Or much of a drop in public support. Fascinating example of elite consensus switching despite popular opinion.

UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo ✍️ Written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/8DZEd49

Andy Burnham hasn't said much on climate change recently But in the past he's been very outspoken about protecting net-zero and even signed the fossil fuel treaty for phasing them out just last year, while GM mayor More by me and @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/28-quotes-fr...

Why is AC so rare in much of Europe? Well, until recently it simply wasn't hot enough to need it. Here is the average number of days above 30C (86F) for major cities over time:

NEW: Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate KEY FACT: Many European cities, on the world's fastest-warming continent, never needed AC in the past For some strange reason – I can't imagine why – many commentators prefer to ignore this

NEW – Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @zekehausfather.com Read here: buff.ly/EynMeIk

Hotter and hotter and hotter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You can now listen to Rory Stewart pondering for approximately the thousandth time why our energy isn’t cheaper if renewables are so cheap, despite the fact it has presumably been explained to him 999 times by now. open.spotify.com/episode/3f38...

Q&A: How will the World Bank’s abandoned finance goal affect climate action? ✍️ written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 with comments from @joethwaites.bsky.social @jonsward.bsky.social Gaia Larsen and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Read here: buff.ly/J2I9mSH

As the Conservatives post this, it's worth knowing that right-wing newspapers have printed 230 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since Labour won the election in 2024.

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/TlR4Ovg

New @eciu.net analysis in @theguardian.com has found claims of “we’re only ~1% of global emissions”, suggesting carbon cuts should be slowed, in over 200 national newspaper articles across 27 countries. Adding in countries at 2-5% making the same claim, and you reach 32% - that’s more than China 🇨🇳

If I was still living in Europe I would be livid at how people are trying to turn heatwaves into a hurr durr “yOu caN’T gEt GoOd icE IN bArs” culture war joke. Most of Europe doesn’t have AC because they didn’t need it until 5 years ago. BECAUSE THE CLIMATE IS WARMING! This is not difficult.

Hospitals in Cologne are so overloaded due to the extreme heat that the city has set up a field hospital for lesser emergencies...

NEW ANALYSIS - English neighbourhoods that are home to the most minority-ethnic people are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat than the least diverse areas. Heatwaves are getting more severe – but the effects of rising temperatures are not being felt equally... ➡️ buff.ly/boWI6M1

I especially love this diagram.

I’ve spent more than a year reporting on how the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated academia over the last 30 years, shaping fundamental paradigms on how to address climate change. My first story in the new @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social series, “Carbon Captured”, is out today.

Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/cySkDf0

NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...

In the UK you can just write anything and they'll print it in a newspaper

CCC: Faster electrification of UK will ‘put money back into people’s pockets’ ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/sVnDJ6w

Wow. All the trains have stopped across all of Germany because of a nationwide rail communications failure. I'm on one of them. I am fascinated by what could possibly cause this. And... I guess I'm going to have the whole night on a train to ponder it. apnews.com/article/germ...

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.

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...

NEW – Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2026 UN climate conference | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/uLCxTxN

This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas

A broad group including least developed countries, island states, the EU, Switzerland, Sierra Leone and some Latin American nations warns that climate science is "under attack" at SB64 in Bonn. They say the "usual suspects" have been blocking references to science and spreading "misinformation"

Withdrawal of the Trump administration's US 🇺🇸 from the UN climate process has big implications for the UNFCCC budget. When it takes effect in Feb 2027: ⬇️ Core funding will fall by 21% – or €16.9m – in 2028-29 ⬆️ Remaining countries would have to increase contributions 27% to make up the shortfall

I'm back, touching grass at the SB64 climate talks in Bonn 🌱 I'm mainly covering finance, action agenda, fossil fuels and the global stocktake. Come and say hello if you see me around. My hair is slightly shorter than this 💇‍♀️

At SB64 climate talks in Bonn, developing countries have been arguing that there needs to be a dedicated place on the agenda at COP31 for a "climate finance work programme". COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago has now thrown his weight behind those calls, noting that it falls under his authority.

Every couple of days renewables pass a landmark that seemed impossible a few years ago.

NEW – Analysis: Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever | Ho Woo Nam @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/vycGh25

Rachel interviewed Prof Kaveh Madani about the hell he went through trying to chart a path to water security in his native Iran. He was eventually arrested + interrogated by the Revolutionary Guards for his efforts: share.google/X3ivulORgFZo...

There was some concern that export figures in March 2026 may have been higher because of expiring tax rebates. But April figures out now and the world continues to want Chinese solar panels, batteries, and electric cars in record amounts. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 🎁🔗

This is a must-read for anyone who cares about climate reporting and independent media in general. Tackles crucial issues like conflating journalism with strategic comms and cannibalising investigative journalism.

SLOW CLAP "AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China" Congratulations to US AI Tech Oligarchs www.carbonbrief.org/ai-boom-mean...

Q&A: How UK’s seventh carbon budget will deliver ‘£865bn’ in economic benefits ✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/40RIFkU

I worked hard on this story, it's important, & I want to share it. I'm also finding it difficult to put it out there without this context: Just as I wrapped up final edits last week, I got word that a friend vacationing in Arizona had died after overheating on a hike. www.eenews.net/articles/dea...

Are we entering a new energy age and seeing the beginning of the end of fossil fuels? @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social, Prof Helen Thompson, radical farmer Stuart Oates and @helenczerski.bsky.social BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth today

NEW – AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Sg9ye9N

"EM-DAT’s small team of researchers require just €300,000 ($350,000) a year to maintain operations" Important story by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org - would be tragedy if this important and unique data was lost for such a relatively small sum

Media reaction: UK and Europe’s ‘mind-boggling’ May heat and climate change ✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

Blair may not think he's a "climate denier" but he is essentially reading from a list of climate denier talking points to make his case for abandoning net-zero.

Telling Labour to abandon net zero implies that trying to stop climate change is something governments are just doing for fun

NEW INVESTIGATION: I sent FOI requests to 162 NHS trusts in the UK, asking whether they have been forced to close down facilities due to flooding. They sent details of maternity units, surgical theatres and entire hospitals that have been disrupted by heavy rainfall or floodwaters since 2021.

‘Malawi has exhausted its strategic fuel reserves and is selling part of its gold holdings to raise foreign currency, as the economic shockwaves from the Iran conflict deepen an existing fuel crisis in one of Africa’s poorest countries.’ www.ft.com/content/273a...

Revealed: Floods have forced at least 67 closures at NHS hospitals since 2021 ✍️ written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 with comment from @hughmontgomery.bsky.social @thekingsfund.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/1vqnzeH

Labour lost almost four times as many voters to the Greens as they did to Reform UK in the local elections, according to new YouGov polling

"Net-zero is killing our economy" – Richard Tice, MP for Boston and Skegness