100 articles from Carbon Brief between January 2021 and July 2021
July 2021
- Q&A: Will England’s National Food Strategy help tackle climate change?
- Q&A: How ‘Fit for 55’ reforms will help EU meet its climate goals
- China Briefing, 15 July 2021: Cross-border coal funders; Megacities’ GHG emissions; ETS to launch ‘tomorrow’
- In-depth Q&A: What is the UK’s ‘net-zero’ plan for transport?
- Recent increase in major Atlantic hurricanes may be ‘rebound’ after 1960-1980s lull
- Guest post: Mapping ‘blue-carbon wealth’ around the world
- China Briefing, 8 July 2021: Xi invited to COP26; ‘Largest’ coal-chemical project suspended; New authority for climate roadmap
- Pacific north-west heatwave shows climate is heading into ‘uncharted territory’
- China Briefing, 1 July 2021: ETS launch delayed; Massive hydropower station; Coal prices to fall
June 2021
- Media reaction: Pacific north-west ‘heat dome’ and the role of climate change
- ゲスト投稿：低い「気候感度」が除外できた理由
- Guest post: Deciphering the rise and fall of Antarctic sea ice extent
- Guest post: These 553 steel plants are responsible for 9% of global CO2 emissions
- Q&A: Will EU Common Agricultural Policy reforms help tackle climate change?
- Guest post: How attribution can fill the evidence ‘gap’ in climate litigation
- Guest post: Emissions should fall ‘twice as fast’ in case negative emissions fail
- China Briefing, 24 June 2021: Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles; ETS launch date; Xinjiang solar ban
- Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains
- In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?
- CCC: UK will miss climate goals by ‘huge margin’ without new policies
- Guest post: Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions
- UN climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2021 virtual conference
- China Briefing, 17 June 2021: Overseas coal projects; Nuclear ‘leak’ report; Sustainable food production
- CCC: Adaptation to climate risks ‘underfunded and ignored’ by UK government
- Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be ‘highly vulnerable’ to drought by 2050
- Sustainable production of soy and maize could ‘boost yields and cut emissions’ in China
- Perfil Carbon Brief: México
- China Briefing, 10 June 2021: Energy ‘pre-warning’ system; Chinese banks ‘fund’ deforestation; Coal price cap
- Guest post: Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
- Guest post: G7 climate laws ‘cut emissions by 1.3bn tonnes in 2019’
- China Briefing, 3 June 2021: New climate ‘leaders group’; ‘Record-breaking’ electricity consumption; ‘Artificial sun’
- The Carbon Brief profile: Mexico
- Cooling effect of clouds ‘underestimated’ by climate models, says new study
- Explainer: China creates new ‘leaders group’ to help deliver its climate goals
May 2021
- China Briefing, 27 May 2021: Crypto crackdown; ETS launch nears; Energy-saving data centres
- Vacancy: Journalist at Carbon Brief
- Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
- State of the climate: 2021 off to cooler start due to fading La Niña
- China Briefing, 20 May 2021: Emissions growth fastest in a decade; Xinjiang plant rejects ‘forced labour’ claims; Regions urged to cut energy use
- Analysis: China’s carbon emissions grow at fastest rate for more than a decade
- Analysis: How will England’s strategies for trees and peat help achieve net-zero by 2050?
- Hurricane Sandy caused an ‘extra $8bn’ damage due to human-caused sea level rise
- IEA: Renewables should overtake coal ‘within five years’ to secure 1.5C goal
- Guest post: Lessons learned from five years of extreme weather ‘rapid attribution’
- China Briefing, 13 May 2021: Greta Thunberg criticised; Former energy official arrested; EV boom makes ‘richest man’
- Guest post: Why the low carbon transition may be much cheaper than models predict
- Land-use change has affected ‘almost a third’ of world’s terrain since 1960
- ‘Exceptional new normal’: IEA raises growth forecast for wind and solar by another 25%
- Increasing droughts will drive ‘billions’ in economic losses in Europe
- Explication: Le réchauffement climatique s’arrêtera-t-il dès que les émissions nettes seront nulles?
- Limiting warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ land-ice contribution to sea level rise by 2100
- Guest post: Overshooting 2C risks rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from Antarctica
- IEA: Mineral supplies for electric cars ‘must increase 30-fold’ to meet climate goals
April 2021
- Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?
- Melting glaciers drove ‘21% of sea level rise’ over past two decades
- Guest post: How to assess the multiple interacting risks of climate change
- Guest post: A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for bringing land-mitigation pathways into line
- China’s 2060 climate pledge is ‘largely consistent’ with 1.5C goal, study finds
- The Carbon Brief Profile: United States
- Climate change could cause ‘irreversible impacts’ to lake ecosystems
- Guest post: How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions
- Guest post: How ‘high-resolution’ climate models will help Europe plan for extreme weather
- Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns
- Guest post: The fate of Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5C, 2C and 4C of warming
- Guest post: Identifying three ‘tipping points’ in Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier
March 2021
- Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
- Mapped: How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past
- Scientists calculate trade-related ‘deforestation footprint’ of rich countries
- Guest post: How energy demand for cooling in India’s cities is changing
- China should ‘rapidly’ close 186 coal plants to help meet its climate goals, study says
- Guest post: How climate change drove food insecurity in the 2007 Lesotho drought
- In-depth Q&A: How the UK plans to cut industrial emissions by two-thirds
- Analysis: UK is now halfway to meeting its ‘net-zero emissions’ target
- Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 now hitting 50% higher than pre-industrial levels
- Q&A: What does China’s 14th ‘five year plan’ mean for climate change?
- New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion
- Food systems responsible for ‘one third’ of human-caused emissions
- 分析：中国二氧化碳排放量在2020年下半年飙升4%
- Budget 2021: Key climate and energy announcements
- Guest post: Why ‘rebound effects’ may cut energy savings in half
- Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions surged 4% in second half of 2020
February 2021
- UN: New national climate pledges will only cut emissions ‘by 2%’ over next decade
- Guest post: The threat of high-probability ocean ‘tipping points’
- Media reaction: Texas ‘deep freeze’, power blackouts and the role of global warming
- Guest post: Calculating the carbon footprint of the NHS in England
- Guest post: Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040
- 解读：中国可采用“债务转换”助力发展中国家应对气候变化
- Guest post: How global warming is making power plants produce less electricity
- Analysis: Shell says new ‘Brazil-sized’ forest would be needed to meet 1.5C climate goal
- Guest post: Why avoiding climate change ‘maladaptation’ is vital
- Factcheck: Did climate change contribute to India’s catastrophic ‘glacial flood’?
- IEA: India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’
- Climate change has ‘worsened’ North America’s pollen season
- Q&A: Could an environmental inspector’s criticisms accelerate China’s climate policies?
- Scientists sceptical of new bat study linking climate change to Covid-19 emergence
- Guest post: How climate change threatens a Peruvian city with ‘glacial flood’
- Guest post: Lessons from Africa on climate change adaptation
January 2021
- Floating solar panels on 1% of reservoirs ‘could double’ Africa’s hydropower capacity
- Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change
- Guest post: The role of ‘atmospheric rivers’ in UK winter floods