Environment
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Climate Change
Wildfires in Brazil Destroyed an Area the Size of Italy in 2024
Wildfires in Brazil destroyed 30.8M hectares in 2024, marking a 79% increase. The Amazon suffered record losses despite Lula’s fight against deforestation
Editorial Team•24 January 2025
Climate Change
CO2 concentration hits record high in…
In 2024, atmospheric CO2 levels surged by 3.58 ppm—26% more than expected.…
Editorial Team•22 January 2025
Climate Change
Wildfires and Climate Change: A Growing…
In just 48 hours, wildfires have swept through urban areas in northern…
Editorial Team•9 January 2025
Climate Change
With climate tipping points, prevention costs four times less than remediation
Exceeding climate tipping points multiplies the costs of combating climate change. A study reveals that acting…
Editorial Team•2 December 2024
Climate Change
China will reach its peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 at the…
Coal, renewables, and electric cars fuel experts' optimism. But China will miss its carbon intensity target…
Editorial Team•29 November 2024
Climate Change
The Future of the Cryosphere in 3 Global Warming Scenarios
This is the warning issued by the State of the Cryosphere 2024 report, coordinated by the…
Editorial Team•26 November 2024
Climate Change
COP29, the Private Sector and the Climate Challenge: Where Do We Stand?
The Elephant in the Room Remains the Exit from Fossil Fuels. While more companies are drafting…
Editorial Team•20 November 2024
Climate Change
In 20 years, dozens of “impossible” extreme events have occurred
Carbon Brief updates the global map of attribution studies, scientific works that quantify the role of…
Editorial Team•19 November 2024
Climate Change
The EU must cut emissions by 78% by 2035 to meet the…
The Climate Action Tracker calculates the targets that the world's largest polluters need to set in…
Editorial Team•15 November 2024
Climate Change
We have wasted 3 years: we are always heading towards a 2.7°C…
The Climate Action Tracker updates projections on global warming increase by 2100. Since 2021, progress has…
Editorial Team•14 November 2024
Climate Change
Heating of the Mediterranean: In 25 years, the Tyrrhenian Sea has become…
The data collected from over 3,000 expendable bathythermographs deployed during 100 campaigns by Enea and INGV…
Editorial Team•13 November 2024
Climate Change
COP29, the agreement on the global carbon market is reached immediately
During the opening plenary session, the agreement on Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement was approved.…
Editorial Team•12 November 2024
Climate Change
Shell wins in court: the basis for climate litigation worldwide collapses
The Court of Appeal in The Hague has ruled in favor of the oil major, overturning…
Editorial Team•12 November 2024
Environment
Decoupling too slow; half of the planet will not reach net zero…
The PIK Potsdam study analyzes the trend of decoupling GDP-emissions in 1,500 regions worldwide, which account…
Editorial Team•7 November 2024
Climate Change
2024 will exceed 1.5°C of global warming
Compared to the pre-industrial era, October 2024 was 1.65°C above average. This year will almost certainly…