COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate...
The COP30 climate summit – held in the city of Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest – saw the Brazilian presidency launch a new forest fund and promise a “roadmap” to put an end to...
View ArticleUK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced new measures to cut energy bills alongside a “pay-per-mile” electric-vehicle levy as part of Labour’s second budget. The policy changes are expected to cut...
View ArticleChina Briefing 27 November 2025: COP30 wraps; Climate and critical minerals...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key...
View ArticleRevealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap...
A confused – and, at times, contradictory – story has emerged about precisely which countries and negotiating blocs were opposed to a much-discussed “roadmap” deal at COP30 on “transitioning away from...
View ArticleDeBriefed 28 November 2025: COP30’s ‘frustrating’ end; Asia floods; UK...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week ‘Lukewarm’ end to COP30 BYE BELÉM: The COP30 climate talks in Belém ended...
View ArticleGuest post: Why carbon emissions from fires are significantly higher than...
Scientists have long known that fires release substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the atmosphere. However, estimating the total climate impact of fires is challenging. Now,...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies...
Coastal flooding could bring $500bn of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels. This is according to new research, published in the journal...
View ArticleAnalysis: Why COP30’s ‘tripling adaptation finance’ target is less ambitious...
One of the headline outcomes to emerge from COP30 was a new target to “at least triple” finance for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2035. Vulnerable nations stress that they urgently...
View ArticleCropped 3 December 2025: Extreme weather in Africa; COP30 roundup; Saudi...
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...
View ArticleDeBriefed 5 December: Deadly Asia floods; Adaptation finance target examined;...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Deadly floods in Asia MOUNTING DEVASTATION: The Associated Press reported...
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