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Climate change drove record levels of humidity around the world last year, according to the latest “state of the climate” report from the American Meteorological Society ...
Carbon Brief handpicks and explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.
Four common talking points surrounding China’s ongoing coal-power expansion and how and why the current wave of new projects might end.
Extreme heat fanning deadly wildfires in Europe has killed at least three people and caused thousands more to evacuate, the Guardian reports.
Many people around the world say they are feeling more worried about climate change. Researchers call this growing phenomenon “climate anxiety”.
There is widespread coverage of the Canyon Fire north of Los Angeles, which forced thousands of people to evacuate at the end of last week.
Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK – an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow.
Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new IEA forecasts.
Nations are meeting at a UN conference in Geneva, in a bid to develop a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution, BBC News reports.
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The UK government could approve 13 new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, with the fuel produced emitting 350m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) if burned, Carbon Brief analysis shows. The Labour ...
China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.