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How much warming is committed, "locked in", or "in the pipeline" has long been a source of confusion. In a new @CarbonBrief explainer we take a deep dive into what

In a new analysis, we find there are now 32 countries that have absolutely decoupled economic growth from CO2 since 2005. In these places both territorial emissions and consumption emissions

Today I published an op-ed in Politico with @atrembath on why @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris are right to be skeptical of a fracking ban. It risks reviving coal when we need

So, this new paper in Nature has a rather misleading statement in the abstract. It says ecosystem restoration could "sequester 299 gigatonnes of CO2—30% of the total CO2 increase in

So while gas has been a bridge fuel away from coal and won't disappear tomorrow, it is a bridge that has to quickly end if we are to meet ambitious

A lot of the climate section of the VP debate focused on hydraulic fracturing (e.g. fracking). Its a complex subject – one that I've published a few papers about – and

There is a lot of confusion about carbon budgets and how quickly emissions need to fall to zero to meet various warming targets. To cut through some of this morass,

PNAS published a defense of the RCP8.5 scenario by the scientists at @woodsholeresctr. While I agree with parts of it, some parts are also a bit incomplete or problematic. Lets

New results from the Global Methane Project team: global methane emissions have increased over the past 15 years, with fossil fuels and agriculture each responsible for about half of the

Hi Mike, sorry for not responding to this earlier. I've been dealing with a rambunctious post-childcare toddler all evening. Lets take a look at my claims, your responses, and see

While the world has made progress bending the emissions curve away from worst-case outcomes where coal dominates our energy future, we are still far from the "safe bottom end". Current

While I enjoyed reading @emorwee's piece on the hot mess that is the new @MMFlint documentary, I wanted to correct the record that we at @TheBTI are not "using the