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2012/6 Can climate change cause earthquakes? We look at the science and the spin
2013/10 What the new IPCC report says about sea level rise
2013/12 Can the government legally change the fourth carbon budget?
2013/12 Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit
2013/12 Three radical ideas to help individuals take climate action
2013/2 New research projects widespread permafrost thaw with 1.5 degrees of warming
2013/7 Economic stagnation not excuse for climate inaction
2014/10 How solar geoengineering could disrupt wind and solar power
2014/12 Deforestation in the tropics affects climate around the world, study finds
2014/12 Two degrees: The history of climate change's speed limit
2014/12 Why we may never get a Montreal Protocol for climate change
2014/5 The state of carbon pricing: Around the world in 46 carbon markets
2014/6 Academics urge scientists to do more to engage the public on climate change
2014/6 The IEA weighs in on stranded assets - not just a green conspiracy?
2015/1 Long-term economic shocks imply taking strong, early action on climate change, study shows
2015/1 Scientists issue stark warning as Earth passes into danger zone
2015/12 Analysis: The final Paris climate deal
2015/12 Interactive: The Paris Agreement on climate change
2015/4 10 of the best YouTube videos on climate change
2015/4 Climate adaptation could slash cost of flood damages by 96%, study shows
2015/6 Climate change 'Apollo Programme' raises both hope and questions
2015/6 The Atlantic 'conveyor belt' and climate: 10 years of the RAPID project
2015/7 Paris 2015 Tracking country climate pledges
2016/1 Oil below $30: what does it mean for action on climate change?
2016/10 Why a UN Climate Deal on HFCs Matters
2016/3 In-depth: the scientific challenge of extreme weather attribution
2016/3 Mapped: How climate change will slow progress towards curbing malnutrition
2016/3 Timeline: How BECCS became climate change's 'saviour' technology
2016/4 Explainer: 10 ways 'negative emissions' could slow climate change
2016/4 Factcheck: Are climate models ‘wrong’ on rainfall extremes?
2016/4 Feeding the world: Can we preserve forests, go organic and eat meat?
2016/4 In-depth: Experts assess the feasibility of 'negative emissions'
2016/4 Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter
2016/5 Shell Outlines Below 2oC Climate Change Scenario
2016/6 Paris deluge made up to 90% more likely by climate change
2016/7 Climate-related disasters raise conflict risk, study says
2016/7 How UK Leaving the EU Would Increase Climate Targets for Others
2016/7 The Carbon Brief Interview: Mark Watts
2016/8 Aviation could consume a quarter of 1.5C carbon budget by 2050
2016/8 How predictable is the first ice-free Arctic summer?
2016/8 Mapped: The world's nuclear power plants
2017/1 Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter in 2016
2017/10 California’s new law aims to tackle imported emissions
2017/10 Geoengineering: Scientists in Berlin debate radical ways to reverse global warming
2017/10 How well have climate models projected global warming?
2017/10 Impact of climate change on health is 'the major threat of 21st century'
2017/10 New York City could face damaging floods ‘every five years’ in a warmer climate
2017/10 The Carbon Brief Quiz 2017
2017/10 Who will deliver the negative emissions needed to avoid 2C warming?
2017/11 Global CO2 emissions set to rise 2% in 2017 after three-year ‘plateau’
2017/11 How China has reduced the carbon footprint of developed countries
2017/11 The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Katharine Hayhoe
2017/11 Unregulated solar geoengineering could spark droughts and hurricanes, study warns
2017/12 Carbon Brief’s end-of-year review
2017/12 Shipping industry must take ‘urgent action’ to meet Paris climate goals
2017/2 Q&A: The social cost of carbon
2017/2 Carbon Brief Summary Q&A for the SCC
2017/2 Factcheck: Mail on Sunday’s ‘astonishing evidence’ about global temperature rise
2017/3 Seven things that need to happen to keep global temperature rise below 2C
2017/4 Cut fossil fuel use dramatically to meet climate goals says Shell-backed report
2017/4 Warming limit of 1.5C would 'save' huge expanses of permafrost, study says
2017/4 Why do Republicans have such an extreme reaction to climate science
2017/5 Mapped: Climate change laws around the world
2017/6 Analysis: Meeting Paris pledges would prevent at least 1C of global warming
2017/6 Analysis: US states and cities could meet Paris climate goals without Trump
2017/6 IEA: World can reach 'net zero' emissions by 2060 to meet Paris climate goals
2017/6 Major correction to satellite data shows 140% faster warming since 1998
2017/7 Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters
2017/8 Climate change 'could double' the number of droughts in Jordan by 2100
2017/9 Climate models have not 'exaggerated' global warming
2017/9 Deploying the science of extreme weather attribution in the courts
2017/9 Tropical forests are no longer carbon sinks because of human activity
2018/1 Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2017
2018/1 How do climate models work?
