Here's what it would take to end emissions from fossil fuels

If the UK is to achieve net zero by 2050, it needs to get moving on making a successful green transition across fuel, transport and housing.

Rachel Freeman, Senior Research Fellow in Energy Transition Modelling, UCL • conversation
Dec. 10, 2021 • ~6 min

We should ban all new oil and gas fields

If we want to limit global warming to below 2°C, most of our untapped fossil fuel reserves need to be kept in the ground.

David Waltham, Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Dec. 7, 2021 • ~7 min

Why Shell pulled out of the Cambo oilfield

Shell’s withdrawal highlights unresolved tensions on the road to net zero.

Tiago Teixeira, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geography, Durham University • conversation
Dec. 7, 2021 • ~8 min

Carbon capture and storage: where should the world store CO₂? It's a moral dilemma

Soaking up and storing CO₂ is not just a question of technology.

Kian Mintz-Woo, Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork • conversation
Dec. 6, 2021 • ~5 min

Why the oil industry's pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn't a climate change solution

Most carbon dioxide captured in the U.S. today is used to extract more oil. Two scholars point to another way: biological sequestration.

Neva Goodwin, Co-Director, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 23, 2021 • ~10 min

The average person's daily choices can still make a big difference in fighting climate change – and getting governments and utilities to tackle it, too

How and where people spend their money and use energy can influence corporate behavior.

Tom Ptak, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2021 • ~9 min

COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 17, 2021 • ~10 min

COP26 gave the world a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 17, 2021 • ~10 min

After COP26, the hard work begins on making climate promises real: 5 things to watch in 2022

The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 17, 2021 • ~10 min

On Twitter, fossil fuel companies' climate misinformation is subtle – here's what I'm seeing during COP26

Misinformation about climate change has been spreading in other ways, and social media companies have been reluctant to stop it.

Jill Hopke, Associate professor, DePaul University • conversation
Nov. 10, 2021 • ~9 min

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