100 articles from Carbon Brief between July 2016 and December 2016
December 2016
- Shrinking glaciers are ‘categorical evidence’ of climate change, study says
- IEA: China’s new coal plants make ‘no economic sense’
- Record low volume highlights exceptional year for Arctic sea ice
- Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’
- Factcheck: Littlejohn’s ‘inaccurate’ climate claim in Daily Mail about tsunamis
- Factcheck: Newspaper claim about global temperature is ‘deeply misleading’
- EU energy package: What it means for coal, renewables and efficiency
November 2016
- Guest post: Misleading media coverage of Antarctic sea ice paper
- Six tips for creating a good climate change graphic
- Captain Scott’s expedition logs reveal Antarctic sea ice history
- Autumn statement 2016: Key climate and energy announcements
- Guest post: Five ways the Paris Agreement can address oversupply of fossil fuels
- COP22: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Marrakech
- Video: UNEP chief scientist on 1.5C climate goal and Donald Trump
- Analysis: IEA cuts coal growth outlook in half as China peaks
- Guest post: Power of images to shape climate change perceptions
- Analysis: What global emissions in 2016 mean for climate change goals
- Climate finance: the challenge of ‘shifting the trillions’
- UK unveils research priorities for 1.5C climate change goal
- UK plans to close last coal plant by 2025
- US election: Climate scientists react to Donald Trump’s victory
- Guest post: How scientists predicted CO2 would breach 400ppm in 2016
- Surge in plant growth explains slower CO2 rise over past decade
- Mapped: Climate adaptation around the world
- ‘Coal doesn’t benefit the poor’: Dan Kammen on energy access and poverty
- Arctic summer sea ice to disappear with 2C warming, study says
- Preview: The UN’s COP22 climate talks in Marrakech
- Only three years to save 1.5C climate target, says UNEP
- Changing climate demands new approach to flood risk, say MPs
October 2016
- Clouds dampened warming since 1980s, study shows
- Guest post: Are trade agreements good or bad for the climate?
- Warming of 2C will push Mediterranean habitats into ‘unprecedented situation’
- Analysis: How have the IEA’s renewable forecasts changed?
- Analysis: Aviation to consume half of UK’s 1.5C carbon budget by 2050
- Analysis: The impact of La Niña on UK wind power
- Video: Scientists on priorities for IPCC’s special report on 1.5C
- Review: 7 key scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate film Before the Flood
- Shifting tropical cyclones increases threat to sinking Mekong delta
- Renewables forecast contradicts government claim on controlling costs
- The Carbon Brief Quiz 2016
- ‘Trees on steroids’: Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products
- CCC: UK must act now to secure zero-carbon heat by 2050
- CCC: UK ‘needs negative emissions’ to comply with Paris climate deal
- Hurricane Sandy-sized floods up to 17 times more likely by 2100
- Explainer: Why a UN climate deal on HFCs matters
- Explainer: Paris Agreement on climate change to ‘enter into force’
- Climate change could push risk of ‘megadrought’ to 99% in American southwest
- Anthropocene: The journey to a new geological epoch
- Analysis: UK solar beats coal over half a year
September 2016
- Factcheck: The carbon floor price and household energy bills
- Guest post: What technologies are available for meeting the 1.5C goal?
- In-depth: How can fossil fuel supplies be constrained?
- Mapped: The countries with the highest carbon price
- Explainer: How aviation could, finally, agree a climate deal
- Highlights: Day two at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
- Highlights: Day one at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
- Video: Laurence Tubiana on the 1.5C questions scientists need to answer
- Zeitleiste: Die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft der deutschen Energiewende
- Timeline: The past, present and future of Germany’s Energiewende
- Wie Deutschland seinen Strom erzeugt
- Mapped: How Germany generates its electricity
- Scientists: How the new focus on 1.5C is reshaping climate research
- Media reaction: UK government approves Hinkley C nuclear power plant
- Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2016 joint-second lowest on record
- Guest post: How data is key to conserving wildlife in a changing climate
- Seven charts show new renewables outpacing rising demand for first time
- Carbon capture and storage could be cheaper than nuclear, says report
- In-depth: Climate change confusion over government’s flooding review
- UK set to miss renewable energy targets, warn MPs
- Analysis: Jeremy Corbyn promises 65% share of renewables by 2030
- Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn
- Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2016
- Guest post: What will sea ice loss mean for Arctic shipping?
- Where do the 10 UN secretary general candidates stand on climate change?
August 2016
- Nine charts to show why the G20 matters for energy and climate
- Guest post: How predictable is the first ice-free Arctic summer?
- Scientists clarify starting point for human-caused climate change
- Seals help scientists get to the bottom of Antarctic changes
- Seven charts showing how countries’ carbon footprints compare
- Rising seas could ease coral bleaching but will be ‘too little too late’
- IPCC special report to scrutinise ‘feasibility’ of 1.5C climate goal
- Anxiety about electric cars misplaced, says study
- Guest post: Piecing together the Arctic’s sea ice history back to 1850
- Warming Atlantic Ocean leads to rise in marine bacteria
- Analysis: Aviation could consume a quarter of 1.5C carbon budget by 2050
- Scientists confirm multiple climate records broken in 2015
- Guest post: An Antarctic voyage in search of blue carbon
July 2016
- Six charts show UK progress towards low-carbon energy
- Q&A: The Hinkley C new nuclear plant
- US election tracker 2016: Democrats and Republicans on energy and climate
- Climate-related disasters raise conflict risk, study says
- Nick Hurd confirmed as climate minister in new UK department
- Natural forces overpowering Antarctic Peninsula warming
- Analysis: How UK leaving the EU would increase climate targets for others
- Climate change could curb malaria risk in West Africa by end of century
- Warmer oceans driving Antarctic Peninsula glacier melt
- Reshuffle: DECC folded into new department headed by Greg Clark
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Mark Watts
- Revealed: The time when Theresa May spoke out on climate change
- UK faces urgent climate change risks, says CCC