Guest post: A brief history of climate targets and technological promises
Over the past three decades, the perceived wisdom for how to approach climate targets has changed several times.
From initial ideas of climate stabilisation, suggested...
In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?
After a decade of preparation, China’s national emissions trading scheme (ETS) officially enters the operational phase in 2021, with trading due to start by...
Severe coral reef bleaching now ‘five times more frequent’ than 40 years ago
Mass coral reef bleaching events have become five times more common worldwide over the past 40 years, new research finds, with climate change playing...
Mapped: Where £4.4bn is being spent on flood protection in England
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Mapped: Where £4.4bn is being spent on flood protection in England
The UK government recently made a little-noticed update to...
Analysis: What does revised methane data mean for the Paris Agreement?
A study released today finds that global methane emissions from agriculture are much larger than previous estimates have suggested.
Revised calculations find that methane emissions...
Media reaction: The UK’s record-breaking winter heat in 2019
This time last year, the UK was shivering through the “Beast from the East”, a blast of Arctic air that brought freezing conditions and...
IEA: Renewables should overtake coal ‘within five years’ to secure 1.5C goal
The world needs a “radical” shift towards renewables to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and secure the 1.5C goal, says the International Energy Agency...
Analysis: UK auction reveals offshore wind cheaper than new gas
The UK government today awarded contracts worth £176m to 11 low-carbon electricity schemes, with offshore wind the big winner. These projects will generate nearly...
Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says
Global temperature rise of 2C could see Australia hit by heat extremes similar to the “angry summer” of 2012-13 in almost four out of...
German election 2017: Where the parties stand on energy and climate change
Germany goes to the polls this Sunday and current chancellor Angela Merkel is set to win a fourth term.
Merkel is likely to need one...
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