Ahead of the IPCC-65 meeting kicking off next week in Addis, no better time to share @carbonbrief.org's explainer on the ongoing standoff between nations over the timeline of reports -- and why it matters for global climate action. www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-the-s...

NEW – Forests ‘degraded’ | COP17 nears | ‘Wild river’ risks ✍️ Written by @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org and @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Abom65A Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters

Cropped 7 October 2026: Forests ‘degraded’ | COP17 nears | ‘Wild river’ risks - Carbon Brief

This week, Carbon Brief covers the dangers facing the Vjosa river, one of the last “wild rivers” in Europe.

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Cited 🗞️ Record-breaking El Niño | The EU ‘OceanEye’ project | Antarctic sea ice peak ✍️ Written by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org, edited by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/cited-29-sep... Subscribe here ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/newsletters

Want to understand why journalists and politicians get so excited about AI doomsday predictions but mostly ignore climate change? It's called *information pollution.* Thank you to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for coining this important new term and writing a book about it, and explaining it to me!

Artificial insanity

A conversation with investigative journalist Amy Westervelt that is NOT about AI killing us all.

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NEW for @carbonbrief.org As El Niño intensifies, the forest fires ripping through Indonesia are on track to reach levels not seen since 2015. The country's 2015 fire season has been linked to 100,000 premature deaths and produced emissions on a par with the EU's fossil-fuel emissions that year.

NEW – El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/hpDWyRU

I had the exciting opportunity to write a guest post for @carbonbrief.org about our new paper on the expansion of extreme heat seasons around the world. Take a read for a digestible summary of our approach and key results!

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NEW – Guest post: How extreme heat is ‘creeping’ from summer into autumn and spring | ✍️ Written by @ccivanovich.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/65g0zbM

NEW - We looked at what can, and can't, be said about climate change and the 2026 Himalayan floods Attribution is difficult, but rising temps, permafrost thaw and glacier melt may have all contributed to the disaster Feat. insights @iceybethan.bsky.social & Jakob Steiner shorturl.at/J66h

Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods - Carbon Brief

On the morning of 26 August, flash floods surged through a Himalayan border region of Nepal and the Chinese region…

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From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves

Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials

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ICYMI - last month @carbonbrief.org looked at why land-use emissions have fallen by 1/3 this century Via 6 charts, article explores: 🍃 why - and how - land-use emissions have declined 🌳 the countries responsible for the decline 🌴 the role of re/afforestation www.carbonbrief.org/why-land-use...

Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts - Carbon Brief

Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

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Save the planet from climate change? Oh no, much too hard, we couldn't possibly spare the resources to rapidly decarbonise our energy systems. You built a somewhat mid AI model? Yes, yes, here is several trillion dollars, we will build new power stations to feed the slop monsters.

NEW – Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts ✍️ written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/g4Yoc1U

Lies. It's 200 times when solar panels are "mentioned" in the fire report. e.g. “the fire did not reach the solar panel”

Carbon capture and storage is the subject of considerable hype – but as it stands, very little CO2 is being captured and stored.

🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

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See London Upside Down At Alexandra Palace's New Camera Obscura

Ancient photography method used on modern cityscape.

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2026 is on track to be the warmest (~35% chance) or second warmest (~63%) year on record, while 2027 is very likely (92% chance) to be the warmest on record on the back of a growing super El Niño event. For more, check out my new Carbon Brief State of the Climate Q2 update: www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW I looked at the different ways heat-related deaths have been reported by governments and scientists during the recent heatwaves in May and June for @carbonbrief.org . Broadly speaking, there are two approaches — each with pros and cons. For more, see: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-europes-m...

Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted - Carbon Brief

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of reports from public health authorities and scientists that...

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NEW: During last month’s record-breaking heatwave, there were more than 2,700 heat-related deaths in France. That’s according to new analysis for @carbonbrief.org from @ccallahan45.bsky.social and @andrewdessler.com Read more: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-f...

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

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NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling  - Carbon Brief

UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

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Guest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreat ✍️ Written by Dr Alex Bradley Read here: buff.ly/9kymZzp

All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening

Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/cySkDf0

Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat - Carbon Brief

For the second time in two months, western and central Europe has been hit by...

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There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths.

After 18 months of R&D with a team of specialist academics, I'm VERY excited to say that @carbonbrief.org has just launched 'Project Cosmos'... ...the world's largest database of climate research Our hope is this becomes a major new resource interactive.carbonbrief.org/cosmos/index...

Project Cosmos – the world’s largest database of climate change research

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The attacks on Ed Miliband, the one truly successful person running a department under Starmer, shows that the lack of seriousness in British politics goes way beyond No.10 to the press, the trade unions, the business sector.

Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C ✍️ @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C - Carbon Brief

more than 260 researchers convened in Milan to discuss the opportunities, challenges and risks involved in scaling “carbon dioxide removal” (CDR) to help curb climate change.

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Just adding finish touches to a MAJOR project that @carbonbrief.org has been working on with a team of academics over past 18 months. V exciting to be on verge of now releasing it into the wild! Our subscribers will get an alert on Monday as soon as it goes live... subscribe.carbonbrief.org

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped: Coral reef ‘hope’ | Ocean talks | Plant flowering times ‘shift’ 📝 By @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org and @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ bit.ly/4vYt8u4 Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK

Cropped 17 June 2026: Coral reef ‘hope’ | Ocean talks | Plant flowering times ‘shift’ - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief handpicks and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

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