“Carbon offsets” are a means by which businesses, governments and other entities can pay for projects that cut greenhouse gases in order to “cancel out” some...
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber has urged governments to agree on global goals to triple renewables capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by...
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A common criticism of heat pumps is that they do not work in cold weather. However, the Nordic region – particularly Sweden, Finland and Norway –...
Wasted food – if it were a country – would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, according to the UN’s...
Recent drying over the Amazon could be the “first warning signal” that the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, new research says. The Amazon is the...
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the global power sector grew just 0.2% in the first six months of 2023, with rapidly rising wind and solar outpacing...
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Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly...
Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture. By Karina Atkins More than 250 years ago, the...