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- Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-the-worlds-nuclear-power-plants 91 comments
- Analysis: Growth of Chinese fossil CO2 emissions drives new global record in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-growth-of-chinese-fossil-co2-emissions-drives-new-global-record-in-2023/ 3 comments climate
- Analysis: ‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-greater-than-99-chance-2023-will-be-hottest-year-on-record/ 7 comments climate
- Food waste makes up ‘half’ of global food system emissions https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions/ 23 comments climate
- Analysis: China's CO2 emissions see longest sustained drop in a decade https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-see-longest-sustained-drop-in-a-decade/ 8 comments climate
- China has higher emissions than all the developed nations COMBINED and only 13% of Chinas toxic pollution is due to exports. The remaining 87% is due to Chinas own consumption. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-largest-co2-importers-exporters 38 comments environment
- Biden administration sets goal of replacing all jet fuel with sustainable alternatives by 2050. The federal government’s new goal targets annual production of 3bn gallons of the fuels by 2030. https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/biden-administration-sets-goal-of-replacing-all-jet-fuel-with-sustainable-alternatives-by-2050 10 comments energy
- Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-co2-removal-is-not-equal-and-opposite-to-reducing-emissions 19 comments climate
- Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’ | Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up to $91bn of investment at risk. https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-hundreds-of-planned-coal-mines-incompatible-with-1-5c-target 12 comments climate
- China’s 2060 climate pledge is ‘largely consistent’ with 1.5C goal, study finds https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-2060-climate-pledge-is-largely-consistent-with-1-5c-goal-study-finds?utm_campaign=carbon%20brief%20weekly%20briefing&utm_content=20210423&utm_medium=email&utm_source=revue%20newsletter 8 comments science
- Food systems responsible for ‘one third’ of human-caused emissions https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-systems-responsible-for-one-third-of-human-caused-emissions?utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=114919869&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9ouoevktxxl6qim1dwvyb75zvqrl7njrcrwcvgq9tw9h9aasvt6khsxww8md57bch1krowvbjn4d3zdhmh0293qnbupw 15 comments worldnews
- State of the climate: 2020 ties as warmest year on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2020-ties-as-warmest-year-on-record 3 comments worldnews
- Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea 1923 comments worldnews
- Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought was worsened by an unusually warm and sunny spring in the same year. The study is the first to investigate how weather in the months leading up to the heatwave could have contributed to Europe’s extreme drought. https://www.carbonbrief.org/warm-spring-worsened-europes-extreme-2018-summer-drought-study-says 5 comments science
- Four more years of Donald Trump could ‘delay global emissions cuts by 10 years’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/four-more-years-of-donald-trump-could-delay-global-emissions-cuts-by-10-years 8 comments worldnews
- Four more years of Donald Trump could 'delay global emissions cuts by 10 years’ http://www.carbonbrief.org/four-more-years-of-donald-trump-could-delay-global-emissions-cuts-by-10-years 20 comments worldnews
- [deleted by user] https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coronavirus-has-temporarily-reduced-chinas-co2-emissions-by-a-quarter 11 comments nottheonion
- Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-low-uk-offshore-wind-cheaper-than-existing-gas-plants-by-2023 5 comments energy
- Solar power could replace all US hydro dams using ‘just 13% of the space’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-power-could-replace-all-us-hydro-dams-using-just-13-of-the-space 300 comments technology
- China’s emissions ‘could peak 10 years earlier than Paris climate pledge’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-emissions-could-peak-10-years-earlier-than-paris-climate-pledge 39 comments worldnews
- Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change | Scientists are “virtually certain” that the three-month event could not have happened in a world without human-caused greenhouse gas emissions https://www.carbonbrief.org/northern-hemispheres-extreme-heatwave-in-2018-impossible-without-climate-change 52 comments worldnews
- Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change | The study also finds that summer heatwaves on the scale of that seen in 2018 could occur every year if global temperatures reach 2C above pre-industrial levels https://www.carbonbrief.org/northern-hemispheres-extreme-heatwave-in-2018-impossible-without-climate-change 3 comments worldnews
- Guest post: Observations and models agree that the oceans are warming faster https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-observations-and-models-agree-that-the-oceans-are-warming-faster 6 comments science
