smart meter rollout begins
• Government defends its climate science communication, but sets out a new strategy to improve it anyway
• What price the Great Barrier Reef? Shadow environment minister says nature should make it onto balance sheets
• The UK and China release a ‘call to action’ on climate. What does it mean?
• Manufacturing uncertainty: how US newspapers have dialled up the language of doubt on climate change
• The Bonn UN climate talks: What’s at stake and what’s next?
• Why dread, not dollar losses, decrees how we react to climate risks
• Enabling the messenger: How can the IPCC get its message across to the public?
• It’’s a bit like a tree: How comparing geoengineering to the natural world bolsters support
• How much are we willing to adapt to climate change, and where are the limits?
• BBC most likely to portray IPCC science as ‘contested’: how old and new media covered the IPCC
• Preserving corals could save billions in coastal defences – new study
• 75 per cent of Americans want to see climate change taught in schools, and four more graphs
• Polling shows energy supply and climate change have rocketed up people’s list of concerns. Why?
• Oyster reefs will keep their end up when sea levels rise
• Does the IPCC endorse fracking?
• Regional changes, global effects: an interview with IPCC Arctic specialist Jan-Gunnar Winther
• BBC climate coverage singled out for criticism by cross-party parliamentary committee
• The IPCC’s report on the impacts of climate change: a summary for everyone
• Arctic sea ice melt: a story of winners and losers, IPCC scientist says
• Heatproofing London: Climate change raises city heat death risk, but adaptation can cut the impact
• UK public believes in benefits of climate action: poll
• Carbon Brief’’s pre-election climate policy tracker
• Cut the ‘weirdo words’ and put a human face on climate change, says UN chief
• Expert views: Ukraine, Russia and Europe’s energy security
• Big picture science: New report focuses on climate science certainty
• National security and mitigation versus adaptation: Have the floods changed the climate policy debate?
• What the papers say: UK flooding crisis
• America in the Arctic: Melting ice and soft security
• Carbon Briefing: Who killed the EU’’s transport fuel standards?
• Thousands left vulnerable as flood funding shortfall has knock-on effect on flood insurance scheme
• Trust in energy companies has fallen to near-rock bottom. Why?
• Could renewable energy trading solve the EU’’s 2030 ambition problem?
• New studies explore conscious and unconscious links between weather and climate change attitudes
• Why actions, not words, will decide the outcome of UN climate talks: An interview with John Ashton
• Bad tidings: Carbon Brief’s best climate change reads of 2013
• Costs, savings and… shale gas: A media roundup of the CCC’s carbon budget review
• Huhne: Forget the carbon budget, US shale gas is the biggest threat to UK competitiveness
• Can the government overcome inconsistencies in its flood planning?
• Current UN climate targets could push two degree limit out of reach
• Avoiding a new ‘cold’ war: the US military’s new Arctic strategy
• The UN climate talks have a responsibility problem
• UK chief scientist tells MPs: Any scientist involved in climate change will say there has to be more public communication
• Global security in the age of climate responsibility
• The 18th energy market investigation since 2001: Will this one be different?
• Extreme policy events: reviewing green taxes media coverage
• Transformation versus the status quo: Energy’s split narrative
• On ice: US government impasse halts climate research and policy
• SSE’s green tax claims and a nuclear deal: a look at this weekend’s media coverage
• The IPCC report: A summary for everyone
• Roulette, insurance policies and loading the dice: What could the IPCC learn about risk? A Q&A with James Painter
• ‘Carbon pollution’: What’s the use of a new term in the climate debate?
• Polling shows only a quarter of Conservative voters want shale gas in their area
• There’s no such thing as domestic climate policy: An interview with John Ashton
• Does new research explain the link between climate change and conflict, or show how hard that is to do?
• Fuels with benefits: paying communities to host new energy infrastructure
• EU committee passes backloading compromise – but has the measure lost its teeth?
• Understanding Cuadrilla’s shale gas predictions
• Meet Sir Robert Smith, interim chair of the ECC Committee
• Owen Paterson swims against the tide of scientific opinion on climate change
• Researcher: Forget trading numbers over energy bill savings; the government needs to build fairness into energy policies
• The Sunday Times and the strikingly similar ‘dash for gas’ research
• Boring but brilliant: Four dull-yet-important energy solutions
• Are renewables subsidies on their way out?
• EU energy pathways and 2030 emissions targets: No surprises
• ECC committee: Government must show what Green Deal success looks like
• Your guide to the oil market pricing investigation
• Expecting the unexpected: the consequences of the US’s resurgence as a fossil fuel power
• New social science research takes a fresh look at polar bears and two degrees
• Does DECC really know when you’re going to replace your washing machine?
• Polling reveals public trusts scientists most on climate
• Regulating for US climate action: The bets are on
• What do climate policies mean for social justice?
• How on earth is the government going to finance new nuclear?
• Centrica has reported a profit – It’s infographic time
• UK oil and gas investment is rising: What does that say about the government’s commitment to decarbonisation?
• Why we risk overinterpreting China’s carbon tax statements
• How the global market is pushing up UK gas prices
• What you need to know about PwC’s shale oil findings
• The three trends cutting US emissions
• Carbon Brief review: Chasing Ice
• Carbon Brief’s essential Green Deal news roundup
• What’s the future of climate coverage?
• 2030 target: investor certainty or certain failure?
• New polling: Europeans show support for climate and energy targets
• That Met Office media controversy in context
• Why the UK’s unique weather makes understanding rain patterns harder
• The best bits from the Global Energy Assessment
• Gas strategy: government could loosen carbon budgets to allow dash for gas
• How much does bad press affect policy and public attitudes to renewables?
• Room for disagreement over energy policy on Newsnight
• Carbon Briefing: What could energy price fixing mean for consumers and markets?
• Is there enough wind to power wind turbines in Shropshire?
• Wind turbine syndrome: who’s doing the research?