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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

Aerial view of a solar farm, north west England, UK.

OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

UK policy | 08.07.25

china briefing

China Briefing 26 June 2025: First UK-China climate dialogue; China-climate conference summary; Oil peak ‘in 2027’

China Briefing | 26.06.25

UK energy secretary Ed Miliband visiting the Acorn carbon capture and storage project in Aberdeenshire.

CCC: UK climate advisers now ‘more optimistic’ net-zero goals can be met

UK policy | 25.06.25

Calder Hall, Cumberland, England, the world’s first full scale nuclear power station, 1976. Photograph UK Atomic Energy Authority. Credit: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: TXGY36.

Chart: The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades

Nuclear | 13.06.25

Solar farm on farmland in Bentham, UK.

Analysis: UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record

Renewables | 04.06.25

Pylons and wind farm in Dungeness, Kent, UK.

Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high

UK policy | 20.05.25

DeBriefed 16 May 2025: Has China’s CO2 peaked?; US bill ‘would kill IRA’; Poland’s coal collapse

DeBriefed | 16.05.25

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch at the launch of a 'policy renewal process', 18 March 2025.

Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal

UK policy | 18.03.25

Wood cut of the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666

UK policy | 12.03.25

Teesside Offshore wind farm at Redcar, north east England.

CCC: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 would help ‘cut household costs by £1,400’

UK policy | 26.02.25

Pylons striding across the Cotswold countryside near Gloucestershire.

Analysis: UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024

UK policy | 02.01.25

Ed Miliband at Siemens Energy in Hull on December 13, 2024, unveiling the clean power 2030 action plan.

Analysis: How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030

UK policy | 13.12.24

DeBriefed 6 December 2024: Plastics talks collapse; $300bn finance goal analysed; Landmark climate case kicks off

DeBriefed | 06.12.24

Judges at the International Court of Justice considering the obligations countries have in the fight against climate change. Credit: ANP / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2YRK7TR

Interview: Prof Philippe Sands on UN court’s landmark climate-change hearing

International policy | 06.12.24

Outcomes at COP29 webinar. Collage of Carbon Brief journalists by Kerry Cleaver.

Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP29’s key outcomes

COP29 Baku | 25.11.24

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