About the site
Carbon Brief reports on the latest developments in climate
science, and fact-checks stories about climate and energy online
and in the press. We provide briefings on the people and
organisations talking about climate change, and we produce
background materials on science issues and news stories.
We are a service for journalists and the online climate
community. Our team of researchers will provide a rapid response
service for climate science stories. We go straight to
peer-reviewed science and the relevant scientists to get their
opinions.
Distortions of climate science occur regularly, partly because
climate science is a complex area, and partly because various
interests, motivated by finance or ideology, have sought to confuse
the issue.
We are a project of the Energy Strategy Centre. We are
grateful for the funding and support provided by the European
Climate Foundation. Carbon Brief's Director, Tom Brookes, is
director of the Energy Strategy Centre (ESC) the communications
unit funded by the European Climate Foundation (ECF).
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Our writers
Christian Hunt has previously worked as a web editor for
Greenpeace and as a researcher for the Public Interest Research
Centre. He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the
University of York and an MA in Conflict Resolution.
Robin Webster studied biology at Bristol University and has an
MSc in Conservation from University College London (UCL). She
worked as a campaigner for Friends of the Earth for six and half
years, including as a Senior Campaigner on Climate and Energy. She
has also worked as a freelance environmental researcher.
Dr Verity Payne has a PhD from the University of Leeds. She
researched how trace elements become incorporated into microfossil
shells, and how this affects using geochemical proxies to
reconstruct ancient environments.
Ros Donald is a journalist who, prior to joining Carbon Brief,
covered competition law and economics. She has a BA in French and
Spanish from Cardiff University and an MA in International Studies
and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies,
where she specialised in global energy and climate policy.
Thanks to our interns and occasional and guest contributors for
their support and assistance.
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