DeBriefed is the essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change.
From the US to China, through to the Amazon and the Arctic, our global team of award-winning journalists monitor, summarise and explain all you need to know in a single, handy digest.
DeBriefed also keeps you up to date with the latest science, talking points, statistics, charts, reports and must-reads. It includes our pick of the best climate jobs being advertised around the world. And each week we “spotlight” one particularly interesting individual or issue.
DeBriefed is written in rotation by Carbon Brief’s team, guaranteeing that a diverse range of geographies, specialisms, experiences and perspectives are captured.
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Past issues
You can find all of the previous issues of DeBriefed below…
DeBriefed 22 March 2024: ‘Red alert’ for Earth; Heat-pump myths factchecked; Myanmar’s rare-earth mining crisis
by Alice Vernat-Davies
22 March 2024
DeBriefed 8 March 2024: Climate cost of a Trump victory calculated; ‘Weird’ winter heat; China’s pivotal ‘two sessions’ meeting; Young female activist interview
by Emma Hancox
8 March 2024
DeBriefed 1 March 2024: EU’s ‘flagship’ nature law approved; Glaciers losing their climate ‘memory’; UN environment assembly resolutions
by Robert McSweeney
1 March 2024
DeBriefed 23 February 2024: Extreme heat from Asia to Africa; China risks missing 2025 CO2 targets; Why climate change matters for the pandemic treaty
by Giuliana Viglione
23 February 2024
DeBriefed 16 February 2024: Atlantic and Amazon ‘tipping points’; New ‘troika’ for 1.5C; Global support for climate action ‘underestimated’
by Simon Evans
16 February 2024
DeBriefed 9 February 2024: EU told to cut emissions 90% by 2040; Labour’s £28bn in context; Can Northern Ireland ‘catch up’ on climate?
by Orla Dwyer
9 February 2024
DeBriefed 2 February 2024: UK’s ‘slowing’ climate ambition; New top US climate diplomat; Surging methane from wetlands
by Robert McSweeney
2 February 2024
DeBriefed 26 January 2024: EU eyes ‘ambitious’ 2040 target; IPCC decides on new climate reports; Gender inequality at COPs
by Yanine Quiroz
26 January 2024
DeBriefed 19 January 2024: John Kerry retires; Uncertainty over UK Labour’s pledge; China’s new climate envoy profiled
by Anika Patel
19 January 2024
DeBriefed 12 January: 2023 ‘smashes’ global heat record; UK MP quits over oil and gas; Studying Antarctica’s mammoth icebergs
by Daisy Dunne
12 January 2024
DeBriefed 5 January 2024: US offshore wind; UK’s second warmest year; Carbon Brief’s top articles of 2023
by Carbon Brief Staff
5 January 2024
DeBriefed 21 December 2023: Major oil auction in US; EU missing targets; Climate change threatens nature’s ‘unique values’
by Carbon Brief Staff
21 December 2023
COP28 DeBriefed 15 December 2023: Carbon Brief’s key takeaways; Food, forests and nature; Free webinar today
by Carbon Brief Staff
15 December 2023
COP28 DeBriefed 8 December 2023: The fight over fossil fuels; Al Jaber defends ‘respect’ for science; Has COP ever finished on time?
