100 articles from Carbon Brief between November 2018 and June 2019

June 2019

• In-depth Q&A: The UK becomes first major economy to set net-zero climate goal
• In-depth: BP data reveals record CO2 emissions in 2018 driven by surging use of gas
• 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
• Profil Carbon Brief: Indonesia
• Limiting warming to 1.5C could prevent ‘thousands’ of heat deaths in US cities

May 2019

• Tornadoes and climate change: what does the science say?
• Japan’s deadly 2018 heatwave ‘could not have happened without climate change’
• Lobbying against key US climate regulation ‘cost society $60bn’, study finds
• Guest post: Why natural cycles only play small role in rate of global warming
• Climate change is driving plankton towards the poles, study says
• European forests could ‘live fast and die young’ in a warming climate
• IEA: Low-carbon spending must ‘more than double’ to meet climate goals
• Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
• Guest post: Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change
• Guest post: Why the UK’s carbon footprint is decreasing
• In-depth: The UK should reach ‘net-zero’ climate goal by 2050, says CCC
• Climate change has influenced global drought risk for ‘more than a century’

April 2019

• Climate change could ‘raise stress levels’ of endangered mountain gorillas
• Vacancy: Two-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief
• Australian election 2019: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh
• Guest post: How will climate change’s warming pattern look in the future?
• State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019
• Analysis: Half of UK’s electricity to be renewable by 2025
• Guest post: The UK’s carbon footprint is at its lowest level for 20 years
• Eating more offal could help cut meat emissions by ‘14%’
• Analysis: Why children must emit eight times less CO2 than their grandparents
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia
• Guest post: Arctic warming is causing a 60-fold increase in permafrost landslides
• Bottlenose dolphin numbers declined by ‘12%’ following marine heatwave

March 2019

• Mosquito-borne diseases could reach extra ‘one billion people’ as climate warms
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Indonesia
• द कार्बन ब्रीफ़ प्रोफ़ाइल : भारत
• Guest post: Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record
• Guest post: What do we know about climate change mitigation in cities?
• Interactive: Can the Great Barrier Reef survive climate change?
• Factcheck: Is 3-5C of Arctic warming now ‘locked in’?
• The Carbon Brief Profile: India
• Article invité: Un plan pour résoudre les mystères des vastes tourbières du Congo
• Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
• Factcheck: What Greenland ice cores say about past and present climate change
• Guest post: China’s CO2 emissions grew slower than expected in 2018
• Analysis: UK’s CO2 emissions fell for record sixth consecutive year in 2018

February 2019

• Ocean warming has caused ‘sustainable’ fish stocks to drop by 4% since 1930s
• Media reaction: The UK’s record-breaking winter heat in 2019
• Renewable hydrogen ‘already cost competitive’, say researchers
• Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming
• Guest post: Energy efficiency contributed 25% of UK economic growth since 1971
• UK homes ‘shockingly unprepared’ for climate change, says CCC
• Guest post: Land management ‘blind spots’ make 1.5C goal highly unlikely
• Analysis: BP’s outlook for fossil fuels could be undermined by slowing energy demand
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Jonathan Bamber
• One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows
• Studies shed new light on Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise
• Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years
• Corsia: The UN’s plan to ‘offset’ growth in aviation emissions
• Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990

January 2019

• Major study uncovers ‘sea change’ in world’s understanding of Atlantic conveyor belt
• Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
• Eight charts show how ‘aggressive’ railway expansion could cut emissions
• Analysis: How far would Germany’s 2038 coal phaseout breach Paris climate goals?
• China’s methane emissions rise despite tougher laws, satellite data shows
• Climate change’s impact on soil moisture could push land past ‘tipping point’
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Qi Ye
• Q&A: Can the UK meet its climate goals without the Wylfa nuclear plant?
• Climate change’s impact on groundwater could leave ‘environmental timebomb’
• Guest post: Climate change brings threat of ‘bluetongue’ virus to UK farms
• State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2018
• Vacancy: Journalist at Carbon Brief
• Guest post: Observations and models agree that the oceans are warming faster
• Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2018
• Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2018
• Analysis: UK electricity generation in 2018 falls to lowest level since 1994

December 2018

• The Carbon Brief Interview: Teresa Ribera
• IEA: China and India to fuel further rise in global coal demand in 2018
• COP24 video: Three need-to-knows from the UN climate talks in Katowice
• COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice
• Guest post: Is ‘glacier carbon’ good or bad for the climate?
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Saudi Arabia’s Ayman Shasly
• Guest post: Ten charts show how the world is progressing on clean energy
• COP24 video: How can the Paris Agreement stay on track in a world with Bolsonaro and Trump?
• Interactive: How climate finance ‘flows’ around the world
• Met Office: Climate change made 2018 UK summer heatwave ‘30 times more likely’
• Analysis: Fossil-fuel emissions in 2018 increasing at fastest rate for seven years
• Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP24?
• Explainer: Why some US Democrats want a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle climate change
• Natural ocean fluctuations could help explain Antarctic sea ice changes

November 2018

• In-depth Q&A: The UK Climate Projections 2018
• The Lancet: Extreme heat threatens ‘systemic failure’ of hospitals
• UNEP: Limiting warming to 1.5C requires ‘fivefold’ increase in climate commitments
• Q&A: What next for UK capacity market after surprise EU ruling?
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Terry Hughes
• CCC: Progress on low-carbon hydrogen ‘must begin now’ in UK
• Melting Antarctic ice could slow global temperature rise, study says
• Rising CO2 levels in the ocean could benefit toxic algae, study says
• CCC: Farming needs a ‘revolution’ for UK to meet climate goals
• CCC: UK should ‘move away’ from large-scale biomass burning