2018/10 How 'integrated assessment models' are used to study climate change
2018/10 How 'integrated assessment models' are used to study climate change
2018/10 In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change at 1.5C
2018/10 Interactive: How climate finance ‘flows’ around the world
2018/10 Interactive: The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond
2018/12 Explainer: Why some US Democrats want a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle climate change
2018/2 Every five-year delay in meeting Paris goals could add 20cm to global sea levels
2018/2 How ‘enhanced weathering’ could slow climate change and boost crop yields
2018/3 In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?
2018/3 Q&A: What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?
2018/4 Atlantic ‘conveyor belt’ has slowed by 15% since mid-20th century
2018/4 In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?
2018/5 Explainer: Six ideas to limit global warming with solar geoengineering
2018/6 A new way to assess ‘global warming potential’ of short-lived pollutants
2018/6 Land uplift ‘could prevent’ collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet
2018/6 Mapped: The world’s coal power plants
2018/7 Global warming varies greatly depending where you live
2018/8 Explainer: These six metals are key to a low-carbon future
2018/8 Rising CO2 levels could push ‘hundreds of millions’ into malnutrition by 2050
2018/X Clashes between humans and lions to increase with climate change, study says
2019/1 Major study uncovers ‘sea change’ in world’s understanding of Atlantic conveyor belt
2019/11 How ‘Article 6’ carbon markets could ‘make or break’ the Paris Agreement
2019/11 In-depth Q&A: How ‘Article 6’ carbon markets could ‘make or break’ the Paris Agreement
2019/11 UNEP: 1.5C climate target ‘slipping out of reach’
2019/11 UNEP: 1.5C climate target ‘slipping out of reach’
2019/12 CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
2019/12 CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
2019/2 Land management ‘blind spots’ make 1.5C goal highly unlikely
2019/3 Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
2019/4 How global warming is causing ocean oxygen levels to fall
2019/4 Why children must emit eight times less CO2 than their grandparents
2019/5 How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
2019/5 Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change
2019/5 Tornadoes and climate change: what does the science say?
2019/7 Direct CO2 capture machines could use ‘a quarter of global energy’ in 2100
2019/7 How Trump’s rollback of vehicle fuel standards would increase US emissions
2019/8 The IPCC's special report on climate change and land
2019/9 Cutting air pollution would not cause ‘near-term spike’ in global warming
2019/9 How heatwave images in the media can better represent climate risks
2019/9 The problem with net-zero emissions targets
2019/9 The UK politicians who talk the most about climate change
2020/1 State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2019
2020/10 Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
2020/10 What Joe Biden’s US election victory means for climate change
2020/11 Climate experts react to Joe Biden’s victory
2020/2 Could the Atlantic Overturning Circulation ‘shut down’?
2020/2 Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
2020/3 Coal mines emit more methane than oil-and-gas sector, study finds
2020/3 World’s intact tropical forests reached ‘peak carbon uptake’ in 1990s
2020/4 Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse
2020/7 Global warming edges closer to Paris Agreement 1.5C limit
2020/7 How ‘discourses of delay’ are used to slow climate action
2020/8 ‘Extreme’ glacier loss events linked to human-caused climate change for first time
2020/9 Calculating the true climate impact of aviation emissions
2021/1 Refining the remaining 1.5C ‘carbon budget’
2021/10 Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?
2021/11 Analysis: Do COP26 promises keep global warming below 2oC?
2021/11 How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2021
2021/12 Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change?
2021/12 Global warming will make undocumented migration into US ‘increasingly dangerous’
2021/12 Guest post: Are the world’s peatlands better protected after COP26?
