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  • This year is now virtually certain to beat 2023 as the hottest year on record, Carbon Brief analysis shows. It will also be the first full year to surpass 1.5C above pre-industrial levels across the majority of observational records. In this latest “state of the climate” quarterly update, Carbon Brief finds: The year 2024 has […]

  • Around 500 scientists, civil servants, journalists and climate experts took part in the 10th annual Carbon Brief quiz on Wednesday 6 November 2024. This year’s quiz was hosted by Octopus Energy at its headquarters in central London. In total, 55 teams participated – 30 teams in person and 25 teams joining via Zoom. Competing teams […]

  • The Republican candidate Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th US president, beating his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in a “historic comeback”.  In response, climate scientists, researchers and experts have expressed concern about his election’s impact on efforts to tackle climate change.  During his first term in 2017-2021, Trump – a climate sceptic – […]

  • Dhiren Bhatia is the Co-Founder & CEO of Inventive AI,  an AI-powered RFP and questionnaire response management platform. RFP stands for Request for Proposal, a formal document issued by organizations to invite vendors or service providers to submit proposals for specific projects or services. The RFP outlines the project requirements, objectives, and evaluation criteria, allowing […]

  • The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we work, learn, and connect, transforming industries around the globe. This shift is primarily driven by AI’s advanced ability to learn from larger datasets. While bigger models boost AI’s data processing power, they also require more processing power and energy efficiency. As AI models become […]

  • By studying changes in gene expression, researchers learn how cells function at a molecular level, which could help them understand the development of certain diseases. But a human has about 20,000 genes that can affect each other in complex ways, so even knowing which groups of genes to target is an enormously complicated problem. Also, […]

  • In today’s world, as businesses face increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices, the role of artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring has become paramount. Leveraging AI-powered tools for tracking greenhouse gas emissions, managing resources, and assessing environmental risks allows companies to make data-driven decisions that minimize their ecological footprint. By providing real-time insights into factors like […]

  • Sunset background. Free public domain CC0 photo. Introduction It was forty-three degrees Celsius or 109.4 Fahrenheit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on a hot April day and the tin homes of the community members in the informal settlement of Khorail were steadily accumulating heat.  Arpitha Kodiveri was there with a group of other climate lawyers trying to […]

  • This blog post was authored by 2024 Sabin Center Summer Intern, Arpana Giritharan, with input and supervision from Johanna Lovecchio, Director of Program Design for Climate Action and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Climate School, and Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. ‘Coastal blue carbon’ refers to the carbon captured […]

  • Microsoft Research introduced AutoGen in September 2023 as an open-source Python framework for building AI agents capable of complex, multi-agent collaboration. AutoGen has already gained traction among researchers, developers, and organizations, with over 290 contributors on GitHub and nearly 900,000 downloads as of May 2024. Building on this success, Microsoft unveiled AutoGen Studio, a low-code […]

  • Birago Jones is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pienso, a no-code/low-code platform for enterprises to train and deploy AI models without the need for advanced data science or programming skills. Today, Birago’s customers include the US government and Sky, the largest broadcaster in the UK. Pienso is based on Birago’s research from the Massachusetts Institute […]

  • The UN nature summit COP16 recently concluded in Cali, Colombia, with key decisions on Indigenous representation and the use of genetic resources overshadowed by the abrupt end to the proceedings.  The summit was both the largest-ever and the longest-ever, running over its scheduled end time by more than 14 hours.  As a result of the […]

  • Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Key developments COP16 comes to a close ABRUPT END: COP16 nature talks in Cali “ended […]

  • When Nikola Tesla predicted we’d have handheld phones that could display videos, photographs, and more, his musings seemed like a distant dream. Nearly 100 years later, smartphones are like an extra appendage for many of us. Digital fabrication engineers are now working toward expanding the display capabilities of other everyday objects. One avenue they’re exploring is […]

  • If 2022 marked the moment when generative AI’s disruptive potential first captured wide public attention, 2024 has been the year when questions about the legality of its underlying data have taken center stage for businesses eager to harness its power. The USA’s fair use doctrine, along with the implicit scholarly license that had long allowed […]

  • Image credit: Xylem Now that industrial companies face being hit with unlimited fines for pollution incidents, outsourcing pump maintenance to specialist contractors can provide security and peace of mind, as well as long-term cost savings, writes Guy Fitzpatrick, industry & infrastructure director at Xylem UK In December 2023, a £250,000 cap on penalties for companies that […]

  • Hydroelectric power station at Loch Lomond. A project which gives Google Street View users an inside view of renewable energy sites launched on 29 October. From a hydropower plant deep beneath a mountain to the top of a wind turbine, Scottish Renewables’ Renewables360 is a global first-of-its-kind. It takes the public behind the scenes of […]

  • Crianlarich (image credit: Hamish Irvine, CC BY-NC 2.0 license). Scotland’s environmental regulator is warning that illegally burning waste could result in financial consequences after serving a £600 civil penalty on a company which operates a hotel and restaurant lodges in Crianlarich. Crianlarich Ben More Limited, which operates Ben More Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, was served […]