Simon Evans
Deputy Editor and Senior Policy Editor at Carbon Brief
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3 days ago |
carbonbrief.org | Daisy Dunne |Simon Evans
The UK government’s official climate advisers are now “more optimistic” that the country can hit its emissions targets than they were before the Labour government was elected in July 2024. Speaking ahead of the launch of the Climate Change Committee’s 2025 progress report, Prof Piers Forster, the CCC’s interim chair, told journalists it would be “possible” to meet the UK’s 2030 international climate goal, as well as its 2050 target to cut emissions to net-zero.
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3 weeks ago |
carbonbrief.org | Simon Evans
The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its sunniest spring on record. The figures, revealed in new Carbon Brief analysis, show that the nation’s solar sites have generated a record 7.6 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity during January to May 2025. This is some 42% higher than the 5.4TWh generated in the same period last year, as well as marking a much larger 260% increase in the past decade.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Simon Evans |Molly Lempriere
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down. Prices spiked after Russia cut off gas exports to Europe, precipitating a global energy crisis alongside its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK has been particularly exposed, as gas sets its wholesale power prices 98% of the time – and gas remains three times more expensive than before the crisis.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Simon Evans
DeBriefedDeBriefed 16 May 2025: Has China’s CO2 peaked?; US bill ‘would kill IRA’; Poland’s coal collapse Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. WAYS AND MEANS: The future of Joe Biden’s signature climate policy, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), is in doubt after Republicans on two key Congressional committees passed budget proposals that “would effectively kill” it, reported Heatmap News.
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2 months ago |
carbonbrief.org | Wanyuan Song |Simon Evans
China BriefingChina Briefing 17 April 2025: US-China tariff war; AI and data centres; Coal construction ‘till 2027’ Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. ESCALATED RATES: The US-China trade war deepened, with, as of today, US tariffs on China standing at 145% (with some products facing up to 245% tariffs) and China responding with 125% tariffs.
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RT @nicolasfulghum: "But solar is negligible..." In 2024, global solar generation reached the size of India's entire electricity demand an…
NEW CHART: Nuclear renaissance? The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades (Thanks to Ho Woo Nam for pulling the data together & Tom Prater for making such a cool chart) https://t.co/B2GvbEZXkZ https://t.co/IXsd1yFyU2
RT @edking_I: 'That comes with high risks' - EU energy boss @DanJoergensen on links between war / gas price hikes...
