Guest post: ‘Keeping lights on’ is not just about increasing supply

Dr Aidan Rhodes is a research fellow at Imperial College London and is part of the Energy Futures Lab team, working on delivering their...

Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest summer minimum on record

Arctic sea ice has reached its second lowest level on record, data shows. Each year, Arctic sea ice goes through a seasonal cycle, growing in...

Guest post: The era of ‘negative-subsidy’ offshore wind power has almost arrived

The offshore wind farms auctioned last September in the UK will most likely be the world’s first “negative subsidy” projects – wind farms that...

Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming?

Scientists have been making projections of future global warming using climate models of increasing complexity for the past four decades. These models, driven by atmospheric...

CCC: England’s coastal defences need ‘urgent’ rethink to cope with climate change

New policies are “urgently” needed to protect homes and landscapes from coastal flooding and erosion in the long term, the Committee on Climate Change...

Analysis: Renewables could match coal power within 5 years, IEA reveals

Renewable sources of electricity are set for rapid growth over the next five years, which could see them match the output of the world’s...

Climate change has influenced global drought risk for ‘more than a century’

The influence of human-caused climate change on global drought risk could extend back for more than a century, a study finds. By studying tree-ring records...

Guest post: Why Africa’s heatwaves are a forgotten impact of climate change

Recent summers have demonstrated dramatically that heatwaves are not only deadly, but they are already being influenced by human-induced climate change. Research into heatwaves across...

Guest post: Demand for cooling is blind spot for climate and sustainable development

With rising global temperatures and increasingly severe heatwaves, much of the world’s population is vulnerable to the growing health risks of extreme heat.  Cooling is...

Climate change and deforestation threaten world’s largest tropical peatland

Just over a year ago, scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest intact tropical peatland in a remote part of the Congo’s vast...

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