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NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

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In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration? | Ayesha Tandon #CBarchive

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In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?
How is climate change already leading to displacement and migration, what might future changes in human movement look like, and what measures that are being taken to protect displaced people.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social #CBarchive

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Q&A: Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change? - Carbon Brief
In recent years, the use of nature and natural ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change has come to the forefront of discussions around meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Daily Briefing: US blocks wind projects | UK eyes hottest year | How warming inflames poverty

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December 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Recommended listen: On the Coastal Call podcast, a biogeochemist spoke about “coastal change and community resilience” in the eastern US’s Long Island Sound.
Penny Vlahos - Episode 2 | The Coastal Call Podcast
In this episode of The Coastal Call, host Rob Nazarian and guest co-host Aishwarya Krutukulam speak with Dr. Penny Vlahos, a biogeochemist at the University of Connecticut, about what Long Island…
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December 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Recommended read: Grist summarised the major stories for Earth’s climate in 2025 – “the good, the bad and the ugly”.
How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly
From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Recommended read: In the Guardian, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley wrote that the world must “urgently target methane” to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley
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December 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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What's happened this week in climate change?

DeBriefed | EU’s petrol car U-turn; Trump to axe ‘leading’ research lab; What climate scientists are reading

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December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Daily Briefing: Trump Media ‘fusion deal’ | Czech climate policy ‘gutted’ | BP reaction

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December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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NEW – Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’ | Izzy Woolgar, Andy Hackett and Laurens Speelman

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A batch of new energy vehicles in Suzhou, China. Credit: Cynthia Lee / Alamy Stock Photo
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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NEW – IEA: Declining coal demand in China set to outweigh Trump’s pro-coal policies | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Coal demand, Mt, in China and the US, including IEA forecasts from the Coal 2024 and Coal 2025 reports (dotted lines). Source: IEA, Carbon Brief analysis.
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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NEW – Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

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December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Cropped | ‘Deadly’ Asia floods; Boosting London’s water birds; UN headwinds

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December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Daily Briefing: EU weakens car goal | Coal decline forecast | Trump ‘to dismantle’ NCAR

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December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Finally, here it is. Also this year, I have together with @ruthmottram.bsky.social commented on the fate of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Thanks for your patience, @carbonbrief.org. One of the highlights: 2024/25 was the 29th year in a row with net mass loss. See www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2025 - Carbon Brief
Guest authors explore how Greenland’s ice sheets fared over the 12 months, including the evidence that the territory’s summer melting season is lengthening.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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This photo was taken during our #fieldwork in #Qaanaaq this year, which saw the earliest break up in our record of sea ice. The melting of the Greenland ice sheet has a global impact, but there are big local impacts too.
Full details of this year's melt season in @carbonbrief.org now
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Daily Briefing: EVs’ ‘turning point’ | China’s fossil power drop | Morocco’s deadly flash floods

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December 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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NEW – Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2025 | Dr Martin Stendel and Prof Ruth Mottram

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Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2025 - Carbon Brief
Guest authors explore how Greenland’s ice sheets fared over the 12 months, including the evidence that the territory’s summer melting season is lengthening.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I'm in New Orleans this week for AGU and looking for climate science stories for @carbonbrief.org 🔎

If you're here - come say hello and tell me about your research 🌍 #agu25
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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NEW – Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat | @willrlewis.bsky.social @sean-p-goodwin.bsky.social @martaolazabal.bsky.social

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Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat - Carbon Brief
While air conditioning may be appropriate in certain contexts research has shown that a universal focus on technical solutions risks deepening inequality
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December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Daily Briefing: Tensions over EU petrol ban | UK to ‘stick’ with EV target | 10 years since Paris

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December 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Recommended read: To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, climate scientist Prof Piers Forster explained in @climatechangenews.com “why it worked” and “what it needs to do to survive”.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Recommended read: @motherjones.com reported on TikTok creators helping to hold oil companies to account for cleaning up abandoned oil wells in Texas.
Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM