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Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· 27d

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Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· 27d

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Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· 27d

Daily Briefing: UK extremes ‘new normal’ | Pakistan rains | Trump cuts Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/WEnA7tl Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· 28d

NEW – 28 quotes from next UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/EmmNJIa

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 10

NEW – Interview: COP31 president says electrification is ‘surest way to protect citizens’ | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/interview-co...

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 10

Also in this issue . . . Carbon Brief interviews Murat Kurum, president-designate of the COP31 UN climate talks in November and Turkey’s minister of environment, urbanisation and climate change. Read interview here: buff.ly/zAvSOoh

COP31 president-designate Murat Kurum. Credit: Supplied by COP31 secretariat

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 10

NEW – Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @zekehausfather.com Read here: buff.ly/EynMeIk

Average number of days per year with a daily maximum temperature of at least 30C in a selection of major European cities, for each decade since the 1950s. Source: Copernicus ERA5, Carbon Brief analysis by Dr Zeke Hausfather.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 8

Interested in the intersection between food systems, land use, nature and climate change? 🌿 Hear from our team of global journalists every fortnight on the context behind headlines, interesting new reads and more. Sign up to our newsletter Cropped ⬇️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 6

Emissions scenarios – such as RCP8.5 – are “not predictions of the future,” but a way to explore “different possible pathways”, Prof Detlef van Vuuren tells Carbon Brief. Watch or read the full interview by @leohickman.carbonbrief.org here ⬇️ bit.ly/4wbaU8J

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 3

Prof Philippe Ciais has been “completely impressed” in his experience working with Chinese climate scientists. Prof Ciais is the world’s most highly cited climate scientist according to Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database. Full interview here: buff.ly/xu5BB8e

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 3

Also in this issue . . . Carbon Brief explores the reasons behind soaring electric-vehicle sales in Vietnam. Find out why here ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-3-...

An electric sightseeing bus, motorcycles and cars in central Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Andy Soloman / Alamy Stock Photo

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 2

The Trump administration’s recent attacks on climate science are a “very serious problem”, says Prof Philippe Ciais. Prof Ciais is the world’s most highly cited climate scientist according to Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database. Full interview here: buff.ly/xu5BB8e

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jul 1

Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/TlR4Ovg

Cumulative number of UK newspaper editorials supporting more fossil-fuel extraction in the North Sea in 2025 (blue) and January-June 2026 (red). Source: Carbon Brief analysis.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 29

Six charts show how clean power was world’s largest source of new energy in 2025 ✍️ Written by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org 📊 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/H0vXbD9

Chart showing that wind and solar were world's largest source of new energy in 2025. Contribution to the change in total global energy supply by fuel, %. Source: Energy Institute (2026).

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 28

Guest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreat ✍️ Written by Dr Alex Bradley Read here: buff.ly/9kymZzp

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 26

What's happened this week in climate news? DeBriefed: Heat records broken across Europe | London climate action week | Introducing ‘Project Cosmos’ ✍️ Written by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Uo5dGIh Subscribe to DeBriefed ➡️ buff.ly/J6uB9Kc

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 26

NEW – Q&A: What change of power in Colombia could mean for world’s fossil-fuel transition | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/rtHtbsR

Colombia’s Irene Vélez Torres (left) embraces the Netherlands' Stientje van Veldhoven in Santa Marta. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 25

China Briefing: Five-year plans passed | Critical-mineral tensions | Industrial decarbonisation plan ✍️ written by @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/UXzQV8f Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 25

Analysis: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time ✍️ Written by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org 📉 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/Heqn0QC

Number of new EVs and petrol cars sold in the UK, units per 12-month period. Source: Carbon Brief analysis of figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 25

Guest post: How US renewable-energy growth persists despite federal policy uncertainty ✍️ written by @aliciaszhao.bsky.social Nate Hultman, Dhruv Modi and Tyler Stotland Read here: buff.ly/jfRABd4

Net US electricity nameplate capacity changes by generation technology between 2000 and 2025, gigawatts (GW). Source: University of Maryland analysis of EIA data.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 24

Project Cosmos is Carbon Brief’s universe of 1.8 million climate science papers. In this video, science correspondent @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org explains the database’s features. Explore the database here ➡️ bit.ly/4eXC4tK

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 24

Analysis: What record global heat means for breaching the 1.5C warming limit #CBarchive ✍️ written by @hausfath.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3zdrjRV

Annual global average surface temperatures from the composite average (black dots) along the 30-year LOWESS fit (black line), combined with 37 CMIP6 models smoothed using the same 30-year LOWESS fit. Models and observations are aligned using the smoothed average values for 2023. Chart by Carbon Brief.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 23

CCC: Faster electrification of UK will ‘put money back into people’s pockets’ ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/sVnDJ6w

Household energy costs for heat, power and transport, £ per year. The upfront costs of purchasing cars, heating systems, chargers and solar panels are annualised. Source: CCC progress report 2026.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 23

NEW – Prof Detlef van Vuuren is the climate scientist most cited by the IPCC, according to an analysis of Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database. Read his full interview with Carbon Brief’s @leohickman.carbonbrief.org here ⬇️ bit.ly/4uRxguM

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 23

Also in this issue... Introducing: Project Cosmos Carbon Brief explains how it built a major new database of climate science research and unveils a new ranking of the 500 most highly cited publications, authors and institutions in climate science. Read more here ➡️ buff.ly/iqMfR0K

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 23

NEW – Prof Philippe Ciais is the world’s most highly cited climate scientist, with almost 1,300 peer-reviewed studies to his name, according to an analysis of Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database. Read his full interview with Carbon Brief’s @leohickman.carbonbrief.org here ⬇️ bit.ly/3SWillC

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 22

🚨 Introducing Project Cosmos, the world’s largest database of climate change research. Carbon Brief has mapped the academic literature and evidence that underpins humanity's knowledge of climate change. The Cosmos database includes 1.8 million studies. Explore the database here ⬇️ bit.ly/4eXC4tK

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 22

Daily Briefing: Hormuz toll threat | Europe ‘swelters’ | Miliband for chancellor? ➡️ Read today's briefing here: buff.ly/Wc5ujp6 ➡️ Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/k84LIFK

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 19

💡 Spotlight | Oceans rising at UN climate talks The state of the world’s oceans is inextricably linked to the changing climate – and many delegates at UN climate talks want to see more focus on this issue, reports Carbon Brief. ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-19...

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief· Jun 19

NEW – Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2026 UN climate conference | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/uLCxTxN