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    An oil tanker being moored at the Mongstad oil terminal and refinery in Norway. Credit: Ola Moen / Alamy Stock Photo. D1AJ6D

    Guest post: How quickly does the world need to ‘phase down’ all fossil fuels?

    India and China were widely criticised at COP26 in 2021 when they pushed to tone down the language on coal consumption that emerged from the climate ...Read More

    Guest posts| Feb 16. 2023.
    Indigenous protesters hold placards during a march in London

    Fossil fuels: Is the world on track for moving past coal, oil and gas production?

    Scientists, economists and Indigenous activists met in Oxford in September to discuss a challenge central to solving climate change: how can the worl...Read More

    Energy| Oct 4. 2022.
    Russia country profile photo.

    The Carbon Brief Profile: Russia

    这个国家的形象, Carbon Brief examines the state of climate and energy policies in Russia, home to some of the world’s largest reserves of ...Read More

    Country profiles| Sep 22. 2022.
    Female worker forms coal patties near Hanoi, Vietnam

    Guest post: What we learned about coal phaseout by studying 15 countries

    Despite the widely recognised need to quickly move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal, many countries continue to invest in this highly pollut...Read More

    Guest posts| Aug 1. 2022.
    Open-pit coal mining at Cottbus Nord in Germany

    Emissions from mining cause ‘up to £2.5tn’ in environmental damages each year

    Greenhouse gas emissions from global mining and resource extraction result in up to £2.5tn ($3tn) in damages worldwide every year, according to a ne...Read More

    yabet官网 | Jul 6. 2022.
    A port in Nantong in Chinas Jiangsu province unloading coal

    Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?

    Late last year, following widespread power shortages, China’s leadership repeatedly emphasised the importance of ensuring energy security – a cou...Read More

    China Policy| Mar 29. 2022.
    March back to work on 5 March at the end of miners strike in Ellington Colliery, England, 1985_2BN28RJ

    Guest post: Why gender justice matters in the transition away from coal

    Combating the climate crisis requires the restructuring of the economic and energy system including, first and foremost, the phaseout of coal, which ...Read More

    Guest posts| Mar 3. 2022.
    Coal fired electric power plant in India

    Guest post: How world’s coal-power pipeline has shrunk by three-quarters

    There is now a broad consensus that unabated coal power generation must be rapidly phased out if the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement are to be met....Read More

    Guest posts| Sep 14. 2021.
    PSA International Brani Container Terminal with the CBD skyline, Brani Island, Singapore. Credit: Jason Knott / Alamy Stock Photo. FGRPBF

    解説:「共通社会経済経路(SSP)」で未来の気候変動を探る

    ここ数年、気候科学者、経済学者、エネルギーシステムモデル研究者による国際チームは、次の100年ほどの間�...Read More

    Translations| Jul 28. 2021.
    A procession of 50 ton trucks are loaded with overburden on their way to a spoil heap at a new open cast mine near Ordos, China

    Guest post: Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’

    Proposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up to $91bn...Read More

    Guest posts| Jun 10. 2021.
    Building activity at a new coal fired electric power plant in China

    Guest post: How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions

    Coal use needs to rapidly fall this decade if the world has any chance of achieving the 1.5C temperature target of the Paris Agreement, yet new coal ...Read More

    Guest posts| Apr 14. 2021.
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