🌍 @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

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...

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 ⬇️

The IPCC is now more than half way through its latest ‘assessment cycle’ — and countries have still not agreed on when to publish its next landmark report. I looked at the standoff, why it matters — and where things could go from here www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-the-s...

Saudi Arabia, Russia and others yet again blocking progress on climate science ... > IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock #climatecrisis @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/ipcc-frustra...

IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock ✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

NEW – ‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @zacklabe.com Read here: buff.ly/Vu1TaIF

Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming ✍️ By @pauloceppi.bsky.social Read this new article here ➡️ buff.ly/oLxKacO

NEW – Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/zS91Rb6

💧The ongoing war in Iran looks set to strain an already-fragile water system in the Middle Eastern country. 💧In this explainer, we look at how the war (inc. attacks on desalination plants) could work alongside climate change to harm Iran’s water supplies www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-clima...

NEW – Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/7B0fLPB

NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social 💬 comments from @iceybethan.bsky.social @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @tridatta.bsky.social @scottdoney.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/wELuQCm

NEW – Q&A: How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/j5Gbrmb

London people: Go and see a new exhibition on maps, sewage and hidden rivers at Bruce Castle, Tottenham! Artist Ben told @environmentjournal.bsky.social the centrepiece map is "both a historical document and a contemporary call to action: we deserve clean rivers" Read more ⬇️ shorturl.at/kooiI

NEW – Guest post: The challenges in projecting future global sea levels | Dr Till Bruckner and Dr Tore Hattermann Read here: buff.ly/R2NqcfU

NEW – Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/11Rtah7

NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/sYndpga

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25 Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists

I'm in New Orleans this week for AGU and looking for climate science stories for @carbonbrief.org 🔎 If you're here - come say hello and tell me about your research 🌍 #agu25

NEW – Analysis: What are the causes of recent record-high global temperatures? | @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/C2k638E

DeBriefed: Deadly Asia floods; Adaptation finance target examined; Global south IPCC scientists speak out ✍️ @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org 📝 @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Y7aHchc Subscribe to DeBriefed ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

NEW – Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/rSMdzNf

NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9

To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

NEW – The Carbon Brief Interview: UK Met Office chief executive Penny Endersby | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @pennyend.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk Read here: buff.ly/JlQwz79

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

Last week, @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and I attended the first-ever conference on climate "overshoot" in Vienna. Here's our summary of the wide-ranging discussions. (Bearing in mind we were two journalists covering 8 conference themes...!)

DeBriefed | UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read today's edition ➡️ buff.ly/UoRb43h Sign up for Debriefed ➡️ buff.ly/aLTmtZN

Jimmy Fletcher - former St Lucia minister and Paris Agreement architect- is speaking at the @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference about how breaching climate targets will impact small island states Describes overshoot of 1.5C as "pathway of harm, loss and inequity that no small island state can accept"

Brilliant to work with @wellcometrust.bsky.social on this article which looks at how fungi are learning to adapt to rising temperatures — with serious implications for human health www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-f...

FACTCHECK: No, North Sea gas is not "four times cleaner" than LNG imports After Kemi Badenoch pledged to extract every last drop from the North Sea, we've been engulfed by waves of long-dead zombie factoids. "Four times cleaner" is one of the silliest. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-no...

It seems like an age ago now, but back in 2020 I worked on an op-ed for @businessgreen.bsky.social from @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social where she explicitly backed net zero It states she is "proud" the UK is the "first major economy... to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050"

That's a *chef's kiss* of a community note, though.

Are you or your loved ones worried about solar farms? Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape? Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️ interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...

The UK has seen widespread drought this summer. But to what extent are UK droughts being impacted by climate change? In a timely piece up on @carbonbrief.org today, @ukceh.bsky.social hydrologists look at whether global warming is making UK droughts worse www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-i...

Second, via @carbonbrief.org: interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

🚨 We’ve just updated @carbonbrief.org's factcheck of Trump’s ‘critical’ climate report. 🚨 Huge thanks to all the dozens of climate scientists who have helped us pull together this rebuttal — including the authors of our brand new additions. interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Since #Brexit, UK now has lower standards than EU in: * protecting nature * water quality * air pollution * methane control * pesticides * chemicals * deforestation supply chains * waste reduction Only on marine protection does UK have a better story to tell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

So many of these pics are in front of land that has been absolutely razed by farming activities

Truly devastating for Trump's climate report. It just shows once again: if you task a group of "climate skeptics" with a climate report, you get a mass of easily refuted falsehoods, as they simply do not have honest arguments on their side. interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

NEW – 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 Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw

The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...

NEW: A former Microsoft AI engineer says the company's "AI for sustainability" claims are BS, a distraction from their hyper-polluting AI contracts with oil companies. “From what I saw," he said, "I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today."

*small voice* Brontë country is just farmland though

NEW – Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/media-reacti...