2021/12 The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Wang Yi and Prof Wang Zhongying
2021/2 Analysis: Shell says new ‘Brazil-sized’ forest would be needed to meet 1.5C climate goal
2021/2 Atlantic Ocean current at weakest state in ‘over a millennium’
2021/4 A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for bringing land-mitigation pathways into line
2021/4 Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?
2021/4 The Carbon Brief Profile: United States
2021/5 ‘Exceptional new normal’: IEA raises growth forecast for wind and solar by another 25%
2021/5 IEA: Mineral supplies for electric cars ‘must increase 30-fold’ to meet climate goals
2021/5 Why the low carbon transition may be much cheaper than models predict
2021/6 In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?
2021/6 The Carbon Brief Profile: Mexico
2021/6 UN climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2021 virtual conference
2021/6 Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions
2021/8 In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment report on climate science
2022/1 State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2021
2022/10 Coal and trucks pushed US ‘further off track’ for climate targets in 2021
2022/10 Testing how the latest climate models simulate global soil carbon
2022/12 Analysis: IEA’s renewables forecast grows 76% in two years after ‘largest ever’ revision
2022/12 Guest post: ‘Fair’ climate-finance flows should be at least $250bn per year
2022/2 How China is powering the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing
2022/3 ‘Imminent’ tipping point threatening Europe’s permafrost peatlands
2022/3 Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?
2022/3 China briefing: More plans on energy storage and hydrogen; China’s emissions analysis
2022/3 How not to interpret the emissions scenarios in the IPCC report
2022/4 Ranking the reasons why the Larsen C ice shelf is melting
2022/4 Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG3 report?
2022/4 The Carbon Brief Profile: France
2022/4 The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how to tackle climate change
2022/4 What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C
2022/5 Guest post: How climate scientists should handle ‘hot models’
2022/5 Media reaction: South Asia’s 2022 heatwave and the role of climate change
2022/5 What have been the most extreme heatwaves in history?
2022/5 Why China is set to significantly overachieve its 2030 climate goals
2022/6 ‘Food miles’ have larger climate impact than thought, study suggests
2022/6 Can climate change and biodiversity loss be tackled together?
2022/7 Analysis: UK’s ‘jet-zero’ plan would allow demand for flying to soar 70%
2022/7 Climate change made 2022’s UK heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’
2022/7 Electric cars sales in the US ‘could prevent one-tenth of global cropland expansion’
2022/7 Expanding ‘Azores high’ driving ‘unprecedented’ changes in western Europe’s climate
2022/7 Factcheck: No, global warming has not ‘paused’ over the past eight years
2022/7 Will China’s new renewable energy plan lead to an early emissions peak?
2022/8 Understanding Wheat in a Climate Change Context
2022/9 Clam shells show how North Atlantic ‘tipped’ into Little Ice Age
2022/9 Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2022
2022/9 The Carbon Brief Profile: Russia
2022/9 Tipping points: How could they shape the world’s response to climate change?
2023/1 Guest post: Can ‘green hydrogen’ grow fast enough for 1.5C?
2023/10 Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
2023/11 The Carbon Brief Profile: China
2023/12 Climate tipping points have put Earth on ‘disastrous trajectory’, says new report
2023/12 What would an ambitious ‘global goal on adaptation’ look like at COP28?
2023/12 Why ‘jet-streak’ winds will get faster as the climate warms
2023/2 Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria
2023/2 Guest post: The causes and impacts of Pacific north-west’s brutal 2021 heatwave
2023/2 Recent Alps snow cover decline ‘unprecedented’ in past 600 years
2023/3 Q&A: IPCC wraps up its most in-depth assessment of climate change
2023/4 Analysis: Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth
2023/7 Guest post: Climate models underestimate food security risk from ‘compound’ extreme weather
2023/7 World’s run of hottest days; Shipping’s climate reckoning; Revival for climate misinformation
2023/9 How some of the world’s largest companies rely on carbon offsets to ‘reach net-zero’
2023/9 In-depth Q&A: Can ‘carbon offsets’ help to tackle climate change?
2023/9 Infographic: How are carbon offsets supposed to work?
