Guest post: Refining the remaining 1.5C ‘carbon budget’
The remaining “carbon budget” specifies the maximum amount of CO2 that may be emitted to stabilise warming at a particular level – such as the ... Read More
Analysis: Why coal use must plummet this decade to keep global warming below 1.5C
The next 10 years are crucial for tackling climate change, with widespread recognition that CO2 emissions must fall 45% by 2030 to keep global warmin... Read More
The Carbon Brief Profile: Canada
In the latest article in a series on how some of the world’s key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief considers Canada’s relati... Read More
Guest post: A new approach for understanding the remaining carbon budget
Dr Joeri Rogelj is a lecturer in climate change and the environment at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, and Prof Piers Forster is pr... Read More
Analysis: Major update to ocean-heat record could shrink 1.5C carbon budget
The UK’s Met Office recently released “HadSST4”, the largest update since 2011 to its widely used sea surface temperature (SST) record. The n... Read More
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, p... Read More
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
Analysis: Why the IPCC 1.5C report expanded the carbon budget
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity have already raised global temperatures by around 1C since pre-industrial times. This leaves a rapidly sh... Read More
Analyse : Quel « budget carbone » pour limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5C ?
En signant l'accord de Paris sur le changement climatique en 2015, presque tous les pays du monde se sont engagés à maintenir l’élévation de la ... Read More
Permafrost and wetland emissions could cut 1.5C carbon budget ‘by five years’
Emissions of CO2 and methane from wetlands and thawing permafrost as the climate warms could cut the “carbon budget” for the Paris Agreement tempe... Read More
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