In-depth: BP’s global data for 2017 shows record highs for coal and renewables
Renewable energy grew by the largest amount ever last year, while coal-fired electricity also reached a record high, according to new global data from... Read More
Guest post: A new way to assess ‘global warming potential’ of short-lived pollutants
Dr Michelle Cain in a science and policy research associate on the Oxford Martin School’s programme on climate pollutants at the University of... Read More
Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Sweden for first international conference
This week, Gothenburg in Sweden played host to the first international conference on “negative emissions”. ... Read More
Tourism responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
Worldwide tourism accounted for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2013, new research finds, making the sector a bigger polluter than... Read More
Video: All you need to know about the shipping sector’s new climate deal
Last week countries agreed to a new emissions reduction target for the shipping sector, as part of a wider climate deal. ... Read More
In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?
Update 13/4/2018 – Countries today agreed to a climate deal on international shipping. The "initial strategy" aims to peak and decline shipping... Read More
In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?
This week, Shell published a “radical” new climate change scenario, showing how the world could meet the “well-below 2C” goal of the Paris... Read More
New scenarios show how the world could limit warming to 1.5C in 2100
In the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, nearly every country on Earth pledged to keeping global temperatures “well below” 2C above... Read More
Every five-year delay in meeting Paris goals could ‘add 20cm’ to global sea levels
Failure to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement within the next few decades could have long-lasting impacts on global sea level rise in the coming... Read More
Guest post: How ‘enhanced weathering’ could slow climate change and boost crop yields
Prof David Beerling, director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, and Prof Stephen Long from the Department of Crop Sciences and... Read More
Carbon emissions from Amazon wildfires could ‘counteract’ deforestation decline
The loss of carbon from wildfires fuelled by drought could “counteract” efforts to cut deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, research suggests. ... Read More
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