In-depth Q&A: The UK becomes first major economy to set net-zero climate goal
The UK is to raise its ambition on climate change by setting a legally binding target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to “net-zero” by 2050,... Read More
Guest post: Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change
Leo Barasi is the author of The Climate Majority: Apathy and Action in an Age of Nationalism and blogs at Noise of the crowd. ... Read More
Media reaction: The UK’s record-breaking winter heat in 2019
This time last year, the UK was shivering through the “Beast from the East”, a blast of Arctic air that brought freezing conditions and blizzards... Read More
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2018
In a year dominated by events such as Brexit, royal weddings, the Salisbury poisonings, US Supreme Court nominations and the World Cup, there was... Read More
Exclusive: BBC issues internal guidance on how to report climate change
The BBC, one of the world’s largest and most respected news organisations, has issued formal guidance to its journalists on how to report climate... Read More
Media reaction: The 2018 summer heatwaves and climate change
This year’s northern-hemisphere summer has seen a succession of heatwaves take hold in Europe, Asia, North America and northern Africa. ... Read More
2017: Carbon Brief’s end-of-year review
As the year draws to a close, Carbon Brief takes a look at 2017’s top climate and energy stories through the medium of numbers… ... Read More
Guest post: Authors respond to misinterpretations of their 1.5C carbon budget paper
This is a guest post written jointly by all the authors of the widely reported – and debated – paper, Millar et al, published in Nature Geoscience... Read More
Media reaction: Hurricane Irma and climate change
Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey brought “unprecedented” flooding to Houston, Hurricane Irma has ploughed through the Caribbean and into the... Read More
Media reaction: Hurricane Harvey and climate change
Hurricane Harvey continues to rock the southern US, where at least nine people have died after unprecedented flooding. ... Read More
Global reaction: Trump pulls US out of Paris Agreement on climate change
President Donald Trump has, after months of procrastination and deliberation, carried through with one of his campaign pledges by announcing that he... Read More
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