DeBriefed
An essential global guide to the week’s key climate developments.
DeBriefed includes the latest science, talking points, statistics, charts, and reports. It is written in rotation by Carbon Brief’s team, guaranteeing that a diverse range of geographies, specialisms, experiences and perspectives are captured.
DeBriefed also gives you weekly must-reads and other recommendations, as well as our pick of the climate jobs, as chosen by the Carbon Brief team.
Read previous editions of DeBriefed below.
DeBriefed 28 August 2026: Hottest oceans | Nepal-Tibet ‘glacier collapse’ | Creating graphics for IPCC reports
DeBriefed 21 August 2026: El Niño boosts wildfires | Trump’s ‘unexpected’ renewables boom | Why hurricane season is ‘very quiet’
DeBriefed 14 August 2026: Record ocean heat | UK EV rollback could cost ‘£3bn’ | Saving ‘green spaces’ from drought
DeBriefed 7 August 2026: Europe drought | Big oil’s ‘$93bn’ boon | Japan’s heat and earthquake ‘double disaster’
DeBriefed 31 July 2026: ‘Apocalyptic’ wildfires | Daily Telegraph’s ‘rollercoaster week’ | How heat impacts disabled people
DeBriefed 24 July 2026: New UK leader | El Niño predictions | Heat stress at the World Cup
DeBriefed 17 July 2026: UK ‘firewave’ | Fossil-fuelled heat deaths | London’s Natural History Museum spotlights climate
DeBriefed 10 July 2026: Deadly Europe heat | EU electrification leak | COP31 president interview
DeBriefed 3 July 2026: US faces scorching Independence Day | Record ocean temperatures | Vietnam’s EV surge
DeBriefed 26 June 2026: Heat records broken across Europe | London climate action week | Introducing ‘Project Cosmos’
DeBriefed 19 June 2026: Bonn talks end in ‘gridlock’ | Energy’s ‘new era’ | Oceans in climate negotiations