Bitcoin’s high energy consumption is a concern – but it may be a price worth paying
Steven Huckle, University of Sussex Bitcoin recently turned ten years old. In that time, it has proved revolutionary because it ignores the need for modern…
Policy & Strategy
Better data would help crack the drought insurance problem
While drought policy raises many complex emotional, political and policy issues, it can be helpful to think of it as an insurance problem: how can…
Is clean energy funding from the UN’s green climate fund and other sources going where it’s needed most?
Most of rural Africa still has no electricity, and tens of millions of families must cook on open fires and light their homes with candles…
COP24: what to expect
COP24 venue Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland. Milosz Maslanka/Shutterstock Federica Genovese, University of Essex Representatives of almost all the countries on the planet are gathering…
Investment in renewable power in India topped fossil fuels for the first time in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
This is one of the most striking insights contained within the IEA’s annual update of global energy investment, which was published today. It gives an…
Paul Romer and William Nordhaus – why they won the 2018 ‘economics Nobel’
Sergey V. Popov, Cardiff University William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been awarded the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (colloquially known as the…
Australia is running out of fuel
Last week, it emerged that Australia was just 43 days away from completely running out of fuel. That would mean people aren’t able to fill…
Oceania: the politicians fiddle, the Pacific burns
It was a black moment, standing before the Australian parliament clasping a lump of coal in a pose of denunciation. Scott Morrison made headlines with…
The Great Inequity of Climate Change
Climate change is a multifaceted phenomenon but is also iniquitous. It affects the most disadvantaged countries harder. In a papal encyclical letter called “Laudato Si”…
Let’s follow new zealand’s lead and make people and nature as important as gdp
By requiring planners to consider impacts on society and the environment as well as economics, New Zealand is setting a much-needed example for other nations….
The Carbon Brief Profile: Brazil
In the first of a new series explaining how key emitters are positioned to tackle climate change, Carbon Brief sets out Brazil’s key policy developments,…
The Carbon Brief Profile: Turkey
In the second article of a new series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at Turkey’s rising emissions and its…
The Carbon Brief Profile: Japan
In the third article of a new series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at Japan’s gradually falling emissions…