Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 13, 2019 · Other recent studies of electric cars in Germany have reached the opposite conclusion. One study found that emissions from EVs have emissions up to 43% lower than diesel vehicles. Another detailed that “in all cases examined, electric cars have lower lifetime climate impacts than those with internal combustion engines”.
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WEB6 days ago · In addition to established leaders, such as China, Europe and the US, Ember said there was strong growth in new markets, such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, in 2024. It added that solar growth continues to outpace many forecasts for the industry, “put [ting] ambitious climate pledges within reach”. Carbon Brief covers climate science, energy ...
Explainer: Desertification and the role of climate change - Carbon …
WEBAug 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 international legal ...
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the …
WEBAug 4, 2022 · Carbon Brief’s analysis reveals: 71% of the 504 extreme weather events and trends included in the map were found to be made more likely or more severe by human-caused climate change. 9% of events or trends were made less likely or less severe by climate change, meaning 80% of all events experienced some human impact.
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to …
WEBDec 13, 2017 · The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. During a recent congressional hearing, Rick Perry, the US energy secretary, remarked that “to stand up and say that 100% of global warming is because of human activity, I think on its face, is just indefensible”. ...
Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antarctic reconstructed air temperature (red line) at Dome Fuji site Antarctica using isotope modelling from Uemura et al (2018) and Antarctic composite ice core atmospheric CO2 data (blue line) from Bereiter et al (2014).Data spans the period from 800,000 BCE to 1980 CE. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts.. While the CO2 concentrations provide a good representation of global average ...
Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future …
WEBApr 19, 2018 · Narratives for each Shared Socioeconomic Pathway, from Riahi et al 2017.. These narratives describe alternative pathways for future society. They present baselines of how things would look in the absence of climate policy, and allow researchers to examine barriers and opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation in each possible future world when combined with mitigation targets.
Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Here, Carbon Brief factchecks 21 of the most common – and persistent – myths about EVs. FALSE: ‘An EV has to travel 50,000+ miles to break even’. FALSE: ‘VW’s e-Golf becomes more environmentally friendly only after 77,000 miles’. FALSE: The ‘electric Volvo C40 needs to be driven around 68,400 miles to cut carbon’.
Fossil fuels: Is the world on track for moving past coal, oil and gas ...
WEBOct 4, 2022 · Fossil fuels and climate targets. Many of the talks at the conference considered the question of fossil fuels in the international arena. This included how countries are accounting for coal, oil and gas in their climate plans under the Paris Agreement, and the impact that stringent targets are set to have on nations that rely heavily on revenue from producing fossil fuels.
Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming?
WEBOct 5, 2017 · Here, Carbon Brief examines the A2 scenario, though all have fairly similar emissions and warming trajectories up to 2020. The A2 scenario projected a 2016 atmospheric CO2 concentration of 406 ppm, nearly the same as what was observed. The SRES scenarios were from 2000 onward, with models prior to the year 2000 using estimated historical forcings.