100 articles from Carbon Brief between January 2019 and August 2019

August 2019

• Guest post: How extreme weather conditions could last longer due to climate change
• Rising water stress could counteract ‘global greening’, study says
• Africa’s tropical land emitted more CO2 than the US in 2016, satellite data shows
• Guest post: How plans for new coal are changing around the world
• Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
• In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change and land
• Guest post: Understanding the water-energy-food nexus in a warming climate
• Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and the role of climate change
• Amazon carbon sink could be ‘much less’ due to lack of soil nutrients
• Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought
• Interactive: How climate change could threaten the world’s traditional dishes
• Climate change made Europe’s 2019 record heatwave up to ‘100 times more likely’
• Guest post: What the UK can learn from carbon pricing schemes around the world
• Analysis: UK primary energy use in 2018 was the lowest in half a century

July 2019

• China’s emissions ‘could peak 10 years earlier than Paris climate pledge’
• Analysis: Does the UK ‘require’ new nuclear to reach net-zero emissions?
• Guest post: Why demand for cooling could make the world hotter
• State of the climate: 2019 set to be second or third warmest year
• Global extent of climate change is ‘unparalleled’ in past 2,000 years
• Direct CO2 capture machines could use ‘a quarter of global energy’ in 2100
• Guest post: Why German coal power is falling fast in 2019
• Guest post: A new approach for understanding the remaining carbon budget
• Analysis: How Trump’s rollback of vehicle fuel standards would increase US emissions
• CCC: UK has just 18 months to avoid ’embarrassment’ over climate inaction
• Europe ‘could get 10 times’ its electricity needs from onshore wind, study says
• Guest post: Understanding the UK’s recent spike in wildfires
• France’s record-breaking heatwave made ‘at least five times’ more likely by climate change
• Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2019 UN climate conference

June 2019

• Analysis: Major update to ocean-heat record could shrink 1.5C carbon budget
• Guest post: Planned growth of UK airports not consistent with net-zero climate goal
• Guest post: Air pollution and irrigation mask extremes of India’s 2019 heatwave
• Cold-war spy photos reveal ‘doubling’ of glacier ice loss in Himalayas
• In-depth Q&A: Why Ireland is ‘nowhere near’ meeting its climate-change goals
• More than half the world could see ‘record-setting heat’ every year by 2100
• In-depth Q&A: The UK becomes first major economy to set net-zero climate goal
• In-depth: BP data reveals record CO2 emissions in 2018 driven by surging use of gas
• Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change
• Interactive: How the UK transformed its electricity supply in just a decade
• Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4%’ of global emissions
• Profil Carbon Brief: Indonesia
• Limiting warming to 1.5C could prevent ‘thousands’ of heat deaths in US cities

May 2019

• Tornadoes and climate change: what does the science say?
• Japan’s deadly 2018 heatwave ‘could not have happened without climate change’
• Lobbying against key US climate regulation ‘cost society $60bn’, study finds
• Guest post: Why natural cycles only play small role in rate of global warming
• Climate change is driving plankton towards the poles, study says
• European forests could ‘live fast and die young’ in a warming climate
• IEA: Low-carbon spending must ‘more than double’ to meet climate goals
• Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
• Guest post: Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change
• Guest post: Why the UK’s carbon footprint is decreasing
• In-depth: The UK should reach ‘net-zero’ climate goal by 2050, says CCC
• Climate change has influenced global drought risk for ‘more than a century’

April 2019

• Climate change could ‘raise stress levels’ of endangered mountain gorillas
• Vacancy: Two-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief
• Australian election 2019: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh
• Guest post: How will climate change’s warming pattern look in the future?
• State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019
• Analysis: Half of UK’s electricity to be renewable by 2025
• Guest post: The UK’s carbon footprint is at its lowest level for 20 years
• Eating more offal could help cut meat emissions by ‘14%’
• Analysis: Why children must emit eight times less CO2 than their grandparents
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia
• Guest post: Arctic warming is causing a 60-fold increase in permafrost landslides
• Bottlenose dolphin numbers declined by ‘12%’ following marine heatwave

March 2019

• Mosquito-borne diseases could reach extra ‘one billion people’ as climate warms
• The Carbon Brief Profile: Indonesia
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• Guest post: Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record
• Guest post: What do we know about climate change mitigation in cities?
• Interactive: Can the Great Barrier Reef survive climate change?
• Factcheck: Is 3-5C of Arctic warming now ‘locked in’?
• The Carbon Brief Profile: India
• Article invité: Un plan pour résoudre les mystères des vastes tourbières du Congo
• Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
• Factcheck: What Greenland ice cores say about past and present climate change
• Guest post: China’s CO2 emissions grew slower than expected in 2018
• Analysis: UK’s CO2 emissions fell for record sixth consecutive year in 2018

February 2019

• Ocean warming has caused ‘sustainable’ fish stocks to drop by 4% since 1930s
• Media reaction: The UK’s record-breaking winter heat in 2019
• Renewable hydrogen ‘already cost competitive’, say researchers
• Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming
• Guest post: Energy efficiency contributed 25% of UK economic growth since 1971
• UK homes ‘shockingly unprepared’ for climate change, says CCC
• Guest post: Land management ‘blind spots’ make 1.5C goal highly unlikely
• Analysis: BP’s outlook for fossil fuels could be undermined by slowing energy demand
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Jonathan Bamber
• One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows
• Studies shed new light on Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise
• Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years
• Corsia: The UN’s plan to ‘offset’ growth in aviation emissions
• Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990

January 2019

• Major study uncovers ‘sea change’ in world’s understanding of Atlantic conveyor belt
• Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
• Eight charts show how ‘aggressive’ railway expansion could cut emissions
• Analysis: How far would Germany’s 2038 coal phaseout breach Paris climate goals?
• China’s methane emissions rise despite tougher laws, satellite data shows
• Climate change’s impact on soil moisture could push land past ‘tipping point’