Professor, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Corinne Le Quéré is Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. She conducts research on the interactions between climate change and the carbon cycle.
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Prof Le Quéré was author of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. She co-leads an effort to publish annual updates of global carbon emissions and their partitioning among the atmosphere, land and oceans. These 'global carbon budgets' are used to support research and policy on climate change. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the new international initiative 'Future Earth' and of the UK Committee on Climate Change.
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Dec 06, 2023 07:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
Global emissions of fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂), in yet another year of growth, will increase by 1.1% in 2023. These emissions will hit a record 36.8 billion tonnes. Thats the finding of the Global Carbon Projects 18th...
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Global emissions for 2019 are predicted to hit 36.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂), setting yet another all-time record. This disturbing result means emissions have grown by 62% since international climate...
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Jun 19, 2019 02:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The long-running rivalry between France and Britain has entered a new era: who will decarbonise the fastest. As the UK government announced on June 11 that it had committed to a net zero emissions target for 2050, the...
Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero
Feb 26, 2019 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
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