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WEBSep 13, 2024 · This is three times higher than the amount secured last year. It is also a new capacity record, if wind power projects from 2022 that were subsequently cancelled or scaled back are excluded, according to the analysis. Carbon Brief covers climate science, energy and policy, specialising in clear, data-driven articles to improve the understanding ...
Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antarctic reconstructed air temperature (red line) at Dome Fuji site Antarctica using isotope modelling from Uemura et al (2018) and Antarctic composite ice core atmospheric CO2 data (blue line) from Bereiter et al (2014).Data spans the period from 800,000 BCE to 1980 CE. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts.. While the CO2 …
Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future …
WEBApr 19, 2018 · Narratives for each Shared Socioeconomic Pathway, from Riahi et al 2017.. These narratives describe alternative pathways for future society. They present baselines of how things would look in the absence of climate policy, and allow researchers to examine barriers and opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation in each possible future …
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 13, 2019 · Other recent studies of electric cars in Germany have reached the opposite conclusion. One study found that emissions from EVs have emissions up to 43% lower than diesel vehicles. Another detailed that “in all cases examined, electric cars have lower lifetime climate impacts than those with internal combustion engines”.
Guest post: Demand for cooling is blind spot for climate and ...
WEBOct 19, 2020 · 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 critical for human wellbeing, health and the functioning of society. It enables thermal comfort of societies at high temperatures and is critical for industrial production and for the …
Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
WEBAug 6, 2019 · Explainers Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and the role of climate change. Desertification has been described as “ the greatest environmental challenge of our time ” and climate change is making it worse. While the term may bring to mind the windswept sand dunes of the Sahara or the vast salt pans of the Kalahari, it’s an issue that ...
Explainer: The high-emissions ‘RCP8.5’ global warming scenario
WEBAug 21, 2019 · A sizeable portion of recent studies on future climate impacts have focused on a warming scenario called “RCP8.5”. This high-emissions scenario is frequently referred to as “business as usual”, suggesting that is a likely outcome if society does not make concerted efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years the emissions ...
CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
WEBDec 2, 2019 · Researchers are still working to assess why sensitivity values appear higher in the latest generation of models. In this explainer, Carbon Brief provides an overview of the future emissions scenarios that are being used in CMIP6. This includes an examination of the climate sensitivity, past and future warming in CMIP6 models released so far ...
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate ...
WEBOct 5, 2021 · Historical responsibility for climate change is at the heart of debates over climate justice.. History matters because the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted since the start of the industrial revolution is closely tied to the 1.2C of warming that has already occurred.. In total, humans have pumped around 2,500bn tonnes of CO2 …
Mapped: Climate change laws around the world - Carbon Brief
WEBMay 11, 2017 · In 1997, the database shows, there were just 60 laws in place, with the figure having risen 20-fold to reach 1,260 today. During that time, the stock of climate laws has doubled every four or five years. Climate change laws around the world. Legislative laws are passed by parliaments, whereas executive laws or policies are enacted by …