Guest post: How to ‘fairly’ share emissions from goods traded around the world
Each year, close to $20tn worth of traded goods are driven, shipped and flown across the world. The global value of trade in goods...
Guest post: How human activity threatens the world’s carbon-rich peatlands
Peatlands are ecosystems unlike any other. Perpetually saturated, their wetland soils are inhospitable to many plants and trees, yet they are rich in carbon.
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Analysis: Why the new Met Office temperature record shows faster warming since 1970s
The first major update of the UK Met Office’s global temperature dataset in eight years moves it from one of the slowest warming records...
In-depth Q&A: How does the UK’s ‘energy white paper’ aim to tackle climate change?
After months of delays, the UK government has launched a white paper setting out the government’s agenda for the energy sector and its role...
New climate models suggest faster melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland’s vast ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century, according to a new study.
The Greenland ice sheet is the...
Tackling gender inequality is ‘crucial’ for climate adaptation
Efforts to tackle gender inequality can play a key role in how countries adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change, a new...
Analysis: China’s new 2030 targets promise more low-carbon power than meets the eye
In one of the most anticipated speeches at this weekend’s Climate Ambition Summit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced a new set of updated national...
Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel and industry are expected to drop by 7% in 2020, new analysis shows, as economies around...
UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’
The recent net-zero pledges by major emitting countries and the potential for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic “presents the opening” for the...
CCC: UK must cut emissions ‘78% by 2035’ to be on course for net-zero...
The UK needs to cut its emissions by 78% below 1990 levels over the next 15 years, according to the latest advice from the...
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