Der Spiegel reports that the German government will extend the tax exemption for electric cars by five years, preventing it from expiring in January 2026, with finance minister Lars Klingbeil saying ...

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. INCREASED EMISSIONS: Wildfires burned an area of land larger than India during the ...

US states are suing the US federal government over its cancellation of the ‘solar for all’ grant programme, which is “aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities” ...

Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to a new report.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached the highest level ever recorded last year, according to a new report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation ...

Only half of China’s provinces have finalised new rules for pricing wind and solar power, according to Carbon Brief analysis. Local governments are required to have published final plans to reform the ...

report warns that the world has reached its first climate “tipping point” as global warming pushes warm-water coral reefs towards an irreversible decline ...

Renewables ovetake coal to become the world’s leading source of electricity for the first six months of this year in a “historic first”.

Caribbean countries are taking matters into their own hands by enacting more robust legislation to help protect against climate risks ...

More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables ...