Carbon Brief
Energy
UK generating less than half as much electricity from fossil fuels as a decade ago, according to new Carbon Brief analysis
02 January 2025
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4 min read
Climate change
Data for March indicates world's largest emitter could have achieved a landmark peak in its CO2 emissions seven years early, analysis finds
28 May 2024
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3 min read
Infrastructure
New Carbon Brief analysis suggests grid is on track to operate for periods without fossil fuel generation from next year
24 April 2024
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3 min read
Net Zero Festival
WATCH: BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray and Carbon Brief editor and director Leo Hickman discuss the power of journalism to shape the conversation around climate change and net zero
04 January 2024
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1 min read
Energy
Fossil fuel-generated electricity fell more than a fifth in 2023 to lowest in 66 years, but renewable power generation has also 'effectively stood still', Carbon Brief finds
03 January 2024
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5 min read
Energy
Carbon emissions from the world's biggest polluter on the cusp of 'period of structural decline', new analysis claims
13 November 2023
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3 min read
Wind
Labour accuses Conservative government of destroying UK market for onshore wind after fresh analysis lays bare financial impact of ongoing planning restrictions
25 April 2023
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6 min read
Climate change
Carbon Brief analysis of preliminary data suggests UK territorial emissions fell for the ninth time in 10 years in 2022, but much work remains to bring country into line with net zero goals
06 March 2023
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5 min read
Climate change
But tentative analysis from Carbon Brief points out likely reduction in CO2 this year would still be far off goals of the Paris Agreement
09 April 2020
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4 min read
Energy
2019 set another record high for green energy generation in the UK but according to a new Carbon Brief analysis low-carbon electricity output rose by just 1 per cent
07 January 2020
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6 min read
