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Financial district skyline, Shanghai, China. Credit: Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: EN5EFE.

Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU

China’s historical emissions within its borders have now caused more global warming than the 27 member states of the EU combined, according to new ... Read More

Emissions | Nov 19. 2024.
Traffic in Manhattan, New York, US

Analysis: Global CO2 emissions will reach new high in 2024 despite slower growth

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 0.8% in 2024, reaching a record 37.4bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according ... Read More

Emissions | Nov 13. 2024.
Aerial view of technicians installing solar panels.

UNEP: New climate pledges need ‘quantum leap’ in ambition to deliver Paris goals

There is a “massive gap between rhetoric and reality” that must be closed by new climate pledges being drafted under the Paris Agreement, the UN ... Read More

Emissions | Oct 24. 2024.
Gas flare stack burning excess gases at petrochemical plant, UK. Credit: paul ridsdale / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2D9JW8F.

Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’

Levels of methane in the atmosphere have soared by record-breaking amounts since 2020, according to new research. Methane is a potent greenhouse g... Read More

GHGs and aerosols | Sep 10. 2024.
A steel worker at a blast furnace in Germany.

‘Significant shift’ away from coal as most new steelmaking is now electric

The bulk of steelmaking around the world still relies on coal-based blast furnaces. As a result, the steel and iron industry is responsible for 7%... Read More

Emissions | Jul 18. 2024.
Old windmills and newer wind turbines, Netherlands.

Analysis: European power-sector emissions fall by 20% since last EU election

Power-sector emissions have fallen by 20% across the EU since the last European parliamentary election in 2019, according to Carbon Brief analysis.&n... Read More

EU policy | May 31. 2024.
Steam rising from cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar power station, Nottinghamshire. Credit: Simon Annable / Alamy Stock Photo

Analysis: Fossil fuels fall to record-low 2.4% of British electricity

The share of electricity in Great Britain generated from burning coal and gas fell to a record-low 2.4% earlier this month, Carbon Brief analysis sho... Read More

UK policy | Apr 24. 2024.
Former US president Donald Trump at a Republican convention in California on 29 September 2023.

Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030

A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030 compared with Joe Bid... Read More

US Policy | Mar 6. 2024.
Large machines stack coal in Jiangsu Province, China.

Analysis: Record drop in China's CO2 emissions needed to meet 2025 target

China's energy sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased 5.2% in 2023, meaning a record fall of 4-6% is needed by 2025 to meet the government's... Read More

China Policy | Feb 22. 2024.
The Russell Glacier in Greenland.

Q&A: Climate tipping points have put Earth on ‘disastrous trajectory’, says new report

The Earth is on a “disastrous trajectory” with “no adequate global governance” to deal with the scale of threats posed by climate tipping poi... Read More

Emissions | Dec 6. 2023.
Transport vehicles transfer coal a terminal in Jiangsu, China.

Analysis: Growth of Chinese fossil CO2 emissions drives new global record in 2023

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.1% in 2023, hitting a new record high of 36.8bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2... Read More

Emissions | Dec 5. 2023.
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