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With the Covid-19 pandemic driving up government debt across many nations, there are growing calls for “debt swaps” to be used to help developing...
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The arrival of Storm Christoph last week has led to widespread flooding across northern regions of the UK, affecting thousands of homes. At the...
Lake heatwaves will be ‘hotter and longer’ by the end of the century
Climate change is causing “lake heatwaves” to become more frequent, intense and long-lasting, a new study warns.
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Guest post: Refining the remaining 1.5C ‘carbon budget’
The remaining “carbon budget” specifies the maximum amount of CO2 that may be emitted to stabilise warming at a particular level – such as...
Q&A: What does the Brexit deal say about climate change and energy?
Last month, four years after the Brexit referendum, the UK and the EU agreed on a trade deal just days before the 31 December...
State of the climate: 2020 ties as warmest year on record
With all the official climate data now in, the world’s surface temperatures in 2020 have been confirmed as effectively tied with 2016 as the...
Climate change could have a ‘profound’ negative impact on child malnourishment
The negative impacts of climate change on child malnourishment could outweigh the positive effects of economic development in low- and middle-income countries, a new...
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2020
Last year was meant to be very different. The lead up to the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement was marked out by many...
Met Office: A review of the UK’s climate in 2020
It is no exaggeration to say that 2020 has been a dramatic and memorable year for the UK – and our weather and climate...
Analysis: Which countries met the UN’s 2020 deadline to raise ‘climate ambition’?
The end of 2020 marked the moment, under the Paris Agreement’s “ratchet mechanism”, when nations were supposed to formally submit more ambitious commitments for...
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