100 articles from Carbon Brief between September 2016 and February 2017

February 2017

• 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
• Analysis: What global emissions in 2016 mean for climate change goals
• Climate finance: the challenge of ‘shifting the trillions’
• UK unveils research priorities for 1.5C climate change goal
• UK plans to close last coal plant by 2025
• US election: Climate scientists react to Donald Trump’s victory
• Guest post: How scientists predicted CO2 would breach 400ppm in 2016
• Surge in plant growth explains slower CO2 rise over past decade
• Mapped: Climate adaptation around the world
• ‘Coal doesn’t benefit the poor’: Dan Kammen on energy access and poverty
• Arctic summer sea ice to disappear with 2C warming, study says
• Preview: The UN’s COP22 climate talks in Marrakech
• Only three years to save 1.5C climate target, says UNEP
• Changing climate demands new approach to flood risk, say MPs

October 2016

• Clouds dampened warming since 1980s, study shows
• Guest post: Are trade agreements good or bad for the climate?
• Warming of 2C will push Mediterranean habitats into ‘unprecedented situation’
• Analysis: How have the IEA’s renewable forecasts changed?
• Analysis: Aviation to consume half of UK’s 1.5C carbon budget by 2050
• Analysis: The impact of La Niña on UK wind power
• Video: Scientists on priorities for IPCC’s special report on 1.5C
• Review: 7 key scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate film Before the Flood
• Shifting tropical cyclones increases threat to sinking Mekong delta
• Renewables forecast contradicts government claim on controlling costs
• The Carbon Brief Quiz 2016
• ‘Trees on steroids’: Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products
• CCC: UK must act now to secure zero-carbon heat by 2050
• CCC: UK ‘needs negative emissions’ to comply with Paris climate deal
• Hurricane Sandy-sized floods up to 17 times more likely by 2100
• Explainer: Why a UN climate deal on HFCs matters
• Explainer: Paris Agreement on climate change to ‘enter into force’
• Climate change could push risk of ‘megadrought’ to 99% in American southwest
• Anthropocene: The journey to a new geological epoch
• Analysis: UK solar beats coal over half a year

September 2016

• Factcheck: The carbon floor price and household energy bills
• Guest post: What technologies are available for meeting the 1.5C goal?
• In-depth: How can fossil fuel supplies be constrained?
• Mapped: The countries with the highest carbon price
• Explainer: How aviation could, finally, agree a climate deal
• Highlights: Day two at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford