China Briefing, 10 June 2021: Energy ‘pre-warning’ system; Chinese banks ‘fund’ deforestation; Coal price...
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.
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Guest post: Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or...
Local Lockdowns Brought Fast Global Ozone Reductions, NASA Finds
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When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid.
As the coronavirus...
Campaigners’ criticism of Climate Bill continues to grow
8 June 2021
Criticism of the Climate Bill continues to accumulate from campaigners as the legislation makes its way through the Oireachtas.
The Bill is currently...
Guest post: G7 climate laws ‘cut emissions by 1.3bn tonnes in 2019’
Climate laws implemented by the G7 group of major economies cut their collective carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 1.3bn tonnes (GtCO2) in 2019.
That is...
Cooling effect of clouds ‘underestimated’ by climate models, says new study
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Ayesha Tandon
Clouds could have a greater cooling effect on the planet than climate models currently suggest, according...
NASA Map Gives Most Accurate Space-Based View of LA’s Carbon Dioxide
This animation shows the accumulation of data from NASA’s OCO-3 instrument used to create a map of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations that covers about...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Update #23
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 30, 2021 through Sat, June 6, 2021
This week...
China Briefing, 3 June 2021: New climate ‘leaders group’; ‘Record-breaking’ electricity consumption; ‘Artificial sun’
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...
The Carbon Brief profile: Mexico
In the latest article in a series on the world’s key emitters Carbon Brief looks at Mexico, a nation that is already bearing the...
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