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Some 58% of countries have met a UN call to submit new pledges on addressing nature loss – two years after the original ...

Between 19 and 30 October, 196 parties will gather to hammer out the precise wording of the dozens of legal texts that make ...

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle. Combining data from satellites, sea level measurements and ...

The amount of foreign aid the UK spends on climate action reached a record high of around £3bn last year, according to government figures obtained by Carbon Brief. However, Carbon Brief analysis shows ...

Les Mées Solar Farm, Puimichel, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Credit: BTWImages / Alamy Stock Photo. Wind and solar supplied more of the EU’s electricity than any other power source for the first ...

The UK’s climate saw a record-breaking 2025, with the year being both the warmest and sunniest seen since observations began. The year 2025 has joined 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2014 in the UK’s top-five ...

Tropical storm over the ocean, Maldives. Credit: RooM the Agency / Alamy Stock Photo. The most state-of-the-art tool available to climate scientists is, perhaps, the Earth System Model (ESM). These ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, there has been a stubbornly cool patch of ocean in the North Atlantic that has intrigued scientists for years. This is the North Atlantic warming “hole” – also ...

The share of electricity in Great Britain generated from burning coal and gas fell to a record-low 2.4% earlier this month, Carbon Brief analysis shows. The record low was reached at lunchtime on ...

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 ...

The European Union and the UK are not on track to meet their 2030 offshore wind targets. At the same time, Chinese wind-turbine manufacturers – who account for more than half of global wind-turbine ...