Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2018
Dr Ruth Mottram, Dr Peter Langen and Dr Martin Stendel are climate scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in Copenhagen, which is part...
Mapped: The Mediterranean world heritage sites at risk from sea level rise
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The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa
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Analyse: les scientifiques discutent les conclusions clés du rapport 1,5°C du GIEC
Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) a publié cette semaine un rapport spécial sur un « réchauffement planétaire de 1,5°C ».
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Exclusive: BBC One to show first primetime film on climate change since 2007
The BBC has commissioned a major new documentary film on climate change.
Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s director of content, said in a speech last night...
UK homes need ‘deep efficiency retrofit’ to meet climate goals
A nationwide programme to upgrade the UK’s housing stock will be essential to meeting the country’s 2050 climate commitments, a new report says.
The report,...
In-depth: Scientists discuss key findings of the IPCC’s special report on 1.5C
Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special report on 1.5C.
It summarised what the latest science says about the...
Mapped: Where ‘afforestation’ is taking place around the world
A key finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new special report is that it is likely that some degree of “afforestation”...
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change at 1.5C
Earlier today in South Korea, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its long-awaited special report on 1.5C.
The IPCC is a body of...
Analysis: Why the IPCC 1.5C report expanded the carbon budget
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity have already raised global temperatures by around 1C since pre-industrial times. This leaves a rapidly shrinking “carbon budget”...
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