Weekly Newsletter

24 July 2023

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24 July 2023

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Spotlight

What China must do to finally turn its back on coal

Renewables are booming in China – but so is coal. The government must rapidly invest in transmission and distribution if it is to meet its climate goals, writes senior data journalist Nick Ferris.

Latest Features

Weekly data: how Rosebank threatens the UK’s carbon budget

Emissions from Rosebank alone could eat up more than half of the UK’s carbon budget for all fuels between now and 2050 in a net-zero pathway, reports data journalist Polly Bindman.

24 July 2023

Why climate stress tests are not fit for purpose

Scenarios used by central banks to conduct climate-risk stress tests have been criticised as not fit for purpose because they fail to account for severe economic shocks caused by climate “tipping points”, reports Polly Bindman.

24 July 2023

Opinion: the climate is changing faster than we are

All around the world, people are experiencing extreme weather events, exacerbated by global warming – and still progress towards a decarbonised world feels far too slow, writes freelance climate journalist Katie Kouchakji.

24 July 2023