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How solar geoengineering could disrupt wind and solar power
While potentially buying time for emissions cuts, solar geoengineering could hinder net-zero efforts by reducing wind and solar energy output.
Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’
Levels of methane in the atmosphere have soared by record-breaking amounts since 2020, according to new research.
Global Coal Plant Tracker: Just 15 countries account for 98% of new coal-power development
Some of the most significant trends driving the continued development of coal across the 15 largest markets, drawing insight from the Global Coal...
Analysis: China’s CO2 falls 1% in Q2 2024 in first quarterly drop since Covid-19
The new analysis for Carbon Brief, based on official figures and commercial data, shows China remains on track for a decline in annual...
Q&A: What China’s push for ‘new quality productive forces’ means for climate action
Carbon Brief unpacks the concepts underpinning new quality productive forces, and what it means for China’s climate, energy and industrial policy.
Britain’s Labour government must ‘make up lost ground’ to hit UK climate goals: CCC
The UK’s new Labour government must urgently reinstate the net-zero plans shelved by its predecessor in order to “limit the damage” caused by Conservative policy...
Analysis by Carbon Brief: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023
Carbon Brief analyzed the data in the Energy Institute's latest Statistical Review of World Energy. They found wind and solar combined added more...
