US tells China it has ‘no plan yet’ to meet its 2020 climate target
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The 1981 TV documentary that warned about global warming
On the evening of Tuesday, 8 December, 1981, the UK’s only commercial TV channel, ITV, broadcast an hour-long documentary called “Warming Warning”.
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India’s planned coal plants could ‘single-handedly jeopardise’ 1.5C target
Current plans to build 370 coal-fired power stations in India will gravely undermine the country’s Paris climate pledge, or create “stranded assets” worth billions...
Cut fossil fuel use ‘dramatically’ to meet climate goals, says Shell-backed report
The use of fossil fuel, particularly coal and oil, must decline “sharply” if the world is to meet the goals of the Paris accord, according...
UK launches ‘world first’ research programme into negative emissions
The UK has launched a £8.6m national research programme on how to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. It is thought to be the...
The Carbon Brief Interview: Michael Gerrard
Michael Gerrard is the Andrew Sabin professor of professional practice at Columbia Law School in New York, where he teaches courses on environmental law,...
El Niño shifts cholera burden onto East Africa
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Warming limit of 1.5C would ‘save’ huge expanses of permafrost, study says
The cost of allowing global temperature to rise to 2C, rather than capping warming at 1.5C, is an area of permafrost the size of...
The Carbon Brief Interview: Brian Deese
Brian Deese served as President Barack Obama’s senior adviser on climate change, energy and conservation from January 2015 to January 2017. Previously, he served...
Renewables growth breaks records again despite fall in investment
Falling costs allowed the world to add record new renewable capacity even as investment fell, according to a new report.
The findings, from the UN...
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