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How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions

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The challenges in projecting future global sea levels

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It is well understood that human-caused climate change is causing sea levels to rise around the world.

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Ma Jun: ‘No business interest’ in Chinese coal power due to cheaper renewables

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Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’

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What Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ means for climate action

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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief

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China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

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Analysis: Trump has overseen more coal retirements than any other US president | Trump made various efforts to prop up coal power during his first term in office. These were ultimately unsuccessful

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New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas

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New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas

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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months

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New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas

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Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely

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G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025

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I fotovoltaici si la fonte più economica nella storia

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Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump - Carbon Brief

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Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense

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“Exceptionally heavy” rainfall that led to deadly flooding across southern Africa in recent weeks was made more intense by a combination of climate change and La Niña.

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Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense

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What UK’s ‘warm homes plan’ means for climate change and energy bills

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Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy

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Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the scale of the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press.

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Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time

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Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

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Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change

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The world’s most biodiverse nation, Brazil, has belatedly published its UN plan for halting and reversing nature decline by the end of this decade.

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Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change

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The world’s most biodiverse nation, Brazil, has belatedly published its UN plan for halting and reversing nature decline by the end of this decade.

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Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change

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Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science

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What UK’s record auction for offshore wind means for bills and clean power by 2030

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State of the climate: 2025 in top-three hottest years on record as ocean heat surges

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Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records

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Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action

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Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024

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Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane

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The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, according to authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget”.

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IEA: Declining coal demand in China set to outweigh Trump’s pro-coal policies

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Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane

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How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2025

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Greenland is closing in on three decades of continuous annual ice loss, with 1995-96 being the last year in which the giant ice sheet grew in size.

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Five key climate questions for China’s next ‘five-year plan’

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Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator

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Why carbon emissions from fires are significantly higher than thought

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Scientists have long known that fires release substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the atmosphere.

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Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue

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Why carbon emissions from fires are significantly higher than previously thought

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Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents

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COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém

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COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

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archived (Wayback Machine)

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COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

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Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’

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Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30

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COP30: What the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ means for climate finance

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COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change?

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UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming

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UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining - Carbon Brief

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52249303

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UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining - Carbon Brief

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52249303

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UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining - Carbon Brief

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Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300

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Analysis: Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline

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Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024

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“Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to a new report.

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Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024

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“Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to a new report.

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IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries

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Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’

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The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in a palace in the small town of Laxenburg in Austria.

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Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK

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The UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world.

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Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK

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Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions

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A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.

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EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change

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A global shift towards “healthier” diets could cut non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane, from agriculture by 15% by 2050, according to a new report.

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Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions

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Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York

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Fungal infections are adapting to climate change – and threatening public health

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions

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Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions

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Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions

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Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions

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Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions | Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon

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Q&A: Will China and the BRICS fill the ‘leadership gap’ on climate change

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IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C

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How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated

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Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief

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A common criticism of heat pumps is that they do not work in cold weather.

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Cropped 10 September 2025: Flooded ‘food baskets’; Brazil eyes forest finance; Resilient rice - Carbon Brief

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How adaptation has cut flood deaths and losses in Europe

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Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

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Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.

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Is climate change making UK droughts worse?

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Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey

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Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

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Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

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Endangered angelshark habitats face ocean warming

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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is 'rapidly closing'

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OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

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Investigating how volcanic eruptions can affect climate projections

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archived (Wayback Machine): - Carbon Brief article - study cited

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Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change

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archived (Wayback Machine): - Carbon Brief article - research cited

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UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion.

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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1442233

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Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions - Carbon Brief

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Guest post: The growing problem of how extreme heat damages mental health - Carbon Brief

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In recent years, discussions around the impact of climate change on mental health have tended to focus on climate anxiety.

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Analysis: UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest level since 1879 - Carbon Brief

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The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.

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