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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 6h

Recommended read: On Substack, veteran climate campaigner and author @billmckibben.bsky.social considered the resilience of solar power amid modern warfare.

It's hard to drone a solar panel

The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtues

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 10h

Recommended listen: The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, in partnership with Planet B Productions, has released a four-part podcast series exploring what will happen if global warming exceeds 1.5C.

Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C

The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with…

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 11h

Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive

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Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief explains what the new UK solar geoengineering research programme consists of and explores the concerns surrounding the technology.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief examines how Fukushima helped to recover from nuclear disaster by building solar farms on contaminated farmland.

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View of Shinchi town, Fukushima in 2011 (top) and 2016 (bottom). Credit: Newscom/Alamy Stock Photo

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

In this issue:

🌎 Renewables overtook coal globally in the first half of the year.
🇳🇱 Dutch-Caribbean islanders took the Netherlands to the Hague over climate inaction.
📆 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.

DeBriefed 10 October 2025: Renewables power past coal; Legacy of UK’s Climate Change Act; Fukushima’s solar future - Carbon Brief

Renewables ovetake coal to become the world’s leading source of electricity for the first six months of this year in a “historic first”.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

DeBriefed | Renewables power past coal; Legacy of UK’s Climate Change Act; Fukushima’s solar future

✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

NEW – Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation | @caraschulte.bsky.social @cristianheli.bsky.social

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Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation - Carbon Brief

Caribbean countries are taking matters into their own hands by enacting more robust legislation to help protect against climate risks

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 2d

Latin America in our Daily Briefing:

64% of Brazilian people say they are supportive of COP30 being held in their country

73% of Argentina's climate commitments are not on track to be achieved by 2030

México City will commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

Daily Briefing: Trump’s oil picks | Rainforest ‘collapse’ report blocked | Brazilians ‘support’ COP30

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IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · 2d

📰 Your evening read on the IIASA #OvershootConference: @carlschleussner.bsky.social tells @carbonbrief.org that the scientific community is only just “beginning to appreciate” the need to understand & quantify how different overshoot pathways affect adaptation. www.carbonbrief.org/overshoot-ex...

Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon Brief

The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

Daily Briefing: Brussels ‘rejects’ US climate-rule pressure | China’s rare-earth controls | Orsted cutbacks

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

NEW – IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @iea.org

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Share of national electricity supplies that depend on imported fossil fuels in 2023, actual (left) and in the IEA’s “low renewable-energy source” scenario (right), in 31 countries that are net importers of coal and gas. Source: IEA.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who is in Budapest for the @journalismarena.eu Climate Arena Conference, I will be helping to run a session on how to investigate climate finance tomorrow at 14:30. Come and check it out!

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

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Robert McSweeney @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org · 3d

Last week, @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and I attended the first-ever conference on climate "overshoot" in Vienna.

Here's our summary of the wide-ranging discussions. (Bearing in mind we were two journalists covering 8 conference themes...!)

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

NEW – Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

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Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon Brief

The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

Daily Briefing: Trump’s oil picks | Rainforest ‘collapse’ report blocked | Brazilians ‘support’ COP30

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

WATCH, READ, LISTEN: Mongabay journalists shared how they investigated Brazil’s shark-meat purchases that were subsequently served in schools, prisons and hospitals.

How we probed a maze of websites to tally Brazilian government shark meat orders

Mongabay recently published an investigation revealing widespread Brazilian government purchases of shark meat to feed schoolchildren, hospital patients, prisoners and more. The series has generated p...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A podcast from @thehindu.com looked back at 20 years of India’s Forest Rights Act, meant to “address historic injustices” towards the country’s Indigenous communities.

In Focus Podcast | 20 Years of Forest Rights Act: Can it work without a tribal policy?

The Forest Rights Act (FRA) came into being in 2006. As we touch 20 years of its existence as a tool for tribal empowerment, Kanchi Kohli and Abhinay Lakshman join us to discuss the UNDP report, disap...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A @desmog.com investigation revealed how farmers convicted of “exploiting migrant workers” continue to claim “millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies”.

Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse

This investigation was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers continue to claim millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies, DeSmog can reve...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A new @pbs.org documentary walked through ancient Inca paths in the Andes to understand how modern communities are confronting the loss of Peru’s glaciers.

Sacred Planet with Gulnaz Khan | Reclaiming Peru’s Glaciers

Follow Catholic and Quechua traditions confronting Peru’s climate crisis.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief explains the US government shutdown – now in its second week – and its implications for food, forests, public lands and climate change.

Cropped 8 October 2025: US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat - Carbon Brief

Cropped explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

In this issue:

🇧🇷 Bloomberg reported that Brazil’s forest fund is behind schedule.
🌎 An area of green space the size of Cyprus was lost in Europe over 2018-23.
🇨🇺 Cuba announced a new agroecology law and fund.

Cropped 8 October 2025: US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat - Carbon Brief

Cropped explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

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Cropped | US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat

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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 3d

From Indian car owners to Canadian canola farmers, biofuels have been in the news for all kinds of reasons.

Here’s everything you wanted to know about biofuels & climate: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-count...

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Q&A: How countries are using biofuels to meet their climate targets - Carbon Brief

From canola farmers in Canada to car owners in India, biofuels have become the subject...

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