Community Opposition Adds Roadblocks to Large Renewables Projects
A survey of renewable energy developers in the United States—and instances of community opposition to large solar and wind projects in Canada and abroad—indicate that…
Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: The Stakes for the Climate Couldn’t Be Higher in 2024 Elections
From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests….
The EU’s Green Deal is going out with a whimper
Flushed with their successful defense of the watered-down nature restoration law, progressive lawmakers in the European Parliament would have you believe that the Green Deal…
The Carbon Brief Profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC is home to around 60% of the second-largest rainforest on the planet, as well as much of the world’s largest tropical peatland, the…
The U.S. has never produced more energy than it does today
U.S. energy production is going gangbusters. Despite persistent false claims that the Biden administration is waging an “unprecedented assault” on American energy, the U.S. is…
Green hydrogen is the only viable route for aviation and shipping
Given its limited supply, green hydrogen must be reserved for hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, rather than directed towards sectors that can be…
Powering the future
Need a recharge? Scientists from ECU have built a better battery that could last much longer than your store-bought pack. But, there’s a catch. Our…
Western Balkans decarbonisation is urgent: but the EU enlargement package is still sending mixed signals
The European Commission’s annual reports on the Western Balkan countries’ EU accession progress vary considerably on decarbonisation, sending mixed messages on coal and especially gas….
Green shipping picks up speed
Elise Hansen An international treaty aims to bring the shipping industry to net-zero emissions by around 2050. Can novel fuels, wind power and coordination on…
Decarbonizing heavy industry is possible. Here’s how we set off a green chain reaction
For the past decade in Cairo, Egypt, one of the most important climate stories you’ve likely never heard of has been playing out. In 2014,…
The Carbon Brief Profile: China
China, formally known as the People’s Republic of China, is the world’s second-largest economy and the second most populous country. The country is home to…
U.N. carbon trading scheme holds promise and peril for tropical forests
Suriname’s recently announced plans to sell carbon credits under the Paris Agreement’s emissions trading system have been met with both applause and skepticism by climate…
Fishing industry rides tech wave to go green
Professor Zigor Uriondo was so keen to make tuna fishing less polluting and more profitable that he refused to let the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020…