Josh Gabbatiss

3 weeks ago | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss

British International Investment (BII), a UK government-owned and aid-funded company, has a portfolio of overseas fossil-fuel assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Carbon Brief can reveal. In 2020, BII committed to “aligning” its “future” investments with the Paris Agreement and since then it has doubled its renewable-energy funding. But, as of 2023, the last year for which data is available, it also still had a large portfolio of gas-fired power plants across Africa and south Asia.

1 month ago | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss

UK newspapers have already launched more editorials attacking Ed Miliband in the first four months of 2025 than they did during the whole of 2024, Carbon Brief analysis reveals. In the year to date, predominantly right-leaning publications have published 65 editorials – articles seen as the newspaper’s formal “voice” – criticising the UK energy secretary, compared with only 61 across the full year of 2024.

1 month ago | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss

The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made virtually no progress over the past two years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). In that time, the world has experienced the hottest year on record, while England has seen its wettest ever 18-month stretch between 2022 and 2024.

1 month ago | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss

DeBriefedDeBriefed 25 April 2025: Brazil calls for country emissions plans; Global coral bleaching; Where top pope contenders stand on climate Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change.

1 month ago | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss

A Conservative victory over the Liberals in the Canadian election could lead to nearly 800m extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, according to Carbon Brief analysis. This amounts to the entire annual emissions of the UK and France combined. These extra emissions would cause around C$233bn ($169bn) in climate damages around the world, based on the Canadian government’s official costings.