by Carbon Brief Staff
8 December 2023
COP28 DeBriefed 1 December 2023: Countries strike loss and damage deal; Oil influence; Key issues to watch
by Carbon Brief Staff
1 December 2023
DeBriefed 24 November 2023: Fossil fuels under fire on eve of COP28; Record heat from Brazil to South Africa; IEA’s ‘moment of truth’ for oil and gas
by Carbon Brief Staff
24 November 2023
DeBriefed 17 November 2023: Countries fail 1.5C test; US and China agree on renewables; Why runners care about climate change
by Emma Hancox
17 November 2023
DeBriefed 10 November 2023: Loss-and-damage fund; UNEP warns of petrostate plans; Solar’s forgotten kidnapping
by Molly Lempriere
10 November 2023
DeBriefed 3 November 2023: King at COP28; 1.5C in ‘rearview mirror’; Life of ‘climate revolutionary’ Prof Saleemul Huq
by Ayesha Tandon
3 November 2023
DeBriefed 27 October 2023: Antarctic ice melt ‘unavoidable’; EV factcheck; China-Russia fossil fuel trade
by Anika Patel
27 October 2023
DeBriefed 20 October 2023: Earth’s hottest year ‘for millennia’; Countries set out stall on fossil fuels; Saving shrinking Lake Chad
by Solomon Elusoji
20 October 2023
DeBriefed 13 October 2023: Israel and Hamas conflict hits oil prices; 1.5C ‘breached’; Lessons from India’s flash floods
by Aruna Chandrasekhar
13 October 2023
DeBriefed 6 October 2023: ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ global heat; EU’s carbon border tax; UK solar claims factchecked
by Josh Gabbatiss
6 October 2023
DeBriefed 29 September 2023: Focus on carbon offsets; UK expands oil and gas; IEA’s path to 1.5C unpacked
by Zeke Hausfather
29 September 2023
DeBriefed 22 September 2023: UN’s first ‘climate-ambition’ summit; UK govt’s climate U-turn; How to protect the north-east Atlantic
by Giuliana Viglione
22 September 2023
DeBriefed 15 September 2023: G20’s big bet on renewables; Libya’s catastrophe; Interview with IEA chief
by Simon Evans
15 September 2023
DeBriefed 8 September 2023: Africa’s first climate summit; Wildfire study controversy; Palestine’s struggle for climate funds
by Daisy Dunne
8 September 2023
DeBriefed 1 September 2023: ‘Destructive’ Hurricane Idalia; UK cabinet shake-up; Ireland’s temperate rainforests
by Orla Dwyer
1 September 2023
DeBriefed 25 August 2023: Canada’s wildfires; Ecuador chooses Amazon over oil; Getting angry about climate change
by Robert McSweeney
25 August 2023
DeBriefed 18 August 2023: Landmark US youth climate case; Himalayan landslides; Ecuador votes on Amazon’s future
by Yanine Quiroz
18 August 2023
DeBriefed 11 August 2023: Amazon Summit; Hawaii fires; Limits of UK rooftop solar
by Molly Lempriere
11 August 2023
DeBriefed 4 August 2023: UK to ‘max out’ oil and gas; South America winter heatwave; How Indigenous women fight Amazon fires
by Rebeca Binda
4 August 2023
DeBriefed 28 July 2023: ‘Global boiling’ era arrives; UK net-zero under attack; Climate change and the human brain
by Eternity Uwaifo
28 July 2023
DeBriefed 21 July 2023: Earth ‘set’ for hottest year; John Kerry in China; UK’s ‘weak’ climate plan
by Wanyuan Song
21 July 2023
DeBriefed 14 July 2023: US says ‘no’ to climate reparations; ‘Plan’ for COP28; Extreme weather ‘intensifies’; Just Stop Oil prisoner interview
by Leo Hickman
14 July 2023
DeBriefed 7 July 2023: World’s run of hottest days; Shipping’s climate reckoning; Revival for climate misinformation
by Joe Goodman
7 July 2023
DeBriefed 30 June 2023: Deforestation rises; UK not a ‘climate leader’; Thailand field research
by Ayesha Tandon
30 June 2023
DeBriefed 23 June 2023: Climate finance talks; UK marine heatwave; Deadly heat in India
by Solomon Elusoji
23 June 2023
DeBriefed 16 June 2023: Bonn talks close; Shell sticks to fossil fuels; Record ocean heat
by Josh Gabbatiss
16 June 2023
DeBriefed 9 June 2023: North American wildfires; Bonn climate talks; COP28 controversy
by Aruna Chandrasekhar
9 June 2023
DeBriefed 2 June 2023: US debt deal raises climate risk; Amazon under threat; China sizzles
by Daisy Dunne
2 June 2023
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