NEW – Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 ✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/wFGUgMU

2015 - endless newspaper articles warning of UK blackouts due to 'unreliable' renewables 2025 - 50% of electricity from renewables for second year in a row no blackouts no blockades on sun or wind in Straits of Hormuz www.gov.uk/government/s...

UK greenhouse gas emissions are now down 54% since 1990. They fell 2% last year. It's something the country doesn't boast about enough. Yes, some of it is switch from industry to services. But the biggest reductions are from changes to electricity supply. 👇 www.gov.uk/government/s...

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

The Daily Telegraph's April Fools story is somewhat revealing about the newspaper's personal and relentless obsession with Ed Miliband

FACTCHECK: GB News / Spectator owner Paul Marshall got criticised by Christian leaders for his channel's attacks on climate action, so he made a rare public intervention But in his letter to the Guardian (pic) he makes 25 false, misleading or confused claims (!) Receipts etc in next post 1/2

I noticed the UK government's estimate of CO2 from future AI data centres was implausibly low. I asked for the methodology underpinning the analysis, but got nowhere. When I wrote an article about it they just... deleted the analysis. Now, @adamvaughan.bsky.social has covered this for the Times.

On Wednesday, the Modi govt announced India’s new climate pledge via press release, amid a global energy crisis and as Indians grapple with gas shortages. Many 🙏🏽 new targets in an era of climate backtracking. Others say it can do more and hides deforestation. I get into the deets @carbonbrief.org

NEW: North Sea misinformation is rife in UK media, as the O&G lobby uses the energy crisis to push gov to issue new licences We tackle myths on emissions, tax, bills, jobs One key point is new drilling will barely change future output, as the basin is in decline www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

NEW FACTCHECK: There has been A LOT of debate in the UK on the North Sea Sadly much of it is built on false or misleading claims Me+ @carbonbrief.org colleagues tried to straighten things out www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

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

"It is outrageous that people will be buying homes that are expensively heated with gas when we have perfectly good technology – heat pumps – that can be installed instead." My comments @theguardian.com new homes in the UK still using gas heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gas only sets Spain's electricity price 15% of the time. When gas costs spike it barely registers on the electricity bill. In countries like Italy and the UK gas sets the price 90% of the time. The difference is enormous. I spoke to @politico.com about this. www.politico.eu/article/spai...

A nicely timed new report from the CCC...

Are electric vehicles denting oil demand? Yes. By how much? 1.5 million barrels of oil a day, according to EV Curve Futurist. Caveat: These estimates are hard, but the numbers are certainly adding up.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW – CCC: Net-zero will protect UK from fossil-fuel price shocks | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/Tp2CX2o

NEW – Q&A: What does the Iran war mean for the energy transition and climate action? ✍️ @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

NEW – Q&A: What the EU’s new industry and ‘Made in Europe’ rules mean for climate action ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

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

We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale. Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery. Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.

NEW – Analysis: Trump has overseen more coal retirements than any other US president ✍️ by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/NeAAwNW

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...

Not easy to ignore what Trump is doing to the US right now in terms of attacking climate polices and climate science. But this below is the biggest and most consequential climate story in the world right now. Period.

The second set of CfD results this week makes AR7 the largest auction yet, with 14.7GW of renewable capacity secured Solar and onshore wind were both contracted for less than half the cost of new gas power, And AR7a incl. the first solar NSIP and the largest onshore windfarm in England in a decade

Nearly 5GW of solar contracted in UK govt auction. Biggest ever in capacity and confirms solar as the cheapest power in Britain. More solar = lower bills.

NEW: UK's "AR7" renewable auction was the biggest ever – more than 50% larger than 2024's record AR7 = enough electricity to offset 3/4 of UK LNG imports Labour's AR6+AR7, combined, contracted more GW than all other rounds put together More: www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW – Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/IDBhecw

NEW – IPBES chair Dr David Obura: Trump’s US exit from global nature panel ‘harms everybody’ | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/Ir3Tt4h

NEW – G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/3JjeVjN

How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040? In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings). www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u... 87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050

Africa recorded its fastest solar growth on record in 2025, driven by a surge in utility-scale projects

NEW | UK wind generation reached a new record in Jan 2026, producing 10.6 TWh 🇬🇧🍃 Prev. record of 10.4 TWh was set in December of 2023. Higher wind meant gas generation in Jan-26 dropped 17% compared to Jan-25, despite higher electricity demand. This saved an estimated £164 million in January.

😬 ‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms www.carbonbrief.org/rush-for-new...

The EU battery storage boom continues at record speed🔋 SolarPower Europe's #EUBatteryReview25 reveals the EU installed 27.1 GWh of battery storage capacity in 2025, marking 45% year-on-year growth for the industry Download the report: www.solarpowereurope.org/insights/out...

NEW: UK rooftop solar growth reached an all-time high in 2025 Households and others added a record 800MW to their rooftops 1/3

NEW – Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/5g3BVAp

HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite? Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...

This week, the UK govt published its Warm Homes Plan. Lost to history now, but 35 years ago (?!) the then UK govt launched a £10m campaign "declaring war on wasted heating and lighting around the home". The campaign included an advertising campaign: "Global warming. We have been warned."

NEW – Q&A: What UK’s ‘warm homes plan’ means for climate change and energy bills | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/2HO2LoE

NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx

NEW Q&A: What UK’s record auction for offshore wind REALLY means for bills and clean power by 2030 In which Molly Lempriere and I dig into the details in search of nuanced answers, while knocking some of the most misleading commentary on the head www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org Read here:

We took a look at the UK's biggest ever offshore wind auction, and dug into what it will mean for energy bills and the "clean power 2030" plan ⬇️

2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

It's a myth that Net Zero will cost us. What will *really* cost us is climate heating. Heatwaves cost lives, floods and storms cost millions in property damage, wildfires and droughts cost our environment. Cost of climate inaction >> cost of action. Acting now = an investment in the future.

Truly wild that the Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express & Daily Telegraph all covered false claims that net-zero will "cost" £7.6bn – or even £9tn – which assumes we could have free gas, free petrol, free petrol cars & free gas power plants if we scrapped net-zero More here: bsky.app/profile/drsi...

Here's the other side of the story you won't read in today's headlines about the cost of meeting net zero targets. The reality is the IEA report is deeply flawed and based on some pretty blatant cherry-picking of clean tech costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524063...

🧵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

We took a look at Trump's move to pull the US out of the bedrock climate treaty, the UNFCCC, as well as the IPCC. CB talked to experts about whether he can legally, unilaterally withdraw the country from international treaties and whether the US could rejoin in the future