Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’
Holding global temperature rise to 1.5C would lead to significant economic benefits by the end of the century, a new paper suggests.
The paper uses...
Limiting warming to 1.5C could ‘substantially’ cut risk of ice-free Arctic summers
Meeting the Paris Agreement’s aspirational target of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could “substantially” reduce the risk of sea ice-free summers...
In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?
This week, Shell published a “radical” new climate change scenario, showing how the world could meet the “well-below 2C” goal of the Paris Agreement.
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UK’s largest butterfly could ‘be lost’ due to climate change
A rare butterfly could go extinct in the UK as a result of climate change, research suggests.
The British swallowtail, which is a subspecies known...
Guest post: Why India’s CO2 emissions grew strongly in 2017
Robbie Andrew is a senior researcher at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Norway.
India’s CO2 emissions grew by an estimated 4.6% in...
Q&A: What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?
Recent announcements in the UK and across the rest of Europe seem to be ushering in a new era of “subsidy-free” renewables, which can...
Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest winter peak on record
Arctic sea ice has experienced its maximum extent for the year, reaching 14.48m square kilometers on 17 March – the second smallest in the...
Expect tens of millions of internal climate migrants by 2050, says World Bank
As many as 143 million people in three of the world’s most vulnerable regions could be forced by 2050 to migrate within their own...
Global warming to date could ‘obliterate’ a third of glacier ice
The warming the world has already experienced could be enough to melt more than a third of the world’s glaciers outside Antarctica and Greenland...
Factcheck: Less than 1% of UK gas supplies come from Russia
UK gas supplies have been under scrutiny after the “Beast from the East” recently brought freezing conditions and increased demand for heating.
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