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Simon Evans

SINCE May 2014

Dr Simon Evans is our deputy editor and policy editor. Simon covers climate and energy policy. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Bristol University and previously studied chemistry at Oxford University. He worked for environment journal The ENDS Report for six years, covering topics including climate science and air pollution.

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Financial district skyline, Shanghai, China. Credit: Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: EN5EFE.

Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU

Emissions | 19.11.24

Financial district skyline, Shanghai, China. Credit: Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: EN5EFE.

Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU

Emissions | 19.11.24

COP29 DeBriefed 15 November 2024: Azerbaijan’s shaky start; Finance and fossil fuels dominate negotiations; Free webinar today

DeBriefed | 15.11.24

Delegates review the new text on the GGA. Credit: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth.

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP29 climate summit

COP29 Baku | 08.11.24

A solar park in front of a decommissioned lignite-fired power plant in Germany.

Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals

Renewables | 18.10.24

Ratcliffe-on Soar power station.

Q&A：英国如何成为首个淘汰煤电的G7国家

Translations | 08.10.24

Ratcliffe-on Soar power station.

Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power

Coal | 27.09.24

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

Factchecks | 27.06.24

Wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels in Guizhou, China.

Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023

Renewables | 20.06.24

Radiator on low setting, UK.

Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015

UK policy | 18.06.24

The European Parliament buildings in Brussels.

Experts: What do the European elections mean for EU climate action?

EU policy | 11.06.24

DeBriefed 7 June 2024: Sheinbaum and Modi elected; Hottest May; Factchecking net-zero costs

DeBriefed | 07.06.24

Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy. Credit: Kerry Cleaver

The Carbon Brief Interview: Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson

Renewables | 13.05.24

Graphic: Tom Pearson for Carbon Brief

Chart: How British electricity supplies are shifting decisively away from fossil fuels

Renewables | 03.05.24

Steam rising from cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar power station, Nottinghamshire. Credit: Simon Annable / Alamy Stock Photo

Analysis: Fossil fuels fall to record-low 2.4% of British electricity

UK policy | 24.04.24

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