100 articles from Carbon Brief between September 2022 and March 2023

March 2023

• Analysis: Fuel-duty freezes have increased UK CO2 emissions by up to 7%
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2023 is fifth lowest on record
• UK spring budget 2023: Key climate and energy announcements
• Regrowth of degraded tropical forests offsets ‘a quarter’ of deforestation emissions
• Analysis: How the diversity of IPCC authors has changed over three decades
• Heavy rainfall from New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle ‘more common on warmer planet’
• Food waste makes up ‘half’ of global food system emissions
• Climate resilience: Is the UK ready for the impacts of global warming?
• CCC: Here’s how the UK can get reliable zero-carbon electricity by 2035
• Cropped 8 March 2023: High seas; Trees; Wildlife unease
• Q&A: What does the ‘High Seas Treaty’ mean for climate change and biodiversity?
• Guest post: How climate adaptation plans for European cities are gradually getting better
• Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.4% in 2022 as coal use drops to lowest level since 1757

February 2023

• Heat pumps ‘up to three times cheaper’ than green hydrogen in Europe, study finds
• Cropped 22 February 2023: Amazon healing; Bird flu; Safeguard mechanism
• Guest post: Can higher ambition in developed countries create ‘carbon space’ for others?
• China: What the world’s largest food system means for climate change
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria
• Guest post: How quickly does the world need to ‘phase down’ all fossil fuels?
• South American drought in 2022 partly driven by ‘triple-dip’ La Niña
• Recent Alps snow cover decline ‘unprecedented’ in past 600 years
• Analysis: Contradictory coal data clouds China’s CO2 emissions ‘rebound’ in 2022
• Guest post: The causes and impacts of Pacific north-west’s brutal 2021 heatwave
• Fertiliser emissions could be cut to ‘one-fifth of current levels’ by 2050
• Cropped 8 February 2023: UK nature plans; EU-Mercosur talks; US logging ban
• Renewables will be world’s top electricity source within three years, IEA data reveals
• Tropical forests face ‘substantial carbon loss’ as humid areas contract
• Media reaction: US Inflation Reduction Act and the global ‘clean-energy arms race’
• Q&A: Will the UK’s new farm payments cut emissions and help nature?

January 2023

• Wind and solar were EU’s top electricity source in 2022 for first time ever
• Guest post: How can nature-based solutions help cities achieve their climate goals?
• Amazon’s least-deforested areas are due to ‘vital role’ of Indigenous peoples
• Climate change could make parts of Lebanon ‘too hot’ for producing olive oil
• Cropped 25 January 2023: Carbon offsets controversy; Trade wars; Methane round-up
• Guest post: How the UK’s push to reach net-zero could deliver key health benefits
• Guest post: Can ‘green hydrogen’ grow fast enough for 1.5C?
• Vacancy: Section Editor (Policy)
• Guest post: How the South Atlantic is overcoming its history as an under-researched ocean
• Guest post: The state of ‘carbon dioxide removal’ in seven charts
• State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2022
• Net-zero is ‘economic opportunity of 21st century’ for UK, says Skidmore review
• Explainer: Can the world ‘halt and reverse’ biodiversity loss by 2030?
• Tonga volcano eruption raises ‘imminent’ risk of temporary 1.5C breach
• Cropped 11 January 2023: Brazil under Lula; COP15 reaction; EU deforestation law
• Met Office: A review of the UK’s climate in 2022
• Analysis: How UK newspapers commented on energy and climate change in 2022
• Logged tropical forests are a ‘substantial’ carbon source for at least 10 years
• Half of world’s glaciers to ‘disappear’ with 1.5C of global warming
• Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2022

December 2022

• Cropped 21 December 2022: COP15 special edition
• Vacancy: Digital Content Executive
• Argentina’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave made ‘60 times more likely’ by climate change
• COP15: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal
• Video: What needs to happen to make the COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework a success?
• Richest people in UK ‘use more energy flying’ than poorest do overall
• Guest post: ‘Fair’ climate-finance flows should be at least $250bn per year
• Guest post: Why the southern hemisphere is stormier than the northern
• Polar bears and climate change: What does the science say?
• State of the climate: 2022 is currently tied for fourth warmest year on record
• Interactive: Tracking progress at the COP15 biodiversity summit
• Analysis: IEA’s renewables forecast grows 76% in two years after ‘largest ever’ revision
• Interactive: Who wants what at the COP15 biodiversity summit
• Heat pumps are the ‘central technology’ for low-carbon heating, concludes IEA

November 2022

• Guest post: Intensive, lower-carbon animal farming could raise pandemic risks
• Vacancy: Section Editor (China)
• Cropped 24 November 2022: Deforestation pledges; Food systems at COP27; EU fertiliser communication
• COP27: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Egypt
• COP27: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
• West Africa’s deadly rainfall in 2022 made ‘80 times more likely’ by climate change
• Guest post: What the tiny remaining 1.5C carbon budget means for climate policy
• Analysis: Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit record high in 2022
• Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP27?
• Analysis: US falling $32bn short on ‘fair share’ of $100bn climate-finance goal
• Explainer: How can climate finance be increased from ‘billions to trillions’?
• Analysis: EU’s CO2 emissions fall 5% in three months after post-Covid surge
• Guest post: Discovering a potential ‘tipping point’ for Congo’s tropical peatland
• Interactive: Who wants what at the COP27 climate change summit
• Cropped 2 November 2022: Brazilian election results; Africa’s weather extremes; Food systems at COP27
• Guest post: Mapping the most influential Twitter accounts during COP26

October 2022

• In-depth: Russia’s war means fossil fuels will peak within five years, IEA says
• ‘Poor tropical regions’ suffer greatest economic damage from worsening heatwaves
• UNEP: Meeting global climate goals now requires ‘rapid transformation of societies’
• Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change
• Guest post: What gets prioritised and ignored at UN climate negotiations?
• New fossil fuels ‘incompatible’ with 1.5C goal, comprehensive analysis finds
• Cropped, 19 October 2022: Gabon’s carbon credits; Living Planet report; Agriculture investigations
• The Carbon Brief Quiz 2022
• Guest post: Testing how the latest climate models simulate global soil carbon
• Explainer: Why China’s provinces are so important for action on climate change
• Analysis: UK’s gas imports would be 13% lower if it had not ‘cut the green crap’
• Climate change made 2022’s northern-hemisphere droughts ‘at least 20 times’ more likely
• Cropped, 5 October 2022: UK’s ‘attack on nature’; Hurricane Ian hits crops; Spike in land defender killings
• Guest post: How ancient ice-age valleys could hold the key to global ice-sheet loss
• Fossil fuels: Is the world on track for moving past coal, oil and gas production?

September 2022

• Webinar: Will ‘loss and damage’ be the defining issue at COP27?
• Guest post: Why ocean depth is key for how warming will affect marine life
• ‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990
• COP27: Why is addressing ‘loss and damage’ crucial for climate justice?
• Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s record-breaking summer in 2022
• Loss and damage: What happens when climate change destroys lives and cultures?