The 1981 TV documentary that warned about global warming
On the evening of Tuesday, 8 December, 1981, the UK's only commercial TV channel, ITV, broadcast an hour-long documentary called "Warming Warning". ... Read More
Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter in 2016
Last year, Carbon Brief asked John Swain from Right Relevance to produce a map which visualised the climate change conversation on Twitter. In April,... Read More
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2016
Every year, thousands of scientific journal papers are published by researchers across the world, but only a tiny proportion make it into the pages of... Read More
Carbon Brief's 16 numbers for 2016
As the year draws to a close, Carbon Brief takes a look at 2016’s top climate and energy stories through the medium of numbers. Here is our Top 16... Read More
EU energy package: What it means for coal, renewables and efficiency
The literature on EU energy regulations got longer by about a thousand pages yesterday, as the European Commission put forward its vision for... Read More
Mapped: Climate adaptation around the world
From floating islands to fog harvesting, Carbon Brief's interactive map looks at how people around the world are adapting to the impacts of climate... Read More
Analysis: Aviation to consume half of UK's 1.5C carbon budget by 2050
Aviation's greenhouse gas emissions could consume around half the carbon budget available to the UK in 2050, even if the sector's emissions growth is... Read More
Analysis: The impact of La Niña on UK wind power
A comment piece in the Times earlier this week appeared to make a troubling prediction for the UK wind industry this winter. It warned the arrival of... Read More
Review: 7 key scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio's climate film Before the Flood
Before the Flood, a new feature-length documentary presented and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, is released in cinemas tomorrow. ... Read More
The Carbon Brief Quiz 2016
Last Wednesday, Carbon Brief hosted its second annual quiz night at a bar in central London. Twenty-five teams, featuring almost 200 people, took part... Read More
'Trees on steroids': Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products
How do you reduce CO2 emissions? The Global CO2 Initiative is pushing a unique approach: turn them into useful products, then sell them. ... Read More
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