100 articles from Carbon Brief between March 2018 and August 2018

August 2018

• Rising CO2 levels could push ‘hundreds of millions’ into malnutrition by 2050
• Guest post: India’s emissions will double at most by 2030
• Planting a mix of tree species ‘could double’ forest carbon storage
• Summer rainfall declines ‘primary driver’ of surge in US wildfires
• Restricting global warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ risk of marine heatwaves
• Guest post: Why BECCS might not produce ‘negative’ emissions after all
• Scientists find ‘natural pulses’ in recent melting of West Antarctic ice sheet
• Coastal flooding in Europe ‘could cost up to €1 trillion per year’ by 2100
• The 2004 lecture that finally convinced David Attenborough about global warming
• Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires
• Solar geoengineering could ‘fail to prevent damage to crop yields’
• Climate change not the only threat to giant pandas, study says
• Methane uptake from forest soils has ‘fallen by 77% in three decades’
• State of the climate: 2018 set to be fourth warmest year despite cooler start

July 2018

• Guest post: ‘Peak coal’ is getting closer, latest figures show
• Global carbon tax in isolation could ‘exacerbate food insecurity by 2050’
• Six charts show mixed progress for UK renewables
• Climate change made 2018 European heatwave up to ‘five times’ more likely
• Media reaction: The 2018 summer heatwaves and climate change
• In-depth: How the UK plans to adapt to climate change
• Mapped: The US nuclear power plants ‘at risk’ of shutting down
• Factcheck: Will climate change bring great white sharks to UK waters?
• ‘Powerful evidence’ of global warming’s effect on seasons found in troposphere
• Slowdown of Atlantic conveyor belt could trigger ‘two decades’ of rapid global warming
• IEA: Renewables investment in India topped fossil fuels for first time in 2017
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Chris Stark
• Rapid rise of UK electric vehicles sees National Grid double its 2040 forecast
• In-depth: UK can go low-carbon ‘at no extra cost’, say infrastructure advisors
• Permafrost and wetland emissions could cut 1.5C carbon budget ‘by five years’
• CCC: New UK renewables ‘could be cheaper than existing gas plants by 2030’
• Guest post: How use of land in pursuit of 1.5C could impact biodiversity
• Analysis: ‘Global’ warming varies greatly depending where you live

June 2018

• ‘Worrying trend’ in UK emission cuts beyond power and waste, says CCC
• Guest post: Unprecedented summer heat in Europe ‘every other year’ under 1.5C of warming
• ‘Atlantification’ of Arctic sea tipping it towards new climate regime
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Japan
• Land uplift ‘could prevent’ collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet
• Climate change to become ‘greatest pressure on biodiversity’ by 2070
• Explainer: How scientists estimate ‘climate sensitivity’
• Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C
• Guest post: How global warming is causing ocean oxygen levels to fall
• In-depth: BP’s global data for 2017 shows record highs for coal and renewables
• Sea level rise due to Antarctic ice melt has ‘tripled over past five years’
• World can ‘safely’ store billions of tonnes of CO2 underground
• Guest post: Climate change could heighten risk of global food production ‘shocks’
• Carbon Brief Türkiye Profili
• Guest post: A new way to assess ‘global warming potential’ of short-lived pollutants
• Global warming could be causing tropical storms to ‘slow down and last longer’
• World can limit global warming to 1.5C by ‘improving energy efficiency’
• Video: How beef farmers can reduce their carbon footprint
• Guest post: Seven key things to know about ‘negative emissions’

May 2018

• Guest post: Exceeding 1.5C of global warming will hit poorest the hardest
• Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Sweden for first international conference
• Guest post: Don’t shift the goalposts of Paris Agreement’s temperature limits
• Analysis: How ‘natural climate solutions’ can reduce the need for BECCS
• Restricting global warming to 1.5C could ‘halve’ risk of biodiversity loss
• UK onshore wind energy potential could ‘rise by 10%’ with 1.5C warming
• Mapped: How global warming and land-use change threaten water security worldwide
• Analysis: The gender, nationality and institution of IPCC AR6 scientists
• Guest post: Climate change is already making droughts worse
• Bonn climate talks: key outcomes from the May 2018 UN climate conference
• Explainer: Six ideas to limit global warming with solar geoengineering
• Tourism responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Turkey
• ‘Foehn winds’ causing Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf to melt in winter
• Video: Why studying Thwaites glacier is vital for forecasting sea level rise
• State of the climate: Warm start to 2018 despite La Niña conditions

April 2018

• Mapped: African heatwaves could increase ‘five-fold’ with 3C of global warming
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Stephen Belcher
• Low-lying atolls could become ‘uninhabitable’ earlier than thought
• Deforestation has driven up hottest day temperatures, study says
• Guest post: Do satellites hold the answer to reporting greenhouse gases?
• Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change
• Great Barrier Reef at ‘unprecedented’ risk of collapse after major bleaching event
• CO2 emissions from wildfires have fallen over past 80 years, study finds
• Analysis: Government asks when UK should hit net-zero emissions
• Video: All you need to know about the shipping sector’s new climate deal
• Guest post: The impact of climate change on mental health is impossible to ignore
• World can limit global warming to 1.5C ‘without BECCS’
• Explainer: These six metals are key to a low-carbon future
• Atlantic ‘conveyor belt’ has slowed by 15% since mid-20th century
• Marine heatwaves have become ‘34% more likely’ over past century
• Africa’s vegetation has lost 2.6bn tonnes of CO2 in just seven years
• Analysis: How much ‘carbon budget’ is left to limit global warming to 1.5C?
• In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?
• Global solar capacity grew faster than fossil fuels in 2017, says report
• Guest post: Using satellites to track the retreat of Antarctica’s glaciers
• Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’
• Limiting warming to 1.5C could ‘substantially’ cut risk of ice-free Arctic summers

March 2018

• In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?
• UK’s largest butterfly could ‘be lost’ due to climate change
• Guest post: Why India’s CO2 emissions grew strongly in 2017
• Q&A: What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?
• Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest winter peak on record
• Expect tens of millions of internal climate migrants by 2050, says World Bank
• Global warming to date could ‘obliterate’ a third of glacier ice
• Factcheck: Less than 1% of UK gas supplies come from Russia
• New maps pinpoint the potential for BECCS across the US
• Solar geoengineering: Risk of ‘termination shock’ overplayed, study says
• Guest post: China’s CO2 emissions grew less than expected in 2017