Carbon Brief explains what the new UK solar geoengineering research programme consists of and explores the concerns ...

Shanxi province in northern China is the country’s largest coal producer, leaving its coal-reliant economy and workers particularly exposed to the nation’s pledge to transition away from fossil fuels.

China's carbon emissions fell in the first quarter of 2025 despite rapidly rising power demands, a key milestone in the country's energy transition”.

For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth.

Rapidly rising emissions from China’s agricultural machinery could “hinder” the country’s push to net-zero, according to new research.

More than 70% of European cities are not adapting to climate change in a consistent and coherent way.That is the headline finding of our new study, published in Nature Climate Change, on how European ...

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Republicans in the US House of Representatives have set out budget proposals that would phase out clean energy tax credits, slash spending on electric vehicles and renewable energy ...

White House has “directed federal agencies to stop monetising climate damages when crafting regulations and making other decisions – unless it is ‘plainly required in their governing statutes’." ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV – formerly known as cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – “seems to have similar views on the environment as his predecessor” ...

Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions ...

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