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Analysis: UK no longer top UN Green Climate Fund donor after latest aid cut
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (511+ words) The UK is no longer the top contributor to the UN's flagship Green Climate Fund (GCF), after the government announced that it only intends to honour half of its most recent pledge. Amid wider cuts to its climate aid for…...
De Briefed 8 May 2026: EU eyes fossil-fuel exemptions | Wind and solar save UK "1. 7bn" | Amazon "tipping point"
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (630+ words) Welcome to Carbon Brief's De Briefed. An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate change. The average amount by which trees lower summer temperatures in cities globally, according to research in Nature Communications. (For more, see Carbon…...
Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1031+ words) For several years, the UK car industry has been claiming that demand is not high enough to meet the government's targets for sales of "zero emissions vehicles" (ZEVs). To date, however, the car industry has actually beaten the targets under…...
Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth "1. 7bn since Iran war began
1+ week, 1+ day ago (466+ words) The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth "1. 7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis. The surge in wind and solar output is…...
Cropped 6 May 2026: Forest loss falls | Deforestation regulations | Saving "India's Galapagos'
1+ week, 1+ day ago (950+ words) This is an online version of Carbon Brief's fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for'free here. PROVISIONAL DEAL: The EU-Mercosur deal " a trade agreement between the European bloc and four South American countries " provisionally came into force on 1 May "after 25 years…...
De Briefed 1 May 2026: Countries chart path away from fossil fuels | China's clean-tech surge | Global forest loss slows
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1157+ words) Welcome to Carbon Brief's De Briefed. An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate change. "REFRESHING' APPROACH: Against the backdrop of a global oil and gas crisis, ministers and envoys from across the world sat side-by-side in…...
Revealed: Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to "halt new expansion
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1460+ words) Countries attending a first-of-its-kind fossil-fuel summit have been asked to consider "action recommendations" such as "halting all new fossil-fuel expansion" and "reject[ing] gas as a bridging fuel", according to a preliminary scientific report seen by Carbon Brief. Around 50 nations…...
Santa Marta: Key outcomes from first summit on "transitioning away" from fossil fuels
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (1689+ words) Countries attending a first-of-its-kind summit have walked away with plans to develop national roadmaps away from fossil fuels, along with new tools to address harmful subsidies and carbon-intensive trade. The first conference on "transitioning away" from fossil fuels held in…...
Colombia summit concludes | Global forest loss "slows" | Heat stress research
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1396+ words) A "first-of-its-kind international conference on moving away from fossil fuels" has concluded in Santa Marta, Colombia, reports the Associated Press. .. TODAY'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY HEADLINES Today's climate and energy headlines: - Countries end Colombia fossil fuel summit with focus on next…...
Traditional models still 'outperform AI' for extreme weather forecasts
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1527+ words) Computer models that use artificial intelligence (AI) cannot forecast record-breaking weather as well as traditional climate models, according to a new study. It is well established that AI climate models have surpassed traditional, physics-based climate models for some aspects of…...