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NEW – Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @iain-staffell.bsky.social @henrypreston.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/yfvQnUS
Cited: Record-breaking fires | 2026 warming projection | Wildfire scientist Q&A ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/7bX7i8t Subscribe to Cited ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org/cited
Cited 4 August 2026: Record-breaking fires | 2026 warming projection | Wildfire scientist Q&A - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief speaks to a researcher about rising fire risk in Europe
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Daily Briefing: China heat ‘crop risks’ | Danube crisis | England’s ‘driest July’ Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/MJgjNKJ Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
Q&A: Does the world need 'carbon-capture and storage' to reach net-zero? Described by IPCC as "critical", it has repeatedly fallen short Today, it captures just 0.2% of global CO2 from fossil fuels Great piece by my @carbonbrief.org colleague @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/...
NEW – Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? ✍️ Written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 With comments from Andrew Reid, Dr Jennifer Roberts, Enrique Cornejo, Stuart Haszeldine and @fossilfoolsfelina.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/A7rY6I7
Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? - Carbon Brief
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised, using the UK as an example.
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There is “no other option” than using negative emissions to reach the 1.5C Paris Agreement target, Prof Detlef van Vuuren tells Carbon Brief. Watch or read the full interview by @leohickman.carbonbrief.org here ⬇️ bit.ly/4wbaU8J
Daily Briefing: Danube triggers nuclear ‘crisis’ | South Korea’s hottest day | UK ‘could face food shortage’ Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/xM1uKlW Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
Recommended listen: The BBC Climate Question podcast discussed the origins of the environmental movement and if climate protests can make a difference.
The Climate Question - Do climate protests ever work? - BBC Sounds
The modern green movement is more than 50 years old. What has it achieved?
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Recommended read: The Guardian explored whether stand-up comedy can alleviate climate anxiety.
Climate anxiety was consuming me. Then I learned to laugh about it
The daily dread pushed me to enroll in a standup class. Could I channel my despair into something lighter?
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Recommended read: Grist reported on how the Trump administration’s “makeover” of a global hunger programme meant abandoning agricultural and climate research.
Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program
In remaking USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Labs, Trump is abandoning an agricultural research effort built to benefit the world.
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DeBriefed: ‘Apocalyptic’ wildfires | Daily Telegraph’s ‘rollercoaster week’ | How heat impacts disabled people ✍️ Written by: Amy Rushton 💻 Edited by: @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/i9GkH6a Subscribe to DeBriefed ➡️ buff.ly/J6uB9Kc
NEW – Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action | Jess Milligan Read here: buff.ly/u8rqNF4
Daily Briefing: Fires threaten Europe’s ‘way of life’ | England nears heat-deaths record | Global EV sales ‘jump’ Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/uzJB4cM Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
NEW | China will build 3500GW of renewables and boost consumption by over 50%, according to a new 5 year plan The plan for renewables, published last week, outlines China's plan for a number of clean-energy sources It also sets out "firm capacity" targets to support energy supply
ICYMI… Last week, the Daily Telegraph and others claimed that extreme European heatwaves had been "caused" by a fall in air pollution. Scientists told @carbonbrief.org why this is "wrong" and how it was a "misleading" framing of the underlying research. ⬇️
NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution ✍️ written by @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 with comments from Bjorn Samset, @erichfischer.bsky.social and Pedro Roldan-Gomez Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ukIO2fI
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according @carbonbrief.org . The subsidies can be found in fossil fuels, agriculture, forestry, mining & fishing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-84-...
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 - Carbon Brief
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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💵 This was supposed to be “at least $20bn per year” by 2025 in finance for conservation. This is where we’re at now.
NEW – World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/D2XVoGo
Just in case you've seen climate sceptics posting highly misleading charts on social media about wildfires, here's our new factcheck...
NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @calxcunningham.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/pDQGTR3
NEW – Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action ✍️ Written by Jess Milligan Read here: buff.ly/u8rqNF4
Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action - Carbon Brief
Most people "underestimate" general support for climate change and "overestimate" actual, real-world climate action.
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NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @calxcunningham.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/pDQGTR3
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Daily Briefing: Europe’s wildfires spread | China ‘to lead’ global climate action | Half of England in drought Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/WP3YtPC Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
Cropped: Nairobi nature talks | Europe’s wildfires | Seabed mining stalemate ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Amy Rushton @arunacsekhar.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ZLvy4C3 Subscribe to our newsletters ⬇️ buff.ly/GARRy2F
NEW – Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa ✍️ Written by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @colincarlson.bsky.social Dr Teresa Yamana, Dr Adugna Woyessa and Dr Janey Messina Read here: buff.ly/CORfkfm
Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa - Carbon Brief
Rising temperatures are redistributing the risk of childhood malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in areas of “new risk” in the east and south of the continent, but also “relief hotspots” in weste...
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NEW – World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/D2XVoGo
NEW – Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ for renewables mean for climate change? ✍️ Written by @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org and Lekai Liu 💬 With comments from Yao Zhe @jamesnorman.bsky.social Pan Jiahua, Cosimo Ries and Isadora Wang Read here: buff.ly/qVU3RTg
Daily Briefing: More wildfire evacuations | India floods death toll rises | ‘Tories have gone Trumpian’ Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/bzByG0A Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
NEW – Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever ✍️ By Ho Woo Nam and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 🔗 Read here: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
NEW – Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 ✍️ Written by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @evazabey.bsky.social @ronsteenblik.bsky.social Paul Elton & Prof Jessica Dempsey Read here: buff.ly/RFf8Nor