The EU is “set to push back its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years to 2040, piling pressure on the UK to rethink the automotive sector’s net-zero commitments” ...

Dr Osama Faqeeha, the deputy environment minister for Saudi Arabia and chief adviser to the COP16 presidency on ...

Carbon Brief speaks to an IPCC lead author researching ways to improve the experience of global south scientists taking part in producing the assessments ...

Carbon Brief looks at precisely what the final COP30 outcome does – and does not – say about tripling adaptation finance.

Coastal flooding could bring $500bn of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels.

New satellite data has shed fresh light on the complex interplay between the climate and fires in different landscapes around the world.

Carbon Brief has obtained a leaked copy of the “informal list” of countries that were characterised as “blocking” the fossil-fuel roadmap’sat COP30.

A coal-fired power station in Indonesia that was due to “close down early and act as a flagship for efforts to shift Asia’s economies away from the fossil fuel” has cancelled plans to shut down ...

US president Donald Trump has announced plans to “significantly weaken” fuel efficiency requirements for cars, which were implemented under the Biden administration ...

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 ...