Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought
A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed
Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere
As countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countries
Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought
Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change
China tackles climate change with world’s largest carbon market
The Chinese state hopes to use market forces to encourage energy-hungry firms to seek cleaner alternatives, but simply telling them what to do may be more effective
Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low
The global demand for coal has fallen 4.2 per cent over the last two years, one of the biggest drops on record
Latest climate talks actually made progress despite US obstinacy
While the US tried to promote “clean coal” at the COP23 Bonn climate meeting, other countries called for the dirty fossil fuel to be rapidly phased out
Father of ‘nudge’ psychology wins economics Nobel
Richard Thaler has won this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the limits to human rationality and how to subtly influence people's behaviour
Bitcoin study reveals how early adopters influence our decisions
When they get special treatment, they can make new technologies go viral – but when they don’t, their real power is in putting the rest of us off
Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?
Offsetting social problems posed by financial overheating and tech disruption puts utopian ideas such as basic income centre stage, argue two new books
The Dismal Science of the Standing Rock Pipeline Protests
