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UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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January 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
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January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
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Daily Briefing: Venezuelan oil and 1.5C | ‘Historic’ coal drop in India-China | UK net-zero row
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January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Daily Briefing: Venezuelan oil and 1.5C | ‘Historic’ coal drop in India-China | UK net-zero row
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NEW – Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW – Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
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Daily Briefing: Oil firms ‘cool’ on Venezuela | Australia’s fossil roadmap push | Record ocean heat
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January 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Daily Briefing: Oil firms ‘cool’ on Venezuela | Australia’s fossil roadmap push | Record ocean heat
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Recommended watch: A video explainer from the Hindu unpacked what the EU’s carbon border tax means for India and global trade.
Watch: EU carbon border tax explained: What CBAM means for India and global trade
Every country says it wants to cut carbon emissions, but there’s a debate on how to do it. Suddenly, climate action isn’t just about building greener industries - it’s about who pays the…
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January 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Recommended watch: A video explainer from the Hindu unpacked what the EU’s carbon border tax means for India and global trade.
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Recommended read: Two Harvard scholars argued in Climate Home News for COP presidencies to focus less on climate policy and more on global politics.
COP presidencies should focus less on climate policy, more on global politics
Unless host nations run climate summits in a way that accounts for the new geopolitical reality, what's agreed at COPs won't drive meaningful action
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January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Recommended read: Two Harvard scholars argued in Climate Home News for COP presidencies to focus less on climate policy and more on global politics.
Recommended read: In the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, columnist @marcelonleite.bsky.social looked into the climate impact of extracting more oil from Venezuela.
Análise: Petróleo da Venezuela vai turbinar a crise do clima
Extração da maior reserva nacional emitiria 60% do CO2 que a atmosfera ainda suporta
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January 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Recommended read: In the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, columnist @marcelonleite.bsky.social looked into the climate impact of extracting more oil from Venezuela.
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We took a look at Trump's move to pull the US out of the bedrock climate treaty, the UNFCCC, as well as the IPCC.
CB talked to experts about whether he can legally, unilaterally withdraw the country from international treaties and whether the US could rejoin in the future
CB talked to experts about whether he can legally, unilaterally withdraw the country from international treaties and whether the US could rejoin in the future
NEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
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January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We took a look at Trump's move to pull the US out of the bedrock climate treaty, the UNFCCC, as well as the IPCC.
CB talked to experts about whether he can legally, unilaterally withdraw the country from international treaties and whether the US could rejoin in the future
CB talked to experts about whether he can legally, unilaterally withdraw the country from international treaties and whether the US could rejoin in the future
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Vital new read on what Trump pulling the US out of UNFCCC and IPCC really means. We've spoken to a range of leading experts...
NEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
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January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Vital new read on what Trump pulling the US out of UNFCCC and IPCC really means. We've spoken to a range of leading experts...
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HNY! we digested what Trump's latest dagger to global climate diplomacy could mean for us all
NEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
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January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
HNY! we digested what Trump's latest dagger to global climate diplomacy could mean for us all
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Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
"the largest contribution to the Earth’s warming climate by far"
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Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
"the largest contribution to the Earth’s warming climate by far"
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
NEW by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org for @carbonbrief.org
Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
"the largest contribution to the Earth’s warming climate by far"
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
"the largest contribution to the Earth’s warming climate by far"
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
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The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, is more responsible for climate change than any other country in history. The chart shows the cumulative historical emissions of countries since the advent of the industrial era in 1850.
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The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, is more responsible for climate change than any other country in history. The chart shows the cumulative historical emissions of countries since the advent of the industrial era in 1850.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
📊 Captured
The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, is more responsible for climate change than any other country in history. The chart shows the cumulative historical emissions of countries since the advent of the industrial era in 1850.
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The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, is more responsible for climate change than any other country in history. The chart shows the cumulative historical emissions of countries since the advent of the industrial era in 1850.
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💡 Spotlight | How to think about Africa’s just energy transition
This week, Carbon Brief speaks to the deputy Africa director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Ibrahima Aidara, on what a just energy transition means for the continent.
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This week, Carbon Brief speaks to the deputy Africa director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Ibrahima Aidara, on what a just energy transition means for the continent.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
💡 Spotlight | How to think about Africa’s just energy transition
This week, Carbon Brief speaks to the deputy Africa director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Ibrahima Aidara, on what a just energy transition means for the continent.
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This week, Carbon Brief speaks to the deputy Africa director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Ibrahima Aidara, on what a just energy transition means for the continent.
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In this issue:
🌍 Trump administration said it wants to pull the US out of UNFCCC and IPCC
🌍 Global oil prices fell after the US’s Venezuela operation
🌍 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies
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January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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🌍 Global oil prices fell after the US’s Venezuela operation
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DeBriefed | US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition
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DeBriefed | US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition
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DeBriefed 9 January 2026: US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition - Carbon Brief
Trump administration said it wants to pull the US out of UNFCCC and IPCC and Global oil prices fell after the US’s Venezuela operation.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
What's happened this week in climate change?
DeBriefed | US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition
✍️ by @solomon.elusoji.carbonbrief.org
📝 edited @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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DeBriefed | US to exit global climate treaty; Venezuelan oil ‘uncertainty’; ‘Hardest truth’ for Africa’s energy transition
✍️ by @solomon.elusoji.carbonbrief.org
📝 edited @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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NEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
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January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
NEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
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Daily Briefing: Guterres US ‘regret’ | Venezuela oil ‘guarantees’ | Australia bushfires
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January 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Daily Briefing: Guterres US ‘regret’ | Venezuela oil ‘guarantees’ | Australia bushfires
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NEW – Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
NEW – Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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Daily Briefing: US to pull out of UNFCCC and IPCC | Venezuela oil | Fertilisers and CBAM
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January 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Daily Briefing: US to pull out of UNFCCC and IPCC | Venezuela oil | Fertilisers and CBAM
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Daily Briefing: Venezuela ‘turning over’ oil | China-South Korea green ties | ‘EV winter’
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January 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Daily Briefing: Venezuela ‘turning over’ oil | China-South Korea green ties | ‘EV winter’
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