And here's today's Daily Mail... “As lefties wail about global warming…” "Nobody copes with any­thing these days and expects help for every small thing. I am so glad I lived those days."

BBC News: "A Reform UK councillor's bid to scrap his authority's climate emergency declaration has been delayed because the chamber was too hot to debate it." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And the exact same people behind Brexit, resisting smoking ban, fighting ULEZ, etc etc, under the disingenuous rallying cry of protecting their “freedumbs"...

Don’t know when we last broke a monthly record three days in a row but this breaks the previous 1976 record by a wide margin

Genius bit of editing...

Now a double record holder! Wild. "Santon Downham is a known frost hollow and holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in the UK in June, a low of −5.6C (21.9F) on 1 and 3 June 1962"

HEATWAVE HITS GAS POWER? Amid tight GB supplies, looks like gas plants cutting output due to heat? Carrington – unplanned 16% reduction due to "ambient conditions" Keadby 2 – 34% due to "weather" Staythorpe – 18% due to "ambient conditions" Grain – 12% "environmental" cause 1/2

I think we might have a winner... #1976wasWAYworse #NoItWasNot (From today's letters page in Daily Telegraph)

"But, in 1976, I..."

The CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest fossil-fuel company, is seeking a speechwriter. "Knowledge…of the energy industry is highly desirable" "We are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges" careers.aramco.com/expat_us/job...

The Daily Mail has, of course, doubled-down on its denial today...

Yes, less humid and much cooler nights in 1976. Peak night time temperatures were around 16°C back then.

Guardian: "Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat" This is a must-read quote from Dr Hilary Williams, clinical vice-president of the Royal College of Physicians... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

A sweltering night in Cardiff has broken another new UK heat record as brutally hot conditions continue across England and Wales - “Europe’s savage heatwave is the latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution" says UN climate chief #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

++BREAKING++ For the first time ever, the Met Office has issued a rare extreme-heat "red warning" for three days in a row www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Seems to be a lot of selective memory in UK's right-wing newspapers about schools not closing during the 1976 heatwave. I just checked and, yes, many schools did close early as well as allow parents to "keep their children at home if they wish". This clipping from London Evening News, 29 June 1976

Stark. Brutal. Deadly. This is the temp map forecast for France for 5pm this afternoon.

Me on the heatwave www.economist.com/science-and-...

BREAKING: Parliament votes for the UK's seventh carbon budget, targeting an 87% cut in emissions by 2040 332 in favour 94 against

Extreme heat is life-threatening in a variety of ways www.itv.com/news/meridia...

Less than ideal, tbh...

Just in case you were wondering what the reader comments are like under that article...

This is currently on the homepage of Daily Mail website, an outlet which has worked so hard over recent decades to undermine and attack both climate science and climate action...

Maybe certain sections of the UK media can now stop obsessing nostalgically – and, clearly, as an avoidance tactic – about "1976" and focus instead on the here and now...

My weather station at home is having a bit of a moment...

Here's a really handy video that explains how @carbonbrief.org made its Cosmos database of climate studies. Includes a giant tower of every IPCC report stacked on top of each other - with a real-life human standing next to it for scale! By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @jjgoodman.bsky.social

UK's outgoing PM Keir Starmer tells parliament that climate change is "one of the most significant challenges of our time" and says it is a "shame" that the Conservatives have broken the cross-party consensus "in order to chase Reform votes"

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

In a wide-ranging interview with Carbon Brief, Prof Van Vuuren discusses… ➡️ Why climate modelling is so important. ➡️ The “choice” now facing China. ➡️ What keeps him up at night. ➡️ The 1992 book that first inspired him to work on climate change.

I travelled to the Hague recently to interview Prof Detlef van Vuuren. He had *lots* to say about a v wide range of climate matters. RCP8.5 might have come up... ;-)

In a wide-ranging interview with Carbon Brief, Prof Ciais discusses… ➡️ The use of AI in peer-reviewed science. ➡️ Why he is “not a big fan” of carbon dioxide removal. ➡️ The difference between how China and the west view scientists. ➡️ How he would choose to spend €100m on climate research.

I recently sat down with Prof Philippe Ciais in his office nr Paris and spent a *fascinating* hour chatting to him about his career and a wide range of issues. The interview marks the launch of Carbon Brief's Project Cosmos. Our analysis shows he is the world's most cited climate scientist...

"The night from Monday to Tuesday was the hottest ever recorded in France since measurements began in 1947" Prime minister holding a crisis meeting of ministers due to heatwave Garonne River temp reaches 28C, shutting down a nuclear power plant Hospitals: "Some patients can't take it anymore"

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

Fascinating – although not surprising – to see the dominance of global north institutions, particularly those in the US, in climate research. This is from my colleague @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and Carbon Brief's new "Project Cosmos" – which includes a ranking based on publication count.

This is exciting!

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...

Here's the CCC's @elpinchbeck.bsky.social speaking today in front of the Met Office's new "future forecast" for a... ..."plausible 2056 heatwave". Yes, that's showing 45C (113F) in the Bristol area! With exquisite timing, the UK's all-time June temp record is due to be broken this week.

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

Scoop: The Trump administration is backing off its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system crucial to understanding climate change, after a bipartisan backlash in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

NEW ANALYSIS: Amid reports the govt is poised to water down EV targets, the UK's EV drivers are saving more than £1,100 each a year – and £3bn in total Plug-in hybrids, which could be pushed to make up for lower BEV sales, save three times less ££ www.carbonbrief.org/...

One of the world's most prominent climate deniers - who was dubbed the "Darth Vader of global warming" by Greenpeace two decades ago when he stepped down as CEO of Exxon Mobil - has died www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

GB News is weird, right? Very weird? Like, obsessively odd?

First edition of 'Cited' is about to go out! You've got just under an hour to subscribe, if you haven't done so already...

As any parent knows from bitter experience, this is nonsense and has, over past decade of promises and hyped claims, never worked. So easy for kids to get around... "give parents 'robust tools' to manage their children’s privacy settings and account controls" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

++Launching TOMORROW++ Carbon Brief's brand new fortnightly newsletter called 'Cited' It will summarise the past 14 days of new climate research that you need to know about. We are trawling through all the key journals so you don't have to. Make sure you sign up in time... bit.ly/4erDOv4

Also, it is more than a month since this story was actual news – and even then it was highly misleading bsky.app/profile/drsi...