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Why is our aid money still invested in fossil fuel assets? No wonder the government is trying to keep this secret. As I argue here, this is trapping poorer countries into a type of energy which is on its way out, all the while profiting fossil fuel companies.

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NEW – ‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @gergmunday.bsky.social Nico Wunderling @davidamckay.bsky.social David Lapola @chrisd-jones.bsky.social

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Important new FOI findings revealed by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Don't look now, but we're teetering on the verge of a truly historic moment.

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I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

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Hard to over-estimate the potential significance of this - if the trend continues

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NEW – Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org @tomwxj.bsky.social

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I've long been fascinated by the complex scientific, social and moral challenges posed by solar geoengineering The UK's new solar geo research scheme – and some pretty crazy coverage of it – gave me a chance to revisit the topic in a new factcheck www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ho...

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Private Eye calls out "former newspaper" Daily Telegraph over its woeful coverage of net-zero

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Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time) For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...

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The earliest media reference to the term "net zero" (in relation to emissions) that I can find searching through the archives comes from a quote dated 6 Feb 1998 in a Dow Jones newswire report. The source of the quote? BP's then-CEO John Browne

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More than one in four cars sold worldwide this year will be electric, says @iea.org www.iea.org/reports/glob...

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Wow. Reuters reporting that Xi 'expected' to attend COP30. Climate geopolitics flipping fast with China now clearly keen to take "lead" with US under Trump in retreat. "Xi is also expected to visit Brazil for [COP30], which officials expect to include some 1,000 Chinese business leaders."

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When it rains, it now rains more

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That moment when you're invited to provide evidence for your false claims - and can't... "He added: 'There’s quite a few scientists that say we don’t need to get to net zero by 2050.' Bowie and his office were unable to name such scientists when pressed."

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The Sun, Mail, Express and Telegraph are now relentlessly characterising Ed Miliband as "mad", a "loon", "insane", "crazy", etc Such word choices are v deliberate. But imagine the outrage from these same newspapers if, say, their beloved Nigel Farage was ever described in media in this way

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This is the standout moment in the new Attenborough movie, imo. Shocking and heartbreaking. But also technically striking. How did they actually film it? And get permission?

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Sigh. Paging @climateofgavin.bsky.social who has already been quoted by Reuters and USA Today in earlier factchecks correcting this zombie false claim now being promoted by Reform and Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e3db7be...

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Where Robert Prevost, the new US-born Pope, stands on climate change: "Prevost is outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change" collegeofcardinalsreport.com/evidence/car...

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Over recent years at COPs, we've had "majlis", "talanoa" and all sorts of other fora named after local dialogue traditions. At COP30 in Brazil this year, we will get to experience... "Circles of wisdom for the metamorphosis of the planet" cop30.br/pt-br/presid...

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The 2004 lecture that finally convinced David Attenborough about global warming | @leohickman.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive

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Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 99th birthday today. Over his lifetime he has witnessed incredible changes to the biosphere. eg... When he was born in 1926, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 stood at 306 parts per million. Today, it has risen to 431ppm - and is still rising fast...

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Just in case anyone thought supply chain cost pressures were unique to UK offshore wind… The head of US utility giant NextEra John Ketchum says gas-fired power costs have more than tripled since 2022, making renewable energy cheaper, according to Reuters 1/2

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The BBC spoke to locals near a big English solar farm and found the panels “do not really bother them” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Want to spend some weeks this summer working with the Carbon Brief team? We've opened up our annual internship scheme again for applications!

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NEW – Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 | @orladwyer_ w/ comment from Prof Guido van der Werf and Dr Bernardo Flores Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ao3TgWJ

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A notable fact within the Australian election result... Gina Rinehart, the pro-Trump, pro-Dutton billionaire mining heiress who has spent more than a decade nurturing climate sceptics, just lost. She wanted Oz to pull out of Paris Agreement. A truly nasty influence www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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👏👏👏 "[we] invite manuscripts for a new, first-of-its-kind special collection focused on climate change in the US. This catalog of over 29 peer-reviewed journals covers all aspects of climate, including observations, projections, impacts, risks, and solutions" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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My colleagues @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org have been at EGU in Vienna. For this week's DeBriefed newsletter they asked climate scientists how Trump's dismantling of climate agencies in the US is impacting their work. This by @carlschleussner.bsky.social... 💔

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NEW – Analysis: Attacks on Ed Miliband in UK newspaper editorials have already exceeded 2024 levels ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/bKB49R7

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Lord knows there's already been way to much ink spilt over that report from the Tony Blair Institute, but I thought it might be useful to share this chart from the IPCC, showing the emissions-cutting potential of different energy technologies www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/5

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London now has some “extreme weather response vehicles” "Babcock has supplied London Fire Brigade with four new extreme weather vehicles, as the company equips the service to safely tackle potential threats from grass and wildfires around London." www.adsadvance.co.uk/babcock-supp...

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FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are wildly inaccurate REALITY: 1️⃣Net-zero is only way to stop warming 2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero" 3️⃣He categorically does not say "net-zero is doomed to fail" 🧵 1/6

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Just another day in the relentless climate-change news cycle... Injustice Denial Loss Arrogance Vulnerability Delusion Inequality Naivety Realpolitik Urgency Indifference Opportunity Danger

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Back in sunny Vienna for #EGU25! @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and I are in the hunt for exciting new science stories for @carbonbrief.org, so please do come and say hi if you see us 👋

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At #EGU25 in Vienna for the first time with the brilliant ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org 👋 Come say hi or drop me a line - keen to hear what you're working on for @carbonbrief.org

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THREAD: The big UK govt/IEA energy security summit in London has closed Here's some highlights from the "chairs' summary": Clean energy sources… * are homegrown * reduce imports * protect billpayers * drive growth * create new industries * tackle climate change 1/6

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Also very thrilled to learn that Carbon Brief's @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org has been shortlisted for 'Journalist of the Year" at the Digital Publishing Awards 2025! www.ukaop.org/digital-publ...

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NEW – State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year | @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/LhjP4ac

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Carbon Brief’s factcheck on the UK’s electricity prices being directed by gas prices, not due to net-zero policies, was covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social Read our factcheck here ➡️ buff.ly/AZqriZj

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