Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, but no two heatwaves are the same. Heat extremes that happen outside of ...

The Labour government has signalled its support for a contentious third runway at Heathrow airport, with a final planning ...

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In the six charts below, Carbon Brief provides a snapshot of the impact this summer’s extremes are considered to have had on ...

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

Sent out every other Thursday, China Briefing is a round-up of all the need-to-know information about climate and energy in China from the past fortnight. Every day, our China team trawls the media – ...

Tropical storm over the ocean, Maldives. Credit: RooM the Agency / Alamy Stock Photo. The most state-of-the-art tool available to climate scientists is, perhaps, the Earth System Model (ESM). These ...

Hydrogen gas has long been recognised as an alternative to fossil fuels and a potentially valuable tool for tackling climate change. Now, as nations come forward with net-zero strategies to align with ...

Media reports frequently claim that the world is facing “committed warming” in the future as a result of past emissions, meaning higher temperatures are “locked in”, “in the pipeline” or “inevitable”, ...

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced new measures to cut energy bills alongside a “pay-per-mile” electric-vehicle levy as part of Labour’s second budget. The policy changes are expected to cut ...

A tiger at the Chattogram Zoo in Bangladesh finds some respite from the searing heat. Credit: IHSAN EESA / Alamy Stock Photo As 2024 passes its midpoint, the global climate continues to push into ...

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts. That is according to the latest ...