Clean energy: The Challenge of Achieving a ‘Just Transition’ for Workers
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
But while measures to curb emissions and reduce the impacts of rising temperatures will be good for the many, the few who work in industries affected by climate policies risk losing their livelihoods as the economy leans increasingly upon renewable energy.
Solar Panels have been Benefitting the Climate ‘since 2011’
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
In 2011, solar power reached a tipping point. This was the year when the solar industry had saved more greenhouse gases than it emitted.
COP22: Key Outcomes Agreed at the UN Climate Talks in Marrakech
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
The refrain of the conference soon became that the Paris Agreement, sealed last year, was bigger than any one country, or any particular head of state. The next four years will prove whether this is true.
Climate Finance: The Challenge of ‘Shifting the Trillions’
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
The money used to tackle climate change — “climate finance” — comes in many guises, which means that measuring it is a mammoth and complex task.
Anthropocene: The journey to a new geological epoch
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
Over the last century, humans have littered the oceans with plastic, pumped CO2 into the air and raked fertilisers across the land. The impact of our species is so severe and so enduring that the current geological time period could soon be declared the “Anthropocene”.
How Can Fossil Fuel Supplies Be Constrained?
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
Academics gathered in Oxford this week to discuss how to constrain fossil fuel supply as part of efforts to tackle climate change.
Aviation Could Consume a Quarter of 1.5C Carbon Budget by 2050
By Roz Pidcock, Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
The aviation industry faces huge challenges if it is to meet its own self-imposed climate change targets, according to a new UN report.
Chatham House: Brexit could Harm UK Climate and Energy Policy
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
The UK is better staying in the EU from the perspective of energy and climate change, according to a new paper by international affairs thinktank, Chatham House.