Policy
Q&A: What does China’s new methane plan mean for its climate goals?
Earlier this month, China published its long-awaited plan to reduce methane emissions. The document is seen as an important step...
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Cropped 22 November 2023: COP28 curtain-raiser; Food security fear; Dust, bugs and ice
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and...
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Autumn statement 2023: Key climate and energy announcements
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his autumn statement, laying out plans for revitalising the economy at a time of...
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Guest post: Why resolving how land emissions are counted is critical for tracking climate progress
The choices made about how land is used and managed play a crucial role in tackling climate change. The importance...
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Q&A: Why deals at COP28 to ‘triple renewables’ and ‘double efficiency’ are crucial for 1.5C
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber has urged governments to agree on global goals to triple renewables capacity and double the...
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UNEP: Humanity is still ‘breaking all the wrong records’ in fast-warming world
The world “must change track”, warns the latest “emissions gap” report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). If it fails...
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Interactive: Who wants what at the COP28 climate change summit
As a year of record-breaking temperatures and climate change-fuelled disasters draws to a close, nations are once again preparing to...
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Q&A: What is the ‘global stocktake’ and could it accelerate climate action?
As nations gather at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, top of the agenda will be the culmination of a...
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DeBriefed 17 November 2023: Countries fail 1.5C test; US and China agree on renewables; Why runners care about climate change
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online...
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Q&A: Warming of 2C would trigger ‘catastrophic’ loss of world’s ice, new report says
Global warming of 2C would see “extensive, long-term essentially irreversible” losses from the Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers, warns a...
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