Recent Carbon Brief articles by Tom Prater

Tom holds a MSc in digital journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London and a BA in art and visual culture from University of the West of England. He has designed and produced data-driven graphics and climate visuals for various thinktanks, research groups and NGOs.

• Analysis: Half the global population saw all-time record temperatures over past decade
• Analysis: How the UK’s ‘insane’ 40C heat was forecast ‘weeks in advance’
• China Briefing, 19 May 2022: China to ‘significantly overachieve’ 2030 targets; Sea levels ‘highest on record’; Power cuts ‘must not occur’
• Greenhouse gas removal: How could it help the UK reach net-zero by 2050?
• China Briefing, 5 May 2022: ‘Gigantic’ wind and solar bases; Coal capacity ‘surge’; Loans for ‘clean’ coal
• Carbon Brief Quiz 2021: Round 3 – Energy sankeys
• Analysis: Global coal power set for record fall in 2019
• Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions growth poised to slow sharply in 2019
• State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date
• Ebola epidemics will ‘increase with greenhouse gas concentrations’, study finds
• Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Canada
• Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2019
• Guest post: Why China’s CO2 emissions grew 4% during first half of 2019
• Africa’s tropical land emitted more CO2 than the US in 2016, satellite data shows
• Guest post: How plans for new coal are changing around the world
• Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change
• Interactive: How the UK transformed its electricity supply in just a decade
• Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4%’ of global emissions
• Mosquito-borne diseases could reach extra ‘one billion people’ as climate warms
• Corsia: The UN’s plan to ‘offset’ growth in aviation emissions
• Q&A: Can the UK meet its climate goals without the Wylfa nuclear plant?
• Interactive: How climate finance ‘flows’ around the world
• Explainer: Why some US Democrats want a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle climate change
• In-depth Q&A: The UK Climate Projections 2018
• Guest post: Combining renewables with direct air capture for ‘net negative’ emissions
• IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Kate Marvel
• The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa
• Media reaction: The 2018 summer heatwaves and climate change
• ‘Worrying trend’ in UK emission cuts beyond power and waste, says CCC
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Japan
• Climate change to become ‘greatest pressure on biodiversity’ by 2070
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Turkey
• Low-lying atolls could become ‘uninhabitable’ earlier than thought
• Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest winter peak on record
• Expect tens of millions of internal climate migrants by 2050, says World Bank
• Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’