Currently, there is no equivalent to fuel duty for electric vehicles. Excise duty was brought in for EVs for the first time in April 2025, costing £10 for the first year and then rising to a standard ...

BBC News reports that it understands the government intends to “relax” the UK’s current moratorium on new drilling for oil and gas ...

A second version of COP30’s key mutirão text emerged and on COP’s final scheduled day, a chart showed how most climate talks ...

On Saturday evening, nations meeting at COP30 in Brazil agreed to launch “limited initiatives to strengthen emissions-cutting plans, as well as tripling finance” for adaptation ...

This week, Carbon Brief’s expert team walk through what is happening with the biggest issues being negotiated at COP30.

The COP30 climate summit is entering its final days in Belém – and food, forests and land have all featured across the two weeks of talks.

COP30 negotiations were disrupted yesterday after a fire broke out at a pavilion inside the conference venue in Belém.

A recording of Carbon Brief's second “ask us anything” webinar, answering questions as COP30 reaches its midway point.

‘OUTPERFORM [ING]’ TARGETS: Most experts in a new survey expect China to “outperform” its 2035 emissions-reduction target, reported Bloomberg. About 71% of the surveyed experts believe China’s ...

This article is based on a collaboration with the Guardian’s data team, including data journalist Carmen Aguilar García and data projects editor Pamela Duncan. Developed countries have poured billions ...

Negotiators at COP30 in Brazil are trying to build a coalition to deliver on the promise to “transition away from fossil fuels” made in Dubai last year ...