Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change
Over the past few years, an international team of climate scientists, economists and energy systems modellers have built a range of new “pathways”... Read More
World can limit global warming to 1.5C ‘without BECCS’
It is possible to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures without using negative emissions from bioenergy with carbon capture and... Read More
Analysis: How much ‘carbon budget’ is left to limit global warming to 1.5C?
In 2015, by signing up to the Paris Agreement on climate change, nearly every country pledged to keep global temperatures “well below” 2C above... Read More
Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’
Holding global temperature rise to 1.5C would lead to significant economic benefits by the end of the century, a new paper suggests. ... Read More
In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?
This week, Shell published a “radical” new climate change scenario, showing how the world could meet the “well-below 2C” goal of the Paris... Read More
New scenarios show how the world could limit warming to 1.5C in 2100
In the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, nearly every country on Earth pledged to keeping global temperatures “well below” 2C above... Read More
Long-term climate variability ‘could fall’ as the world warms
Long-term climate variability is the range of temperatures and weather patterns experienced by the Earth over a scale of thousands of years. New... Read More
State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2017
The climate data for 2017 is now in. In this article, Carbon Brief explains why last year proved to be so remarkable across the oceans, atmosphere,... Read More
In-depth: Scientists discuss how to improve climate models
While global climate models do a good job of simulating the Earth’s climate, they are not perfect. ... Read More
Timeline: The history of climate modelling
The climate models used by scientists today rely on some of the world’s most advanced supercomputers. It can take dozens of highly skilled people to... Read More
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to humans
The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. ... Read More
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