Africa
Deadly drought in Horn of Africa ‘would not have happened’ without climate change
Carbon Brief reports on the findings of new research into the impact of climate change on agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa.
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European Union
Q&A: How the EU wants to race to net-zero with ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief examines all of the proposals that make up the European Commission's Green Deal Industrial Plan.
Climate Change
Climate resilience: Is the UK ready for the impacts of global warming?
Carbon Brief explains the key points behind the UK Climate Resilience Programme, a government-backed initiative to understand the risks of climate change.
Energy Transition
Fossil fuels: Is the world on track for moving past coal, oil and gas production?
If we are to halt climate change by reducing global emissions, we need to stop burning fossil fuels and switch to renewables. So how much progress has been made?
Climate Change
Explainer: Can climate change and biodiversity loss be tackled together?
Overlapping causes are driving climate change and biodiversity loss. But with careful planning, mitigation techniques like rewilding can tackle the twin crises.
Climate Change
Climate change ‘already’ raising risk of virus spread between mammals
Climate change is driving new encounters between species, raising the risk of more diseases like COVID-19, says a new study. Here's what needs to happen.
Future of the Environment
Greenland to lose ice far faster this century than in the past 12,000 years
Greenland's ice sheet is set to lose more ice this century than in any other over the past 12,000 years, according to a new study published in Nature.
Forests
US sees ‘alarming’ increase in combined heatwaves and droughts
Study by Science Advances finds climate change has driven a rapid increase in the number of years with both heatwaves and droughts across the United States.
Arctic
Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest 'summer minimum' on record
This year, the Arctic sea ice has reached its second lowest 'summer minimum' on record, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
Future of the Environment
‘Extreme’ glacier loss events linked to human-caused climate change for first time
A new study in New Zealand has shown for the first time that human-caused climate change made extreme glacial ice loss more likely.
Climate Change
Siberia’s 2020 heatwave made ‘600 times more likely’ by climate change
Siberia’s prolonged heat from January to June this year would have been “almost impossible” without human-caused climate change.
Climate Change
Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns
Human-caused climate change, including carbon emissions and aerosols, have intensified patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the US, Central Asia and southern Africa.
Climate Change
South pole warmed ‘three times faster’ than global average over past 30 years
The world’s southernmost weather station has seen record-high temperatures over the past three decades, a new study says.
Water
380 million people could face 'water stress' by 2050, climate experts warn
A study, published in Earth's Future, examined how different scenarios involving global warming could affect water stress for citizens around the world.
Water
Rising water stress could counteract ‘global greening’, study says
New research suggests that the increased rate of plant growth around the world as a result of rising CO2 levels - known as 'global greening' - could be slowed by increased water stress.