100 articles from Carbon Brief between February 2022 and September 2022

September 2022

• Vacancy: Journalist (food, land and nature)
• Factcheck: Why fracking is not the answer to the UK’s energy crisis
• Global warming above 1.5C could trigger ‘multiple’ tipping points
• Guest post: Solar power saved the EU €29bn this summer
• Falling crop yields under warming could see ‘rapid’ decline in bioenergy’s potential
• Guest post: Clam shells show how North Atlantic ‘tipped’ into Little Ice Age
• Guest post: The 50th anniversary of a remarkable global-warming prediction
• Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall by record 8% in second quarter of 2022

August 2022

• Factcheck: Is solar power a ‘threat’ to UK farmland?
• Guest post: How meeting the 2C goal cuts the climate risks for 25,000 marine species
• Planting trees in tropical cropland could create ‘win-win’ for nature and farming
• Media reaction: What Joe Biden’s landmark climate bill means for climate change
• Analysis: Why UK energy bills are soaring to record highs – and how to cut them
• The Arctic has warmed ‘nearly four times faster’ than the global average
• Commodity Profile: Wheat
• Guest post: How China and South Korea could save money by steering clear of gas
• 深堀りQ＆A：気候変動が世界に与える影響に関するIPCCの第6次評価報告書
• Guest post: What we learned about coal phaseout by studying 15 countries

July 2022

• Climate change made 2022’s UK heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’
• Global warming of 2C could ‘double’ flooding costs in China compared to 1.5C
• State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat
• Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says
• Analysis: UK’s ‘jet-zero’ plan would allow demand for flying to soar 70%
• Media reaction: UK’s record-smashing 40C heatwave and climate change
• Analysis: How the UK’s ‘insane’ 40C heat was forecast ‘weeks in advance’
• Electric cars sales in the US ‘could prevent one-tenth of global cropland expansion’
• Factcheck: No, global warming has not ‘paused’ over the past eight years
• Nature-based solutions: How can they work for climate, biodiversity and people?
• Q&A: What does the world’s reliance on fertilisers mean for climate change?
• Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas
• Guest post: Will China’s new renewable energy plan lead to an early emissions peak?
• Emissions from mining cause ‘up to £2.5tn’ in environmental damages each year
• Expanding ‘Azores high’ driving ‘unprecedented’ changes in western Europe’s climate

June 2022

• COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Nairobi
• CCC: Costly gas means reaching climate goals ‘could save UK 0.5% of GDP’
• Tropical cyclones now ‘13% less frequent’ due to climate change
• Guest post: Why 1.5C and ‘well below’ 2C are part and parcel of one temperature goal
• Video: Why does nature loss receive less international attention than climate change?
• Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2022 UN climate conference
• ‘Food miles’ have larger climate impact than thought, study suggests
• Guest post: China’s wind and solar potential is ‘nine times’ that needed for carbon neutrality
• Vacancy: Section Editor (Food, land and nature)
• Explainer: Can climate change and biodiversity loss be tackled together?
• The Carbon Brief Interview: UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Jonathan Pershing
• Guest post: Reducing material use could cut emissions from cars and homes by at least a third
• Windfarms raise incomes and house prices in rural US, study finds

May 2022

• Guest post: How the US can cut its emissions in half by 2030
• Vacancy: Interactive developer
• Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions see longest sustained drop in a decade
• Q&A: What does the new Australian Labor government mean for climate change?
• Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’
• In-depth Q&A: How the EU plans to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels
• Guest post: Why China is set to significantly overachieve its 2030 climate goals
• Greenhouse gas removal: How could it help the UK reach net-zero by 2050?
• Guest post: How 12 key industries can cut emissions in line with 1.5C
• Australian election 2022: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change
• Climate change made extreme rains in 2022 South Africa floods ‘twice as likely’
• Satellite images reveal global losses of tidal wetlands over past two decades
• Communities in India flooded by ‘Amphan-scale cyclones’ could triple by 2100
• Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief – OLD
• Guest post: What have been the most extreme heatwaves in history?
• Media reaction: South Asia’s 2022 heatwave and the role of climate change
• Guest post: How climate scientists should handle ‘hot models’
• Analysis: What do China’s gigantic wind and solar bases mean for its climate goals?
• Marine heatwaves can be predicted ‘up to a year ahead’

April 2022

• Climate change ‘already’ raising risk of virus spread between mammals
• UN land report: Five key takeaways for climate change, food systems and nature loss
• State of the climate: Start of 2022 is the fifth warmest on record
• ‘One quarter’ of US emissions since 2005 come from fossil fuels on public lands
• Guest post: How climate change is driving forest loss in India
• Guest post: Ranking the reasons why the Larsen C ice shelf is melting
• The Carbon Brief Profile: France
• Ocean warming drove 10% rise in ‘extreme’ rainfall from Atlantic hurricanes in 2020
• Analysis: How UK newspapers changed their minds about climate change
• Q&A: What does the UK’s new energy security strategy mean for climate change?
• Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG3 report?
• Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C
• Digital Content Executive Vacancy
• In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how to tackle climate change
• Guest post: What seasonal forecasts can tell us about extreme heat this summer
• The Carbon Brief Interview: UN biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

March 2022

• COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Geneva
• Guest post: How not to interpret the emissions scenarios in the IPCC report
• Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?
• Spring statement 2022: Key climate and energy announcements
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2022 is 10th lowest on record
• Guest post: Why estimates of the ‘cost’ of climate action are overly pessimistic
• ‘Imminent’ tipping point threatening Europe’s permafrost peatlands
• Guest post: In conflict and peace, what drives deforestation in Colombia?
• Declining ‘resilience’ pushing Amazon rainforest towards tipping point
• Guest post: Why gender justice matters in the transition away from coal
• Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG2 report?
• Guest post: How heat pump sales are starting to take off around the world

February 2022

• In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how climate change impacts the world
• Q&A: What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for energy and climate change?
• Guest post: How to model society’s response to climate change
• Using land to tackle climate change could have ‘adverse impacts’ on global hunger
• Factcheck: Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be ‘climate compatible’?
• Guest post: Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition?