US could meet Paris emissions pledge with ‘natural climate solutions’, study says
The US could meet its pledge to cut emissions under the Paris Agreement through “natural climate solutions” (NCS), a new study suggests. ... Read More
Guest post: Combining renewables with direct air capture for ‘net negative’ emissions
Jan Wohland is a PhD student at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Dr Dirk Witthaut is a junior professor at Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Dr Carl-Friedrich... Read More
Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air
An international group of researchers and policymakers met in Australia’s capital this week for the country’s first major conference dedicated to... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Kate Marvel
Dr Kate Marvel is an associate research scientist at Columbia University and the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. She... Read More
Mapped: Where ‘afforestation’ is taking place around the world
A key finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new special report is that it is likely that some degree of... Read More
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change at 1.5C
Earlier today in South Korea, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its long-awaited special report on 1.5C. ... Read More
Guest post: 13 ‘ocean-based solutions’ for tackling climate change
Dr Phillip Williamson is an honorary reader at the University of East Anglia and science coordinator of the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal from the... Read More
UK could become ‘net zero by 2050’ using negative emissions
The UK could cut its emissions to “net-zero” within the next three decades by stepping up investment into technologies that can remove CO2 from... Read More
Guest post: Six key policy challenges to achieving ‘negative emissions’ with BECCS
Dr Clair Gough and Dr Sarah Mander are senior research fellows at the University of Manchester and Dr Naomi Vaughan is a senior lecturer at the... Read More
Planting a mix of tree species ‘could double’ forest carbon storage
Forests containing several tree species could store twice as much carbon as the average monoculture plantation, research finds. ... Read More
Negative emissions have ‘limited potential’ to help meet climate goals
The potential for using negative emissions technologies to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement could be more “limited” than previously... Read More
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