The latest 100 articles from Carbon Brief
March 2026
February 2026
- DeBriefed 27 February 2026: Trump’s fossil-fuel talk | Modi-Lula rare-earth pact | Is there a UK ‘greenlash’?
- Analysis: Constituency of Reform’s climate-sceptic Richard Tice gets £55m flood funding
- Cropped 25 February 2026: Food inflation strikes | El Niño looms | Biodiversity talks stagnate
- Dangerous heat for Tour de France riders only a ‘question of time’
- DeBriefed 20 February 2026: EU’s ‘3C’ warning | Endangerment repeal’s impact on US emissions | ‘Tree invasion’ fuelled South America’s fires
- Q&A: How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions
- Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
- China Briefing 19 February 2026: CO2 emissions ‘flat or falling’ | First tariff lifted | Ma Jun on carbon data
- Ma Jun: ‘No business interest’ in Chinese coal power due to cheaper renewables
- Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’
- Guest post: The challenges in projecting future global sea levels
- Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action?
- DeBriefed 13 February 2026: Trump repeals landmark ‘endangerment finding’ | China’s emissions flatlining | UK’s ‘relentless rain’
- Analysis: Trump has overseen larger coal decline than any other US president
- Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months
- Cropped 11 February 2026: Aftershocks of US withdrawals | Biodiversity and business risks | Deep-sea mining tensions
- Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas
- IPBES chair Dr David Obura: Trump’s US exit from global nature panel ‘harms everybody’
- Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely
- G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025
- IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy
- DeBriefed 6 February 2026: US secret climate panel ‘unlawful’ | China’s clean energy boon | Can humans reverse nature loss?
- China Briefing 5 February 2026: Clean energy’s share of economy | Record renewables | Thawing relations with UK
- 分析：清洁能源2025年为中国GDP增长贡献超过三分之一
- Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
- Five key climate and energy announcements in India’s budget for 2026
- ‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms
January 2026
- DeBriefed 30 January 2026: Fire and ice; US formally exits Paris; Climate image faux pas
- Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump
- Experts: Will Chinese wind power help or hinder Europe’s climate goals?
- Met Office: A review of the UK’s climate in 2025
- Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense
- Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050
- Cropped 28 January 2026: Ocean biodiversity boost; Nature and national security; Mangrove defence
- Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
- Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever
- DeBriefed 23 January 2026: Trump’s Davos tirade; EU wind and solar milestone; High seas hope
- Q&A: What UK’s ‘warm homes plan’ means for climate change and energy bills
- China Briefing 22 January 2026: 2026 priorities; EV agreement; How China uses gas
- Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy
- Guest post: 10 key climate science ‘insights’ from 2025
- Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third
- Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time
- DeBriefed 16 January 2026: Three years of record heat; China and India coal milestone; Beijing’s 2026 climate outlook
- Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change
- Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2026
- Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science
- Q&A: What UK’s record auction for offshore wind means for bills and clean power by 2030
- Cropped 14 January 2026: Wildfires scorch three continents; EU trade; Food and nature in 2026
- State of the climate: 2025 in top-three hottest years on record as ocean heat surges
- Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025
- Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records
- DeBriefed 9 January 2026: US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition
- Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action
- Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
- Analysis: UK renewables enjoy record year in 2025 – but gas power still rises
December 2025
- DeBriefed 19 December 2025: EU’s petrol car U-turn; Trump to axe ‘leading’ research lab; What climate scientists are reading
- Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’
- Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane
- IEA: Declining coal demand in China set to outweigh Trump’s pro-coal policies
- Cropped 17 December 2025: ‘Deadly’ Asia floods; Boosting London’s water birds; UN headwinds
- Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2025
- Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat
- DeBriefed 12 December: EU under ‘pressure’; ‘Unusual warmth’ explained; Rise of climate boardgames
- ‘Cali Fund’ aiming to raise billions for nature receives first donation – of just $1,000
- China Briefing 11 December 2025: Winter record looms; Joint climate statement with France; How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ help shape policy
- Q&A: Five key climate questions for China’s next ‘five-year plan’
- Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator
- Analysis: What are the causes of recent record-high global temperatures?
- Interview: How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ are helping to shape Chinese climate policy
- DeBriefed 5 December: Deadly Asia floods; Adaptation finance target examined; Global south IPCC scientists speak out
- Cropped 3 December 2025: Extreme weather in Africa; COP30 roundup; Saudi minister interview
- Analysis: Why COP30’s ‘tripling adaptation finance’ target is less ambitious than it seems
- Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue
- Guest post: Why carbon emissions from fires are significantly higher than thought
November 2025
- DeBriefed 28 November 2025: COP30’s ‘frustrating’ end; Asia floods; UK ‘emergency’ climate event
- Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents
- China Briefing 27 November 2025: COP30 wraps; Climate and critical minerals at G20; Coal use up
- UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements
- COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém
- Webinar: Carbon Brief’s third ‘ask us anything’ at COP30
- COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
- COP30 DeBriefed 21 November 2025: ‘Mutirão’ text latest; ‘Roadmaps’ explained; COP finish times plotted
- Cropped 19 November 2025: COP30 edition
- Webinar: Carbon Brief’s second ‘ask us anything’ at COP30
- COP30 DeBriefed 14 November 2025: Finance and 1.5C loom large at talks; China’s emissions dip; Negotiations explained
- Analysis: Seven charts showing how the $100bn climate-finance goal was met
- China Briefing 13 November 2025: COP30 special
- Met Office: Ten years of naming UK storms to warn the public
- Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’
- IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned
- Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30?
- Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
- Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30
- DeBriefed 7 November 2025: Leaders descend on Belém; UN warns of 1.5C breach; changing roles of climate scientists
- Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit
- Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history
- COP30: What does the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ mean for climate finance?
- Cropped 5 November 2025: Nature finance at COP30; Storms devastate crops; Brazilian deforestation decline