Carbon capture and storage is the subject of considerable hype – but as it stands, very little CO2 is being captured and stored.
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🧵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"
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.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.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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🇮🇹Pleased to be Milan until Friday for the 4th international #CDR conference 🌳 🔍 Am on the look out for interesting projects and upcoming research that might be a good fit for @carbonbrief.org … so come say hi
Carbon Brief’s first edition of ‘Cited’ has just been published 🚀 Cited: Europe’s ‘exceptional’ heatwave | Warming forecast | AMOC observations ‘at risk’ ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ bit.ly/4xhzxln Subscribe to Cited ➡️ bit.ly/4dWmpul
🔔Later today, Carbon Brief is launching Cited, a new fortnightly newsletter all about climate research. 📃It will capture the latest studies, preprints and media coverage. ✉️The first edition is coming this afternoon! ⏬ Sign up now bit.ly/4dVGEbz
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Introducing Cited – a free fortnightly newsletter designed to be your essential guide to the latest climate research.
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Blair may not think he's a "climate denier" but he is essentially reading from a list of climate denier talking points to make his case for abandoning net-zero.
James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is such a weak, imprecise, and shabby argument from Blair.
NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/727LWJo
Wes Streeting is far from being the only politician who is guilty of this, but it is always weird to me how you can write a paragraph on the challenges the world faces and not mention climate change.
FACTCHECK: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets Despite all the "demand is falling short" narratives, they're actually smashing it! The industry has so far "over-complied" with the ZEV mandate – and it's on track for this year too www.carbonbrief.org/...
There's a terrific new article by @carbonbrief.org on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation with some great animations. Strongly recommended. I've been reading it ahead of giving a lecture on the risks of climate change tomorrow. interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...
AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?
The AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.
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NEW: How is climate change impacting the AMOC, the Atlantic currents that help keep Europe warm? @carbonbrief.org’s new in-depth explainer covers: 🌊 How the AMOC is impacted by warming 🌎 What research says about AMOC collapse 🗞️ How the media covers AMOC Read more here: tinyurl.com/5caxbw5a
AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?
The AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.
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🌍 @carbonbrief.org's latest "state of the climate” update is out. It finds: 🌡️The first 3 months of 2026 were the 4th warmest on record 🌊2026 is on track to be 2nd warmest year, with a strong - & potentially ‘super' - El Niño brewing 🌇 Temps in 2027 could reach new high shorturl.at/6IYk6
State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year - Carbon Brief
There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected
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Renewable energy overtook coal in 2025 to become the world’s largest source of electricity, according to @ember-energy.org Together with other clean energy sources, renewables helped push fossil fuel generation into structural decline last year – falling by 0.2%
🇦🇫 For @carbonbrief.org's DeBriefed newsletter, I looked at how climate change and extreme weather is impacting Afghanistan, a country with limited access to climate finance. ⬇️ The newsletter also sums up all the biggest climate news of the week - catch up below www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-17...
DeBriefed 17 April 2026: Fossil-fuel power slumps | ‘Super’ El Niño warning | Afghanistan’s climate struggle - Carbon Brief
Oil prices rebounded after US-Iran peace talks failed and Global use of fossil fuels for power slumped during the Strait of Hormuz blockage.
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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read here ⬇️
Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
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