Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief calculates UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.4 per cent last year on back of falling fossil fuel demand and rising adoption of clean technologies

Critics of net zero targets like to weaponise China's out-sized carbon footprint, but the data showing how the country has become a clean energy superpower is stacking up

UK generating less than half as much electricity from fossil fuels as a decade ago, according to new Carbon Brief analysis

Data for March indicates world's largest emitter could have achieved a landmark peak in its CO2 emissions seven years early, analysis finds

New Carbon Brief analysis suggests grid is on track to operate for periods without fossil fuel generation from next year

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

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

Carbon emissions from the world's biggest polluter on the cusp of 'period of structural decline', new analysis claims

Labour accuses Conservative government of destroying UK market for onshore wind after fresh analysis lays bare financial impact of ongoing planning restrictions

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