- Rising CO2 levels could push ‘hundreds of millions’ into malnutrition by 2050 https://www.carbonbrief.org/rising-co2-levels-could-push-hundreds-of-millions-into-malnutrition-by-2050?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+carbonbrief+%28the+carbon+brief%29 15 comments science
- Scientists studying the troposphere, the lowest level of the atmosphere, have found powerful evidence that climate change is altering seasonal temperatures - causing an increase in the difference between summer and winter temperatures across North America and Eurasia over the past four decades https://www.carbonbrief.org/powerful-evidence-global-warmings-effect-seasons-found-troposphere?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+carbonbrief+%28the+carbon+brief%29 3 comments science
- Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding https://www.carbonbrief.org/low-lying-atolls-could-become-uninhabitable-earlier-than-thought?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+carbonbrief+%28the+carbon+brief%29 13 comments science
- Marine heatwaves are now lasting longer and occuring more frequently across the world than in the early 20th century, a new study finds. https://www.carbonbrief.org/marine-heatwaves-have-become-34-more-likely-over-past-century?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+carbonbrief+%28the+carbon+brief%29 4 comments science
- Animals with white winter camouflage could struggle to adapt to climate change https://www.carbonbrief.org/animals-with-white-winter-camouflage-could-struggle-to-adapt-to-climate-change 3 comments science
- New York City could be struck by severe flooding up to every five years by 2030-45 if no efforts are made to curb human-driven climate change, new research finds. https://www.carbonbrief.org/new-york-city-could-face-damaing-floods-every-five-years-in-warmer-climate 6 comments science
- A megadrought spanning several decades could be almost certain to hit the American southwest this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, a new study says. https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-could-push-risk-megadrought-99-per-cent-american-southwest 13 comments science
- Bringing together data ranging from whaling ship logs to aerial surveys, scientists have reconstructed Arctic sea ice coverage back to 1850. Their main findings: Both the rate of retreat since 1990 and the recent sea ice minimum values are unprecedented in the historical record. https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-piecing-together-arctic-sea-ice-history-1850 10 comments science
- Scientists confirm multiple climate records broken in 2015 https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-confirm-multiple-climate-records-broken-in-2015 51 comments worldnews
- Study links heatwave deaths in London and Paris to climate change. The findings suggest that 506 of the 735 summer fatalities in Paris in 2003, and 64 of the 315 in London, were a result of human influence on the climate. https://www.carbonbrief.org/study-links-heatwave-deaths-london-paris-climate-change 20 comments worldnews
- Study links heatwave deaths in London and Paris to climate change. The findings suggest that 506 of the 735 summer fatalities in Paris in 2003, and 64 of the 315 in London, were a result of human influence on the climate. https://www.carbonbrief.org/study-links-heatwave-deaths-london-paris-climate-change 28 comments science
- Analysis: India's climate pledge suggests significant emissions growth up to 2030 http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/10/analysis-indias-climate-pledge-suggests-significant-emissions-growth-up-to-2030/?utm_source=weekly+carbon+briefing&utm_campaign=e1932c76e5-carbon_brief_weekly_021015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3ff5ea836a-e1932c76e5-303444509 8 comments india
- In the rapidly warming Arctic, regional hotspots may be altering mid-latitude weather patterns, causing the recent severe winters in North America and East Asia. http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/08/arctic-warming-hotspots-behind-severe-northern-hemisphere-winters/ 42 comments science
- More coal plants are being cancelled than built. The number of cancelled coal projects across the world has outstripped those completed at a rate of two to one since 2010 http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/more-coal-plants-are-being-cancelled-than-built/ 93 comments worldnews
- Earth entering new era of rapid temperature change, study warns http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/earth-entering-new-era-of-rapid-temperature-change-study-warns 73 comments science
- Manufacturing uncertainty: how US newspapers have dialled up the language of doubt on climate change. http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/06/manufacturing-uncertainty-how-us-newspapers-have-dialled-up-the-language-of-doubt-on-climate-change/ 3 comments science
- IPCC: Six graphs that explain how the climate is changing http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/09/ipcc-six-graphs-that-explain-how-the-climate-is-changing/?utm_source=daily+carbon+briefing&utm_campaign=5836b0e618-daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_876aab4fd7-5836b0e618-303423917 4 comments worldnews