Currently, there is no equivalent to fuel duty for electric vehicles. Excise duty was brought in for EVs for the first time in April 2025, costing £10 for the first year and then rising to a standard ...

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has signed a major new energy agreement that “rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil ...

A second version of COP30’s key mutirão text emerged and on COP’s final scheduled day, a chart showed how most climate talks ...

We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email ...

Australia will “continue to argue” for a transition away from fossil fuel use in energy at COP31, according to the incoming co-president of next year’s UN climate summit ...

This article is based on a collaboration with the Guardian’s data team, including data journalist Carmen Aguilar García and data projects editor Pamela Duncan. Developed countries have poured billions ...

On Saturday evening, nations meeting at COP30 in Brazil agreed to launch “limited initiatives to strengthen emissions-cutting plans, as well as tripling finance” for adaptation ...

A recording of Carbon Brief's second “ask us anything” webinar, answering questions as COP30 reaches its midway point.

As COP30 began in the Brazilian city of Belém, Carbon Brief hosted the first of three webinars to exclusively answer questions submitted by holders of the Insider Pass. Topics ranged from China’s ...

Expert analysis direct to your inbox. Every weekday morning, in time for your morning coffee, Carbon Brief sends out a free email known as the “Daily Briefing” to thousands of subscribers around the ...

UN climate talks shift into a higher gear with government ministers and presidency’s new document, and more climate news from the weekend.