The Spanish government has “urged the European Commission not to weaken the bloc’s 2035 ban on new CO2-emitting cars”, reports Reuters ...

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A major biodiversity fund – which could generate billions of dollars annually for conservation – received its first donation of just $1,000 in November.

China’s central and local governments, as well as state-owned enterprises, are busy preparing for the next five-year planning ...

In this article, Carbon Brief explores four different factors that have been proposed for the exceptional warmth seen in recent years ...

A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to the National Energy ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has “quietly removed the fact that human activity is driving climate change from a handful of pages on its website” ...

Shenzhen, Zhenjiang, Xiamen and Nanchang – approached developing low-carbon policies over the course of almost a decade ...

The EU is “set to push back its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years to 2040, piling pressure on the UK to rethink the automotive sector’s net-zero commitments” ...

Carbon Brief speaks to an IPCC lead author researching ways to improve the experience of global south scientists taking part in producing the assessments ...