Guest post: Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up to $91bn... Read More
Guest post: G7 climate laws ‘cut emissions by 1.3bn tonnes in 2019’
Climate laws implemented by the G7 group of major economies cut their collective carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 1.3bn tonnes (GtCO2) in 2019. T... Read More
Guest post: Lessons learned from five years of extreme weather ‘rapid attribution’
In the immediate aftermath of an extreme weather event, a common question arises around how much human-caused climate change contributed to its likel... Read More
Guest post: Why the low carbon transition may be much cheaper than models predict
To achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century, global energy systems must undergo a wholesale switch to low-carbon and energy-efficient technologies. ... Read More
Guest post: Overshooting 2C risks rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from Antarctica
In 2015, governments from across the world committed to the Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C or 2C. Yet, the emissions... Read More
Guest post: How to assess the multiple interacting risks of climate change
A key threat of a warming climate is that it does not pose one single risk, but rather it presents multiple, interacting risks. In a highly ... Read More
Guest post: A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for bringing land-mitigation pathways into line
Scientists know that the world’s land surface absorbs nearly a third of human-caused CO2 emissions each year. This carbon “sink” – mostly fro... Read More
Guest post: How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions
Coal use needs to rapidly fall this decade if the world has any chance of achieving the 1.5C temperature target of the Paris Agreement, yet new coal ... Read More
Guest post: How ‘high-resolution’ climate models will help Europe plan for extreme weather
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with ... Read More
Guest post: The fate of Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5C, 2C and 4C of warming
Antarctica’s ice shelves – the floating tongues of ice formed where the ice sheet meets the ocean – are especially useful indicators of a warmi... Read More
Guest post: Identifying three ‘tipping points’ in Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier
Antarctica may seem far away for most of us, yet this remote continent contains enough ice to raise sea levels around the world by tens of metres. It... Read More
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