Q&A: What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?
Recent announcements in the UK and across the rest of Europe seem to be ushering in a new era of “subsidy-free” renewables, which can...
Mapped: How ‘embodied’ footprints compare across Europe
Households in the south-west of England are some of the most carbon intensive in Europe, a new study shows.
The paper, published this month in...
New maps pinpoint the potential for BECCS across the US
Models developed to explore how the world might limit future warming to the “well below 2C” target of the Paris Agreement on climate change...
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Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5C and 2C of global warming?
Under the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015, virtually all the world’s nations pledged to limit global warming to “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels...
In-depth: The challenges facing the Dieter Helm ‘energy cost’ review
The UK government has asked Prof Dieter Helm, an economist at the University of Oxford, to carry out an energy cost review and report...
Guest post: How China has reduced the carbon footprint of developed countries
Dr Glen Peters, Robbie Andrew, and Dr Jan Ivar Korsbakken are senior researchers at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Norway.
We tend...
Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change
Over the past few years, an international team of climate scientists, economists and energy systems modellers have built a range of new “pathways” that...
US could meet Paris emissions pledge with ‘natural climate solutions’, study says
The US could meet its pledge to cut emissions under the Paris Agreement through “natural climate solutions” (NCS), a new study suggests.
NCS comprise a...
China Briefing, 24 June 2021: Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles; ETS launch date; Iron and steel emissions
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China weekly digest. We handpick and explain the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past seven days.
This...