Carbon Brief
16 followers -
Analysis and fact-checking of climate science, policy and communications.
Analysis and fact-checking of climate science, policy and communications.
16 followers
Posts
Post has attachment
Public
A new study suggests that the current scale of deforestation means we're eating into the amount of carbon locked up in the world's forests.
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/09/new-map-reveals-%E2%80%98astronomical%E2%80%99-scale-of-human-impact-on-forests/
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/09/new-map-reveals-%E2%80%98astronomical%E2%80%99-scale-of-human-impact-on-forests/
Post has attachment
Public
Rising sea temperatures could push fish, molluscs and crustaceans towards higher latitudes, the researchers find. But species that can't move fast enough are likely to face local extinction if emissions remain very high, the lead author tells Carbon Brief.
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/08/warming-tropical-oceans-could-see-widespread-species-loss/
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/08/warming-tropical-oceans-could-see-widespread-species-loss/
Post has attachment
Public
Our Explainer on Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or INDCs. #COP21 #climate
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/explainer-what-are-intended-nationally-determined-contributions/
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/explainer-what-are-intended-nationally-determined-contributions/
Post has attachment
Public
Carbon Brief is tracking the climate pledges made by each country ahead of #COP21 . #INDC
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/paris-2015-tracking-country-climate-pledges/
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/paris-2015-tracking-country-climate-pledges/
Post has attachment
Public
The study on Projected Costs of Electricity Generation tries to compare different technologies and countries on a level playing field. It uses uniform assumptions along with specific data gathered in a survey of 181 plants in 22 countries, including 11 planned new nuclear plants.
Post has shared content
Public
Tony de Brum is the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, a small nation of coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean and one of the most vulnerable countries to sea level rise. He previously served as Minister-in-Assistance to the President, and has led calls at the UN for stronger action on climate change.
In an interview with Carbon Brief, de Brum shares his thoughts on how migration should fit into the adaptation debate.
http://bit.ly/CarbonBrief_DeBrum
http://bit.ly/carbonbrief.org
In an interview with Carbon Brief, de Brum shares his thoughts on how migration should fit into the adaptation debate.
http://bit.ly/CarbonBrief_DeBrum
http://bit.ly/carbonbrief.org
Post has shared content
Public
Christiana Figueres has been the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since July 2010 and was reappointed for a second three-year term in July 2013. Before then, she was a member of the Costa Rican negotiating team at the UNFCCC from 1995-2009. In 1995, she founded the non-profit Center for Sustainable Development of the Americas, based in Washington DC.
In an interview with Carbon Brief she discusses the feasibility of the 1.5C climate limit...
http://carbonbrief.org
http://bit.ly/cb_figueres
In an interview with Carbon Brief she discusses the feasibility of the 1.5C climate limit...
http://carbonbrief.org
http://bit.ly/cb_figueres
Post has attachment
Public
Dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice has become an eye-catching barometer of our warming climate. But the Greenland ice sheet, which is often confused with sea ice, has exhibited no less dramatic - but less talked about - changes in the past few years.
Wait while more posts are being loaded