A letter published in the Plymouth Herald: "Have you noticed that the authors of articles against net-zero offer opinions, but rarely solid evidence to back up their claims? But where do they get their ideas?" Good question...

The BBC News homepage has now returned Climate to its main menu following the local elections. However, it still remains lower down the left-to-right ordering compared to recent years. (See my thread about this below.)

I assume it tells us something profound about the UK public – and the Westminster bubble – that not a single one of the BBC's most-read articles at the moment are anything to do with Starmer and Labour

Thought this was a model response from @celiarichardson.bsky.social to a pretty harsh article in the Spectator about the National Trust

La guerre au Moyen-Orient a mis en lumière le double handicap européen. L’UE est très exposée aux chocs climatiques et à la flambée des prix de l’énergie. Elle doit accélérer sur les politiques de réduction des émissions et d'adaptation au réchauffement. Mon analyse : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

I've spent a fair bit of time on Facebook recently tracking these AI posts for the thread below. It's a v grim and depressing place - but if you want to see how the far-right is managing to influence so many voters (esp within older demographic) spend some time there, too. Manipulation in extremis

FACTCHECK: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets Despite all the "demand is falling short" narratives, they're actually smashing it! The industry has so far "over-complied" with the ZEV mandate – and it's on track for this year too www.carbonbrief.org/...

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

Fascinating article including 2006 clip of the iconic walk through of climate models on the floor of Tate Modern explaining past warming with @coxypm.bsky.social. Bringing up to date, BBC iplayer still has the 2019 documentary with David Attenborough I was part of. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

If your home is well insulated, you *can* turn your heating up and use less energy than before, because you're not having to replace so much heat lost through the roof / windows / etc. If you couldn't have a warmer home at the end of it, there wouldn't be much in it for you, would there?

In 2018, with absolute zero expectation that he would accept, let alone read it, I wrote a letter to David Attenborough requesting an interview with Carbon Brief. To be honest, I forgot about sending it. To my utter amazement, he took the time to write back to me to politely decline. A class act

Wow, evidence that a well-placed scientific presentation with good graphs *can* make a difference.

Nice archaelogical research from @leohickman.carbonbrief.org. The good news: we still count on our great masters and this is a good ocasion to remind us on why all this matters. The bad news: Sir David Attenborough deserves more hopeful trends as a present for his first 100 years! Happy birthday

To mark David Attenborough's 100th birthday, here's something from Carbon Brief's archive. The story of the 2004 lecture at the University of Liège that *finally* convinced him about global warming... www.carbonbrief.org/the-2004-lec...

Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels

Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam Read here ➡️ buff.ly/LOd9rCE

"The distribution of their stickers suggested a very strong commitment to the NHS, action on climate, compassion, tolerance and an end to billionaire power. But many of the same people have voted or intend to vote for Reform..." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Editorial in today's Guardian: "Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We're becoming desensitised to this. It is just wrong, straightforwardly wrong, to create fake people to assert your views – or the views of whichever outlet is paying you. I realise a lot of people are now cool with it, because whatever, I know she's not real, blah. Still wrong.

NEW – Q&A: How countries got the global ‘net-zero’ shipping deal ‘back on track’ | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Wt4M04G

It would actually be good if Molly Heath, TBI's "strategic comms manager", and TBI's Tone Langengen, the report's author, came here (or similar) to explain what they are actually intending to achieve with all this - other than cynically feeding the political/media culture wars...

The editors have now changed the headline to this. They clearly have no idea how ridiculous they sound.

“What they’re doing is saying to my children, and your children, and their children: ‘tough luck’” “The first role of any government, in my view, is to leave something better for the next generation than your generation inherited”

Former UK prime minister John Major on climate change: "Some people deny [it]. I don't know what planet they are living on…It's a cop out" via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

Former UK prime minister John Major on climate change: "Some people deny [it]. I don't know what planet they are living on…It's a cop out" via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

JUST PUBLISHED: My key outcomes from first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia 🌎Plans for work on national roadmaps, subsidies and trade 🌎A "refreshing" new approach for talks among nations 🌏A new science panel & much more www.carbonbrief.org/santa-marta-...

THREAD: A heat-pump tumble dryer could save households more than £700 Lots of overblown reaction to govt phasing out standard dryers – reminds me of when 2009 Mail frontpage wailed about "beloved" incandescent bulbs But heat pump dryers are just a much better technology 1/5

Great to see that Private Eye has now picked up my thread about these AI-gen posts being spread on FB by fake far-right accounts. (Would have been nice, I guess, if it had credited me for surfacing and tracking these posts, but, hey, it's highlighting the issue that counts... :-) )

This @carbonbrief.org explainer on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is very good. Useful for experts and novices alike. Kudos to @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org, @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org and @kerryanncleaver.bsky.social. interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...

Here's a response from BBC News head of comms...

The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles. By my count, that is now the FOURTEENTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 17 separate articles). I have now added latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...

As part of its effort to block the new "net-zero framework" for shipping, the US is distributing flyers at the IMO meeting claiming that the proposal will mean hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs for individual countries. Shipping analysts say the figures are deeply flawed.

I spotted this on Monday and wrote to R4 Feedback asking how the site’s editors justify its removal, but have yet to hear back. I also wrote to them to ask how publishing 7 articles promoting "extreme day trips" fits with the BBC's commitment to promoting sustainability. bsky.app/profile/jona...

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

Nations are at the International Maritime Organization trying to agree on a "net-zero framework", after talks were torpedoed last year by the Trump administration (and others). They are currently discussing various compromise proposals from different countries. What ideas are on the table? ⬇️

This is how King Charles ever-so-diplomatically raised the issue of the environment during his speech to the US Congress joint session. He avoided directly raising the issue that has long been close to his heart - the threat of climate change

After commentators predicted an energy crisis-driven "return to coal", some @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social analysis shows how much coal power could feasibly increase in 2026. In short: likely not that much – and in some countries such as 🇯🇵🇵🇭 🇹🇭 hardly at all. ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/world-will-n...

There's a terrific new article by @carbonbrief.org on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation with some great animations. Strongly recommended. I've been reading it ahead of giving a lecture on the risks of climate change tomorrow. interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...

Shameless... "I joined motorists from across the UK" Look at carefully selected images to hide fact barely anyone showed up other than client media and lobbyists

Hype: Reform said it was organising a "national" fuel tax protest today in London, via a "legion" of tractors, lorry drivers vans. Reality: "The Standard estimates there have been about 50 people at the site of the protest, including members of the press, and there isn’t a tractor in sight."

Feel very privileged indeed to have witnessed both these incredible athletes pass by me TWICE as I stood with thousands of cheering spectators at Tower Hill where the course doubles back. My brain just can't compute how they both ran this fast

Recommended read: DeSmog identified multiple social media accounts in Sri Lanka posting AI-generated “energy policy rage bait” to UK Facebook feeds (as first revealed by Carbon Brief’s Leo Hickman).

A few weeks ago, I published some analysis showing that the UK government had massively underestimated the emissions from the data centres driving the country's "AI revolution". Now, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published some new numbers and they are... a lot higher.

China just dropped some very significant policy documents - here's the lowdown from @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org

So much effort has gone into this article – both in terms of the words and the visualisations. It's great to have this out in the world – well done, Cecilia, Tom and Kerry! 👏 Please do read and share ⬇️

Comprehensive piece that'll get you up to speed on this very important system that has been in the news lately

Months in the making, we have just dropped our AMOC explainer...

Houston, we have a solution...

Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world’s largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember. In this video, Carbon Brief’s @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org reports on Ember’s analysis. Read the full report here ➡️ buff.ly/XtaYP1D