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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 · These ice ages are associated with a large drop in global temperatures – 4C or more below today’s levels – with much larger changes over land and in the high latitudes. These ice ages are punctuated by “interglacial” periods where temperatures rise to around current levels. The most recent ice age occurred between 120,000 and 11,500 ...
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”.
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 world when combined with mitigation targets.
Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Here, Carbon Brief factchecks 21 of the most common – and persistent – myths about EVs. FALSE: ‘An EV has to travel 50,000+ miles to break even’. FALSE: ‘VW’s e-Golf becomes more environmentally friendly only after 77,000 miles’. FALSE: The ‘electric Volvo C40 needs to be driven around 68,400 miles to cut carbon’.
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 ...
Guest post: Investigating climate change’s ‘humidity paradox’
WEBDec 1, 2020 · Humidity paradox. The key reasons for this apparent paradox are two-fold: the Earth is warming and warmer air can hold more water vapour. The atmosphere, land and oceans are all warming. First, this means that more water is being evaporated from the Earth’s surface. Second, more water can – and is – being held in the air as a gas.
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the …
WEBAug 4, 2022 · Carbon Brief’s analysis reveals: 71% of the 504 extreme weather events and trends included in the map were found to be made more likely or more severe by human-caused climate change. 9% of events or trends were made less likely or less severe by climate change, meaning 80% of all events experienced some human impact.
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to …
WEBDec 13, 2017 · The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. During a recent congressional hearing, Rick Perry, the US energy secretary, remarked that “to stand up and say that 100% of global warming is because of human activity, I think on its face, is just indefensible”. ...
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 …