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Tired woman suffering from heat sits in bed at night.

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

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

Guest posts | Jul 19. 2024.
A power plant along route 95 in New Jersey.

Guest post: Tracking G7 climate progress with data from 116,095 power plants

Expanding and decarbonising the world’s electricity supplies is key to meeting global climate goals – and this has been reflected in a serie... Read More

International policy | Jul 15. 2024.
Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf in Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Guest post: The critical role of ‘grounding zones’ in the retreat of Earth’s ice sheets

The vast ice sheets that cover Greenland and Antarctica have the potential to trigger catastrophic sea level rise as the climate warms. But the ic... Read More

Guest posts | Jun 25. 2024.
Heavy traffic on the Autobahn A8 motorway, near Stuttgart, Germany.

Guest post: Tracking the unprecedented impact of humans on the climate

Our new scientific assessment of how humans are affecting the climate is nothing short of alarming, yet it does contain some encouraging news. The... Read More

Guest posts | Jun 5. 2024.
Turtle grass (thalassia testudinum), The Bahamas.

Guest post: The role of ‘blue carbon’ in addressing climate change

Within the ocean’s vast expanse lie immense reservoirs of carbon – surpassing those found in either the atmosphere or the land.  The ocea... Read More

Guest posts | May 29. 2024.
Heat pumps in the front garden of terraced houses in Duesseldorf, Germany. Image ID: 2WR3BD8.

Guest post: Heat pumps gained European market share in 2023 despite falling sales

Following several years of strong growth, heat pump markets slowed in Europe in 2023.  In previous articles for Carbon Brief, we discussed th... Read More

Guest posts | May 21. 2024.
Solar power station, Dunhuang, China.

Guest post: How China’s energy system can reach carbon neutrality before 2055

China’s thinking around the energy transition shifted drastically in 2020 after president Xi Jinping pledged to reach carbon neutrality before 2060... Read More

China Policy | May 15. 2024.
Solar photovoltaic module production, China.

Guest post: Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand

China’s climate and energy policies present something of a paradox: while expanding clean energy at breakneck speed, China has also been building n... Read More

Guest posts | May 9. 2024.
An aerial view of Greenland from 40,000 feet.

Guest post: Ice-age analysis suggests worst-case global warming is less likely

Estimating Earth’s climate sensitivity, the global average warming from doubling CO2 above pre-industrial levels, is an urgent task as it governs h... Read More

Guest posts | May 1. 2024.
Cattle grazing on illegal livestock farm in a deforested area in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil. Credit: Paralaxis / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: How shifting diets away from beef could cut Brazil’s emissions

Food systems are responsible for around one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions – and beef has the largest carbon footprint of any food... Read More

Guest posts | Apr 24. 2024.
Flooded slums on the Garonne river banks

Guest post: How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality

According to most metrics, economic inequalities across the world have been declining since the late 1980s. This has been driven by decreasing ine... Read More

Guest posts | Apr 10. 2024.
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