100 articles from Carbon Brief between November 2016 and May 2017
May 2017
April 2017
- India’s planned coal plants could ‘single-handedly jeopardise’ 1.5C target
- Cut fossil fuel use ‘dramatically’ to meet climate goals, says Shell-backed report
- UK launches ‘world first’ research programme into negative emissions
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Michael Gerrard
- El Niño shifts cholera burden onto East Africa
- Warming limit of 1.5C would ‘save’ huge expanses of permafrost, study says
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Brian Deese
- Renewables growth breaks records again despite fall in investment
- Guest post: Air passengers face a bumpier ride due to climate change
- Renewable electricity in Africa could outstrip demand in 2030, study says
- Analysis: Just four years left of the 1.5C carbon budget
- Mapped: Where £4.4bn is being spent on flood protection in England
- Analysis: North Sea industry cost UK taxpayers £396m in 2016
March 2017
- Media reaction: Donald Trump’s climate and energy executive order
- Video: Climate scientists discuss record lows in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice
- Guest post: Adapting to climate change through ‘managed retreat’
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Benjamin Sporton
- Sea ice falls to record lows in both the Arctic and Antarctic
- Analysis: Dramatic shift in UK government outlook for gas and clean energy
- Seven things that need to happen to keep global temperature rise below 2C
- Guest post: Beijing ‘severe haze’ could be 50% more frequent under climate change
- In-depth: What Donald Trump’s budget means for US spending on climate change
- UK energy bills have fallen since 2008, says CCC
- Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts
- Explainer: The challenge of tackling aviation’s non-CO2 emissions
- Humans causing up to two-thirds of Arctic summer sea ice loss, study confirms
- Rate of ocean warming quadrupled since late 20th century, study reveals
- UK emissions should be ‘net-zero’ by 2070 at the latest, study says
- Spring Budget 2017: key climate and energy announcements
- Video: Prof Nick Pidgeon on European perceptions about climate change
- Half of world’s ocean to face multiple ‘climate stressors’ by 2030, study warns
- French election 2017: Where the candidates stand on energy and climate change
- Analysis: UK carbon emissions fell 6% in 2016 after record drop in coal use
- Guest post: A closer look at China’s stalled carbon emissions
- Explainer: How much did climate change ‘cost’ in the 20th century?
February 2017
- Guest Post: Forests to provide a quarter of Paris Agreement’s pledged mitigation
- Video: Patricia Espinosa on Trump, Brexit, ‘loss and damage’ and 1.5C goal
- House of Lords energy report slammed as ‘confused’ and ‘misleading’
- Biomass subsidies ‘not fit for purpose’, says Chatham House
- Marine ‘hotspots’ under dual threat from climate change and fishing
- In-depth: The whole system costs of renewables
- Swiss ski resorts could see 70% drop in snow cover as climate warms
- Analysis: How important was Moorside new nuclear plant to UK climate plans?
- ‘Cluster of cold years’ behind New Zealand’s surprising glacier growth
- Q&A: The social cost of carbon
- Guest post: Why NOAA updates its sea surface temperature record
- Climate change and fishing lay ‘ecological trap’ for African penguins
- Mapped: EU coal plants ‘should all close by 2030’
- Scientists solve ocean ‘carbon sink’ puzzle
- Risk of ‘megafires’ to increase as climate warms
- Factcheck: Mail on Sunday’s ‘astonishing evidence’ about global temperature rise
- Two charts show how fossil fuels could peak by 2020
- Phasing out cookstoves a ‘win-win’ for climate and health, study shows
January 2017
- Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter in 2016
- Absence of carbon capture and storage is ‘biggest challenge to’ 2C limit
- Analysis: BP Energy Outlook sees coal demand peaking for first time
- Video: Dr Emily Shuckburgh on peer-reviewing the Ladybird book on climate change
- Guest post: What can climate models tell us about impacts at 1.5C and 2C?
- ‘Huge’ coal-to-gas switch drives down EU power emissions
- Guest post: The challenge of defining the ‘pre-industrial’ era
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Barry Gardiner
- Interactive: How much does El Niño affect global temperature?
- High temperatures to hit staple crops in the US this century, study says
- World’s major climate agencies confirm 2016 as hottest year on record
- Dramatic decrease in ‘mild’ weather for tropical countries by 2100
- Video: NASA’s Dr Gavin Schmidt on 2016 as the hottest year on record
- Guest post: Vast carbon store found under Congo swamp forest
- Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2016
- Guest post: Coal price surge will not stop China’s drive to reduce emissions
- Double threat to UK’s birds and butterflies from climate change and land use
- World is ‘backsliding’ on gasoline subsidies, finds study
- Guest post: Press complaints process is ‘exercise in futility’ for scientists
- Analysis: UK wind generated more electricity than coal in 2016
- Ocean data upgrade confirms pace of recent warming
- Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers
December 2016
- Two charts show how UK coal use is collapsing
- Record-breaking Arctic warmth ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
- Carbon Brief’s 16 numbers for 2016
- US trying harder on climate change than ‘unambitious’ China, says study
- Zika outbreak ‘fuelled by’ El Niño and climate change
- UK Climate Change Act: Understanding the costs and benefits
- Video: NASA produces first 3D animation of global carbon emissions
- Mapped: The US states ‘decoupling’ economic growth and emissions
- Shrinking glaciers are ‘categorical evidence’ of climate change, study says
- IEA: China’s new coal plants make ‘no economic sense’
- Record low volume highlights exceptional year for Arctic sea ice
- Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’
- Factcheck: Littlejohn’s ‘inaccurate’ climate claim in Daily Mail about tsunamis
- Factcheck: Newspaper claim about global temperature is ‘deeply misleading’
- EU energy package: What it means for coal, renewables and efficiency
November 2016
- Guest post: Misleading media coverage of Antarctic sea ice paper
- Six tips for creating a good climate change graphic
- Captain Scott’s expedition logs reveal Antarctic sea ice history
- Autumn statement 2016: Key climate and energy announcements
- Guest post: Five ways the Paris Agreement can address oversupply of fossil fuels
- COP22: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Marrakech
- Video: UNEP chief scientist on 1.5C climate goal and Donald Trump
- Analysis: IEA cuts coal growth outlook in half as China peaks
- Guest post: Power of images to shape climate change perceptions