After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here's what we can still do about it

A leading climate scientist explains why going over 1.5 degrees Celsius puts the world in a danger zone.

Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2022 • ~8 min

COP27 flinched on phasing out 'all fossil fuels'. What's next for the fight to keep them in the ground?

Smaller international deals and fossil free zones point a way forward.

Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy, University of Eastern Finland, Visiting Researcher, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University & Affiliated Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institute • conversation
Nov. 21, 2022 • ~8 min

Energy transitions: why countries respond differently to the same problem

The current energy crisis is an opportunity to accelerate the transition towards clean energy – but some countries are better than others at pursuing major energy reform.

Jared Finnegan, Lecturer in Public Policy, UCL • conversation
Nov. 17, 2022 • ~7 min

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

Fossil fuels were named as the problem at COP26. We’re no closer to eliminating them a year on.

Mathieu Blondeel, Research Fellow, Strategy & International Business Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
Nov. 4, 2022 • ~7 min

Cutting coal has major health benefits, but inequality persists

A new study finds that the health benefits from cutting coal use in power generation could pay for the costs. But environmental justice concerns remain.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Sept. 13, 2022 • ~7 min

Tiny algae could help fix concrete's dirty little climate secret – 4 innovative ways to clean up this notoriously hard to decarbonize industry

Cement is responsible for more than 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Its emissions doubled over the past two decades, and demand is still rising fast.

Wil Srubar, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering and Materials Science, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

Why defusing 'carbon bombs' offers a promising new agenda for tackling climate change

More than 400 proposed fossil fuel extraction projects threaten to blow the world’s 1.5°C target.

Kjell Kühne, PhD Candidate in Energy & Politics, University of Leeds • conversation
Sept. 2, 2022 • ~6 min

Stranded assets could exact steep costs on fossil energy producers and investors

A new study estimates potential losses by 2050 amid low-carbon energy transition.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Aug. 19, 2022 • ~3 min

Australia to Prevent Development of New Coal Mine
VOA Learning English • voa
Aug. 5, 2022 • ~3 min

3 reasons US coal power is disappearing – and a Supreme Court ruling won’t save it

An economist explains coal power’s rise and fall in charts.

Rebecca J. Davis, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, Stephen F. Austin State University • conversation
July 26, 2022 • ~7 min

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