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NEW – G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
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February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW – G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
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NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
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IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy - Carbon Brief
The "undervaluing" of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
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Daily Briefing: ‘Peak coal’ for power | Guterres’ GDP warning | Iberian ‘catastrophe’
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February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Daily Briefing: ‘Peak coal’ for power | Guterres’ GDP warning | Iberian ‘catastrophe’
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Recommended listen: A Media Confidential podcast examined when climate coverage in the UK became “part of the culture wars”.
When did climate coverage become part of the culture wars?
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February 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Recommended listen: A Media Confidential podcast examined when climate coverage in the UK became “part of the culture wars”.
Recommended read: The Washington Post explored how “climate change is making the Winter Olympics harder to host”.
✍️ @janicekchen.bsky.social N. Kirkpatrick Júlia Ledur
✍️ @janicekchen.bsky.social N. Kirkpatrick Júlia Ledur
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February 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Recommended read: The Washington Post explored how “climate change is making the Winter Olympics harder to host”.
✍️ @janicekchen.bsky.social N. Kirkpatrick Júlia Ledur
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Recommended read: Gas flaring has risen in the Niger Delta since oil and gas major Shell sold its assets in the Nigerian “oil hub”, a @climatechangenews.com investigation found.
✍️ @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social Vivian Chime @mcivillini.bsky.social
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Gas flaring soars in Niger Delta post-Shell, afflicting communities
Since the multinational sold its assets in Nigeria’s oil hub, data analysis for Climate Home News shows flaring has risen, harming locals and the climate
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February 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Recommended read: Gas flaring has risen in the Niger Delta since oil and gas major Shell sold its assets in the Nigerian “oil hub”, a @climatechangenews.com investigation found.
✍️ @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social Vivian Chime @mcivillini.bsky.social
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💡 Spotlight | Can humans reverse nature decline?
This week, Carbon Brief travelled to Manchester, UK to speak to biodiversity scientists gathered at a UN event about the chances of reversing nature loss.
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This week, Carbon Brief travelled to Manchester, UK to speak to biodiversity scientists gathered at a UN event about the chances of reversing nature loss.
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DeBriefed 6 February 2026: US secret climate panel ‘unlawful’ | China’s clean energy boon | Can humans reverse nature loss? - Carbon Brief
Trump officials “violated the law” with their “secret” climate sceptic panel, and more climate news from this week.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
💡 Spotlight | Can humans reverse nature decline?
This week, Carbon Brief travelled to Manchester, UK to speak to biodiversity scientists gathered at a UN event about the chances of reversing nature loss.
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This week, Carbon Brief travelled to Manchester, UK to speak to biodiversity scientists gathered at a UN event about the chances of reversing nature loss.
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In this issue:
🌍 Trump officials “violated the law” with their “secret” climate-sceptic panel.
🌍 Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s economic growth last year.
🌍 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.
🌍 Trump officials “violated the law” with their “secret” climate-sceptic panel.
🌍 Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s economic growth last year.
🌍 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
In this issue:
🌍 Trump officials “violated the law” with their “secret” climate-sceptic panel.
🌍 Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s economic growth last year.
🌍 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.
🌍 Trump officials “violated the law” with their “secret” climate-sceptic panel.
🌍 Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s economic growth last year.
🌍 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.
DeBriefed | US secret climate panel ‘unlawful’ | China’s clean energy boon | Can humans reverse nature loss?
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February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
DeBriefed | US secret climate panel ‘unlawful’ | China’s clean energy boon | Can humans reverse nature loss?
✍️ Written @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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Daily Briefing: Morocco floods | UK climate aid ‘cut’ | Brazil-China EV tariffs
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February 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Daily Briefing: Morocco floods | UK climate aid ‘cut’ | Brazil-China EV tariffs
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February 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Also in this issue...
Spotlight 🔦 New analysis for Carbon Brief finds that clean-energy sectors contributed the equivalent of $2.1tn to China’s economy last year, making it a key driver of growth.
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Spotlight 🔦 New analysis for Carbon Brief finds that clean-energy sectors contributed the equivalent of $2.1tn to China’s economy last year, making it a key driver of growth.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Also in this issue...
Spotlight 🔦 New analysis for Carbon Brief finds that clean-energy sectors contributed the equivalent of $2.1tn to China’s economy last year, making it a key driver of growth.
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Spotlight 🔦 New analysis for Carbon Brief finds that clean-energy sectors contributed the equivalent of $2.1tn to China’s economy last year, making it a key driver of growth.
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The key climate & energy developments from China over the past fortnight in this issue:
🇨🇳 Solar and wind capacity overtook coal in 2025.
🇨🇳 UK’s Starmer met with Xi and clean-tech companies in China.
🇨🇳 China raised thresholds for coal capacity payments.
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🇨🇳 Solar and wind capacity overtook coal in 2025.
🇨🇳 UK’s Starmer met with Xi and clean-tech companies in China.
🇨🇳 China raised thresholds for coal capacity payments.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The key climate & energy developments from China over the past fortnight in this issue:
🇨🇳 Solar and wind capacity overtook coal in 2025.
🇨🇳 UK’s Starmer met with Xi and clean-tech companies in China.
🇨🇳 China raised thresholds for coal capacity payments.
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🇨🇳 Solar and wind capacity overtook coal in 2025.
🇨🇳 UK’s Starmer met with Xi and clean-tech companies in China.
🇨🇳 China raised thresholds for coal capacity payments.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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China Briefing: Clean energy’s share of economy | Record renewables | Thawing relations with UK
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February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
China Briefing: Clean energy’s share of economy | Record renewables | Thawing relations with UK
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China’s clean-energy sectors nearly doubled in real value between 2022-25 and – if they were a country – would now be the 8th-largest economy in the world...
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
China’s clean-energy sectors nearly doubled in real value between 2022-25 and – if they were a country – would now be the 8th-largest economy in the world...
Daily Briefing: EU ‘rethinks’ COP strategy | ‘Flawed’ economic models | Solar geoengineering
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February 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Daily Briefing: EU ‘rethinks’ COP strategy | ‘Flawed’ economic models | Solar geoengineering
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新分析：清洁能源2025年为中国GDP增长贡献超过三分之一 ｜@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
新分析：清洁能源2025年为中国GDP增长贡献超过三分之一 ｜@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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NEW – Five key climate and energy announcements in India’s budget for 2026 | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social
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February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
NEW – Five key climate and energy announcements in India’s budget for 2026 | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social
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Daily Briefing: $1bn ‘bet’ on AI power needs | Saudi solar in Turkey | UK mini-nukes
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February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Daily Briefing: $1bn ‘bet’ on AI power needs | Saudi solar in Turkey | UK mini-nukes
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February 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Daily Briefing: US court unblocks wind | China solar capacity to top coal | African solar’s ‘sixfold rise’
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February 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Daily Briefing: US court unblocks wind | China solar capacity to top coal | African solar’s ‘sixfold rise’
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NEW – ‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
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February 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW – ‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
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