2023/9 Mapped: The impacts of carbon-offset projects around the world
2023/9 Timeline: The 60-year history of carbon offsets
2024/1 A review of the UK’s climate in 2023
2024/1 State of the climate: 2023 smashes records for surface temperature and ocean heat
2024/1 What progress has been made on protecting nature a year on from COP15?
2024/1 Why 2023 was an exceptional year for Antarctic sea ice
2024/10 Heat stress thresholds are not designed for vulnerable groups
2024/10 How to track progress towards the ‘global goal on adaptation’?
2024/10 The growing threat of climate-sensitive infectious diseases
2024/11 How COP29 host Azerbaijan could boost growth through climate action
2024/11 How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024
2024/11 Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
2024/11 State of the climate: 2024 will be first year above 1.5C of global warming
2024/11 What 1.5C overshoot would mean for climate impacts and adaptation
2024/11 What does a Trump presidency mean for climate action?
2024/12 Only five proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries
2024/12 The conflicting practices in using land to tackle climate change
2024/2 Interview: Why global support for climate action is 'systematically underestimated'
2024/3 Climate adaptation becomes less effective as the world warms
2024/3 Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps
2024/3 Mapping where tree-planting has the greatest climate benefit
2024/3 The challenge of consensus decision-making in UN climate negotiations
2024/3 Why some countries are aiming for 'net-negative' emissions
2024/4 How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality
2024/4 How shifting diets away from beef could cut Brazil’s emissions
2024/4 State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start
2024/4 Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect
2024/5 Heat pumps gained European market share in 2023 despite falling sales
2024/5 How China’s energy system can reach carbon neutrality before 2055
2024/5 Ice-age analysis suggests worst-case global warming is less likely
2024/5 Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand
2024/5 The role of ‘blue carbon’ in addressing climate change
2024/6 How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero
2024/6 The critical role of ‘grounding zones’ in the retreat of Earth’s ice sheets
2024/6 Tracking the unprecedented impact of humans on the climate
2024/7 Heavy use of CO2 removal would trigger high sustainability risks
2024/7 How Denmark plans to tax agriculture emissions to meet climate goals
2024/7 State of the climate: 2024 now very likely to be warmest year on record
2024/7 The growing problem of how extreme heat damages mental health
2024/7 Tracking G7 climate progress with data from 116,095 power plants
2024/8 Using El Niño forecasts to give early warning of crop failures
2024/9 The forgotten role of logistics in achieving net-zero
2025/1 A review of the UK’s climate in 2024
2025/1 Atmospheric CO2 rise now exceeding IPCC 1.5C pathways
2025/1 How ‘super pollutants’ harm human health and worsen climate change
2025/2 Carbon Brief Profile: Germany
2025/2 Guest post: How the global ‘water gap’ will grow under climate change
2025/2 How ‘digital sequence information’ can generate funds for biodiversity
2025/2 How atmospheric rivers are bringing rain to West Antarctica
2025/2 How climate change is causing ‘ecological grief’ for farmers in Ghana
2025/3 China will need 10,000GW of wind and solar by 2060
2025/3 Climate change is not making extreme cold more common
2025/3 Decoding how China talks about energy and climate change
2025/3 How human behaviour shapes effective climate policies
2025/3 Saudi Arabia's surprisingly large imports of solar panels from China
2025/3 Why action on extreme heat in Indian cities is falling short
2025/3 Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal
2025/4 How to apportion ‘net-zero carbon debt’ if global warming overshoots 1.5C
2025/4 State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year
2025/4 Why hydrogen cars are being outsold by Ferraris
2025/5 Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering
2025/5 How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa
2025/5 How marine life provides climate benefits worth billions of dollars
2025/5 More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’
2025/6 Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025/6 How ‘feedback loops’ and ‘non-linear thinking’ can inform climate policy
2025/6 How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather
2025/6 How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities
2025/6 How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon
2025/6 Investigating how volcanic eruptions can affect climate projections
2025/6 What is China’s ‘Shenzen model’ for low-carbon transition in cities?
2025/6 Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising
2025/6 Why the global area for regrowing trees is 71% smaller than thought
2025/7 Carbon Brief Profile: Pakistan
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