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Simon Evans

SINCE May 2014

Dr Simon Evans is our deputy editor and policy editor. Simon covers climate and energy policy. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Bristol University and previously studied chemistry at Oxford University. He worked for environment journal The ENDS Report for six years, covering topics including climate science and air pollution.

LATEST BY Simon Evans

COP30 venue, Belém, Brazil.

Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents

COP30 Belém | 28.11.25

Chancellor of Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street on 26 November 2025.

UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements

UK policy | 26.11.25

Webinar: Carbon Brief’s third ‘ask us anything’ at COP30

COP30 Belém | 25.11.25

COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

COP30 Belém | 23.11.25

COP30 DeBriefed 21 November 2025: ‘Mutirão’ text latest; ‘Roadmaps’ explained; COP finish times plotted

DeBriefed | 21.11.25

Webinar: Carbon Brief’s second ‘ask us anything’ at COP30

COP30 Belém | 17.11.25

COP30 DeBriefed 14 November 2025: Finance and 1.5C loom large at talks; China’s emissions dip; Negotiations explained

DeBriefed | 14.11.25

The giant Kooragang Coal Loader at Port Newcastle Australia.

IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned

Renewables | 12.11.25

Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30

COP30 Belém | 10.11.25

A delegate checks documents at a UNFCCC event. Credit: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth.

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit

COP30 Belém | 07.11.25

Chief executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC), Emma Pinchbeck. Credit: Carbon Brief

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK Climate Change Committee’s Emma Pinchbeck

Interviews | 16.10.25

Friends of the Earth's "Big Ask" campaign stunt outside UK houses of parliament

Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK

UK policy | 07.10.25

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Webinar: Experts discuss what China’s new climate pledge means for the world

Webinars | 30.09.25

Offshore windfarm, UK.

Analysis: Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

Renewables | 29.09.25

DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next

DeBriefed | 26.09.25

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