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Guest post: Why coal phaseout is a ‘no-regret’ plan for tackling climate change
The combustion of coal is the single most important source of climate-warming CO2 emissions. As a result, phasing out coal is one of the...
Explainer: How data adjustments affect global temperature records
Over the past two centuries, the times of day, locations and methods of measuring temperature have all changed dramatically. For example, where once researchers...
The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh
Prof Joanna Haigh is a professor of atmospheric physics and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College...
Corsia: The UN’s plan to ‘offset’ growth in aviation emissions after 2020
Airlines around the world have recently begun to monitor their CO2 emissions as part of a UN climate deal.
Last month marked the first step...
COP24 video: Three need-to-knows from the UN climate talks in Katowice
The latest round of international climate negotiations concluded late on Saturday evening in Katowice, Poland.
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Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air
An international group of researchers and policymakers met in Australia’s capital this week for the country’s first major conference dedicated to the topic of...
Guest post: Six key policy challenges to achieving ‘negative emissions’ with BECCS
Dr Clair Gough and Dr Sarah Mander are senior research fellows at the University of Manchester and Dr Naomi Vaughan is a senior lecturer...
Limiting warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ land-ice contribution to sea level rise by 2100
Holding global temperature rise to no more than 1.5C – rather than following current emissions pledges – could halve the sea level rise from...
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