The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels

The distinction between ‘abated’ and ‘unabated’ fossil fuels is crucial, yet remains ambiguous.

Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University • conversation
Dec. 13, 2023 • ~7 min

Climate change: if warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood

Areas of the world where species are exposed to potentially dangerous temperatures are due to get much bigger.

Alex Pigot, Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, UCL • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~7 min

Climate crisis: even temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth's species

Species will endure intolerable conditions long after the global average temperature stabilises.

Christopher Trisos, Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change Risks, University of Cape Town • conversation
June 29, 2022 • ~7 min

The world has made more progress on climate change than you might think – or might have predicted a decade ago

Yes COP26 fell short, but we still have reasonable odds of limiting global warming to 2°C.

Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 15, 2021 • ~8 min

COP26: what would the world be like at 3°C of warming and how would it be different from 1.5°C?

Many scientists now think 3°C of warming is likely.

Nigel Arnell, Professor of Climate Change Science, Director of the Walker Institute, University of Reading • conversation
Nov. 2, 2021 • ~6 min

Climate crisis: keeping hope of 1.5°C limit alive is vital to spurring global action

Discord and doubt are the last things the world needs at this critical moment.

Catherine Happer, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow • conversation
March 30, 2021 • ~6 min

Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it

Modern agriculture releases lots of different greenhouse gas emissions, each with complex effects on the global climate.

John Lynch, Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 5, 2020 • ~7 min

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