DeBriefed 28 March 2024: Amazon fund; China faces trade storm; How lifestyle changes could slash EU emissions
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by Verner Viisainen
23h ago
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.  An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Nature in the balance AMAZON RECOVERY: Brazil and France have launched a €1bn “green” investment plan for the Amazon at a meeting in Belem, the city that will host the UN climate summit COP30 in 2025, Le Monde reported. The four-year plan aims to create a carbon market that will help prevent deforestation in the Brazilian and Guyanase Amazon, Le Monde said. It also includes support for Indigenous communities, Deutsche Welle reported. ‘HUGE DEADLOCK’: Meanwhile, the ..read more
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Analysis: New oil and gas projects since 2021 could emit 14bn tonnes of CO2
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by Josh Gabbatiss
1d ago
Burning all the oil and gas from new discoveries and newly approved projects since 2021 would emit at least 14.1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2), according to Carbon Brief analysis of Global Energy Monitor (GEM) data. This would be equivalent to more than an entire year’s worth of China’s emissions.  It includes 8GtCO2 from new oil and gas reserves discovered in 2022-23 and another 6GtCO2 from projects that were approved for development over the same period. These have all gone ahead since the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded, in 2021, that “no new oil and gas fields” would ..read more
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Cropped 27 March 2024: Bankrolling meat and dairy; EU nature restoration pushback; Missing cherry blossoms
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by Carbon Brief Staff
2d ago
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped.  We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Bankrolling meat and dairy LIVESTOCK GROWTH: Banks provide “billion-dollar support” for the “unsustainable” expansion of meat and dairy production around the world, according to a new report covered by the Guardian. Over 2015-22, financiers provided the world’s top 55 industrial livestock companies ..read more
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Explainer: Why some countries are aiming for ‘net-negative’ emissions
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by Daisy Dunne
2d ago
Last month, Germany became the first major economy to commit to a target to reach “net-negative” emissions later this century. While “net-zero” describes a state where a country’s emissions are balanced by the amount of greenhouse gases it can remove from the atmosphere, “net-negative” describes a state of removals exceeding emissions.  Therefore, when a country achieves “net-negative” emissions, it has not only stopped its contribution to climate change, but is actively helping to reduce warming. Many of the scenarios for achieving the world’s most ambitious climate goals require the wor ..read more
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Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak
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by Ayesha Tandon
3d ago
Antarctic sea ice is “behaving strangely” and might have entered a “new regime”, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) tells Carbon Brief. Following an all-time low maximum in September 2023, Antarctic sea ice has been tracking at near-record-low extent for the past six months. Last month, it hit its 2024 minimum extent, tying with 2022 for the second-lowest Antarctic minimum in the 46-year satellite record. Dr Mark Serreze, director of the NSIDC tells Carbon Brief that more warm ocean water is reaching the surface to melt ice and keep it from forming. He says that w ..read more
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DeBriefed 22 March 2024: ‘Red alert’ for Earth; Heat-pump myths factchecked; Myanmar’s rare-earth mining crisis
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by Alice Vernat-Davies
1w ago
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.  An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly DeBriefed email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. This week Unprecedented heat  ‘RED ALERT’: The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a “red alert” on climate change, after 2023 saw record heat, ice-melt and greenhouse gas emissions, the Associated Press reported. The WMO’s report confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with the average global temperature reaching 1.45C, noted the Guar ..read more
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Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps
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by Carbon Brief Staff
1w ago
Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They now feature in most proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by mid-century in order to meet the globally agreed aim of avoiding dangerous climate change. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says with high confidence that net-zero energy systems will include the electrification of heating “rely[ing] substantially on heat pumps” – with a possible exception only for extreme climates. Heat pumps significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from building heat and ..read more
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China Briefing 21 March: New ‘trade-in’ policy; China ETS expands; ‘Two sessions’ geopolitical impact
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by Wanyuan Song
1w ago
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments China’s equipment ‘trade-in’ act could reduce emissions EQUIPMENT UPGRADE: On 13 March, the State Council, China’s top administrative authority, released an action plan to “promote the large-scale renewal of equipment and the trading-in of consumer goods”, reported state news agency Xinhua. According to the official document, “the scale of equipment investment, in areas including industry ..read more
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Climate change made west Africa’s ‘dangerous humid heatwave’ 10 times more likely
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by Ayesha Tandon
1w ago
The “dangerous humid heat” that engulfed western Africa in mid-February was made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new rapid attribution study finds.  Throughout February, western Africa was hit by unusually intense heat. Temperatures exceeded 40C in some regions, prompting the Ghanaian and Nigerian meteorological services to issue heat warnings. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) service have analysed the region’s “heat index” – a measure that incorporates both temperature and humidity, to reflect the physiological impacts of the extreme conditions. While the averag ..read more
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Q&A: The impact of farmer protests on the EU’s upcoming parliamentary elections
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by Orla Dwyer
1w ago
The agriculture sector holds a lot of power within the European Union, receiving around one-third of the bloc’s total budget. But, amid rising production costs and lower incomes, farmers have been voicing their frustrations on streets across the EU over the past few months.  These protests have resulted in promises for more funding and loosened rules from both the EU and individual countries.  Agriculture has become a “particularly sensitive subject” among EU politicians ahead of the European parliamentary elections in June, says Politico.  Earlier this month, Carbon Brief trave ..read more
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