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.
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 …
COP16: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in …
Nov 2, 2024 · NBSAPs. COP16 was the first biodiversity summit since nations signed a landmark agreement in late 2022 called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which aims to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. It is often described as the “Paris Agreement for nature”. As part of the GBF and its underlying documents, countries agreed to submit new …
Analysis: Record drop in China's CO2 emissions needed to meet …
Feb 22, 2024 · China’s CO2 emissions continued to increase in 2023. According to preliminary official data, China’s total energy consumption increased by 5.7% in 2023, the first time since at least 2005 that energy demand has grown faster than GDP.. With coal consumption growing by 4.4%, our analysis shows CO2 emissions increasing by 5.2% – at the same rate as GDP – …
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 …
Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps - Carbon Brief
Mar 21, 2024 · 3. FALSE: ‘Heat pumps only work with underfloor heating.’ In a recent survey commissioned by the energy supplier Good Energy, 15% of respondents said they believed heat pumps would require underfloor heating.. This is incorrect. Heat pumps work very well with radiators, too, although the lower flow temperature required by underfloor heating means this …
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 …
Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
Aug 6, 2019 · Defining desertification. In 1994, the UN established the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as the “sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management”. The Convention itself was a response to a call at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to hold negotiations for an …
Analysis: UK electricity from fossil fuels drops to lowest level since ...
Jan 3, 2024 · West Burton in Nottinghamshire closed in March, then Drax in Yorkshire closed in April, followed by Kilroot in Northern Ireland at the end of September.. Only Ratcliffe in Nottinghamshire, operated by utility firm Uniper, remains operational. It plans to close in September 2024, ahead of the government’s ambition to end coal power by October 2024.. …
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 …