An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. The number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea so far in 2026, according ...

Candidates are being nominated to take over as the UN secretary general, when António Guterres steps down after nearly a ...

This guest post is by: Dhruv Modi, research analyst, Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland Alicia Zhao, research manager, Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland ...

For the first time in the UK, more new electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold over a 12-month period than petrol cars, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The news comes amid a battle over the future ...

Over the last four years, Colombia has emerged as one of the most vocal advocates for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. Under the leadership of leftist politician and economist Gustavo ...

A major ocean conference has ended in Mombasa, Kenya, with just a handful of countries committing to high-level political declarations on banning deep-sea mining, protecting climate-resilient coral ...

The World Bank has abandoned a target for 45% of the funding it gives developing countries to be “climate finance”.

The World Bank has announced that it will “retire” its goal to devote 45% of its annual lending to projects with climate co-benefits, reports Reuters. The newswire adds that the lender will extend its ...

Twice as many animals died due to heat stress en route to slaughterhouses during the UK’s record-hot summer in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. Government figures showed ...

Dangerous, record-breaking heat could thwart 4 July plans across much of the north-east US this weekend, reports the Associated Press.

Global sea surface temperatures hit a record high in June “fuelling fears of more dangerous heatwaves this summer and fanning concerns over the escalating global climate crisis" ...

Labour MPs have urged the prospective prime minister Andy Burnham to “rule out” the development of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, reports the Guardian ...