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Since being founded in 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published five sets of “assessment reports” on the state of climate...

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In the first article of a week-long series focused on climate modelling, Carbon Brief explains in detail how scientists use computers to understand our...

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The amount of CO2 being released by human activity each day fell by as much as 17% during the height of the coronavirus crisis...

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COP23 video: Does Donald Trump make limiting global warming to 1.5C impossible?

Carbon Brief has been talking to a range of people attending COP23, the latest annual round of United Nations climate negotiations being held this...

Media reaction: Hurricane Harvey and climate change

Hurricane Harvey continues to rock the southern US, where at least nine people have died after unprecedented flooding. The events around Houston, Texas have sparked early...

Analysis: What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on atmospheric CO2?

Recent weeks have seen a number of estimates of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected CO2 emissions in China, the UK, Europe and the...

Emissions cuts in line with Paris Agreement would see benefits ‘within two decades’

Reducing global emissions in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals would have a clear impact on global temperatures within two decades, a new study...

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The UK government must “urgently” deliver plans showing how it intends to both tackle and prepare for climate change. This is the key message within...

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