Analysis: Global CO2 emissions will reach new high in 2024 despite ...
Nov 13, 2024 · Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 0.8% in 2024, reaching a record 37.4bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the 2024 Global Carbon Budget report by the Global Carbon Project.. This is 0.4GtCO2 higher than the previous record, set in 2023.
Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP29?
Nov 12, 2024 · Gender split. The UNFCCC’s participant lists typically provide a title – such as Mr, Ms, Sr or Sra – for each registered delegate. In the past, this has allowed Carbon Brief to work out the balance of men to women in the delegations that each country has sent to a COP. (This analysis always carries the caveat that the titles are designated by UNFCCC and not by …
Experts: What to expect in China’s climate pledge for 2035
Nov 1, 2024 · The next round of “nationally determined contributions” (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, outlining countries’ climate goals to 2035, are due by February 2025. They are also set to be an important agenda item at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan later this month.. China, as the world’s current largest emitter, has not yet confirmed when it will publish its next NDC.
Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US …
Mar 6, 2024 · The ‘Trump effect’ on US emissions. US greenhouse gas emissions have been falling steadily since 2005, due to a combination of economic shifts, greater efficiency, the growth of renewables and a shift from coal to gas power.. Since taking office in early 2021, Biden has pledged under the Paris Agreement to accelerate that trend by cutting US emissions to 50-52% below 2005 levels in 2030 ...
Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Comparison of historical and future warming projections from a continuation of the 1970-2023 linear trend (top left), the IPCC AR6 assessed warming range for SSP2-4.5 (top right), the CMIP6 multimodal mean and range for SSP2-4.5 (bottom left) and Hansen et al 2023 (bottom right). Blue dots and red dashed lines show observations and trends, while the black lines and yellow shading show model ...
Experts: What does a Trump presidency mean for climate action?
Nov 7, 2024 · The Republican candidate Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th US president, beating his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in a “historic comeback”. In response, climate scientists, researchers and experts have expressed concern about his election’s impact on efforts to tackle climate change.. During his first term in 2017-2021, Trump – a climate sceptic – rolled back climate ...
CMIP6: the next generation of climate models explained
Dec 2, 2019 · Likely ECS range (e.g. with an estimated 66% chance of occuring) from the IPCC AR5 (black bar), CMIP5 model ECS values (grey), and CMIP6 model ECS values (blue). Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts.. Researchers are currently looking into what is driving these high ECS values. In a number of models the increase in ECS appears to be due to their improved representation of clouds and aerosols ...
Analysis: China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53
Clean energy generated a record-high 44% of China’s electricity in May 2024, pushing coal’s share down to a record low of 53%, despite continued growth in demand.
China responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023 ...
Apr 11, 2024 · China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM).. Construction began on 70 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in China, up four-fold since 2019, says GEM’s annual report on the global coal power industry.. This compares with less than 4GW of new coal power construction starting in the ...
State of the climate: 2024 now very likely to be warmest year on …
Jul 24, 2024 · Very likely to be the warmest year on record. With half the year of data now available, Carbon Brief has determined that there is now an approximately 95% chance that 2024 will beat 2023 and be the warmest year on record, based on Copernicus/ECMWF’s ERA5 dataset. (Berkeley Earth separately estimated a 92% chance in their June update.). By looking at the relationship between the first six ...