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Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action

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Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires

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World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report

29.07.2026

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Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa

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Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ for renewables mean for climate change?

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28 quotes from new UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels

Carbon Brief recounts what the UK’s new prime minister Andy Burnham has said about climate change, net-zero, fossil fuels, energy and transport.

Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women

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UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo

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Interview: COP31 president says electrification is ‘surest way to protect citizens’

10.07.2026

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Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate

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Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted

17.07.2026

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Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat

26.06.2026

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Livestock heat deaths in transit doubled in UK record-hot summer of 2025

25.06.2026

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Mombasa: Key outcomes from the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya

24.06.2026

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Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C

19.06.2026

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Q&A: What is in China’s new five-year plan for climate change?

Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves

Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero?

Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action

Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires

World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report

Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ for renewables mean for climate change?

28 quotes from new UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels

Policy

Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women

UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo

Interview: COP31 president says electrification is ‘surest way to protect citizens’

Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate

Project Cosmos

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Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted

Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat

Livestock heat deaths in transit doubled in UK record-hot summer of 2025

Mombasa: Key outcomes from the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya

Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C

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Q&A: What is in China’s new five-year plan for climate change?

Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves

Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero?

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Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time

Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to humans

Factcheck: What is the carbon footprint of streaming video on Netflix?

Guest post: Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change

Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world

Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action

Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires

World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report

Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ for renewables mean for climate change?

28 quotes from new UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels

Policy

Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women

UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo

Interview: COP31 president says electrification is ‘surest way to protect citizens’

Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate

Project Cosmos

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Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted

Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat

Livestock heat deaths in transit doubled in UK record-hot summer of 2025

Mombasa: Key outcomes from the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya

Experts: Why carbon removal needs a ‘major scale up’ to return warming to 1.5C

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