The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) (from the beginning of 2025). This would be exhausted in a little more than three years at ...

A team led by Prof. Liu Xueyan from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new ...

In a comprehensive analysis that offers a global view of carbon emission trends, researchers are exploring the factors ...

Global carbon emissions reached a new all-time high in 2024, hitting 40.8 billion metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions, despite significant growth in renewable energy and numerous international ...

Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world’s first global carbon tax. The International Maritime ...

Carbon emissions are typically measured in metric tons, but context matters. It contrasts the emission profiles of different nations, such as China's high total but modest efficiency, the U.S.'s ...

The average concentration of CO2 blanketing Earth surged by 3.5 parts per million in 2024, the largest rise since modern ...

Black carbon, the sooty byproduct of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, has emerged as a major contributor to climate change and human health impacts. Researchers in the McKelvey School of ...

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships, if their planet-heating emissions are not already ...

This is Part 4 of a short series on efforts to decarbonize the global shipping industry, covering a key meeting from London.

With world leaders set to gather in Brazil for COP30 in November, new analysis from an international team of climate policy ...