Analysis: Half of UK’s electricity to be renewable by 2025
Close to half of the UK’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2025, according to Carbon Brief analysis of new government projections. ... Read More
Analysis: Why children must emit eight times less CO2 than their grandparents
Global emissions of CO2 need to decline precipitously over the next few decades, if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement goals of limiting global... Read More
Guest post: Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
Prof Stephen Belcher is chief scientist at the UK Met Office; Dr Olivier Boucher is head of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) Climate Modelling... Read More
Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research... Read More
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
In the early 2000s, a new field of climate science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods,... Read More
Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming
If atmospheric CO2 levels exceed 1,200 parts per million (ppm), it could push the Earth’s climate over a “tipping point”, finds a new study.... Read More
Guest post: Land management ‘blind spots’ make 1.5C goal highly unlikely
Dr Calum Brown is a scientist at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), part of the... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Jonathan Bamber
Prof Jonathan Bamber is a professor of glaciology at the University of Bristol and the current president of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). He... Read More
Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years
There is a one-in-10 chance that global average temperatures could “temporarily exceed” 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in at least one year over... Read More
China’s methane emissions rise despite tougher laws, satellite data shows
Methane emissions from coal mining in China have risen despite stricter government regulations that aimed to curb the greenhouse gas, satellite data... Read More
Climate change’s impact on soil moisture could push land past ‘tipping point’
The impact of climate change on soil moisture could push the land past a “tipping point” – turning it from a net carbon “sink” to a source... Read More
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