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 ...

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

Australia will “continue to argue” for a transition away from fossil fuel use in energy at COP31, according to the incoming co-president of next year’s UN climate summit ...

Global emissions of fossil CO2 – including coal, oil, gas and cement – increased by around 1.1% in 2025, relative to 2024, ...

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 ...

With developed countries pledging to ramp up climate finance, analysis shows how donors rely on loans and private finance to meet obligations.

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.

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

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

As COP30 began in the Brazilian city of Belém, Carbon Brief hosted the first of three webinars to exclusively answer questions submitted by holders of the Insider Pass.

A gathering of world leaders kicked off in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the official opening of COP30 next week, and more climate news from the week.