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Simon Evans

Deputy Editor & Policy Editor 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.

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Analysis: BP’s outlook for fossil fuels could be undermined by slowing energy demand

Energy | 15.02.19
Open coal mine in Garzweiler, Germany. Credit: JLBvdWOLF / Alamy Stock Photo. D36T92

Analysis: How far would Germany’s 2038 coal phaseout breach Paris climate goals?

Coal | 29.01.19
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Q&A: Can the UK meet its climate goals without the Wylfa nuclear plant?

Nuclear | 21.01.19
Tony Blair speaking at Labour leadership elections in 1994, Credit: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo. B449HY

Analysis: UK electricity generation in 2018 falls to lowest level since 1994

UK emissions | 03.01.19

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

COP24 Katowice | 16.12.18
Tom Steyer, president of NextGen America, at COP24, Katowice, Poland.

COP24 video: How can the Paris Agreement stay on track in a world with Bolsonaro and Trump?

COP24 Katowice | 10.12.18
EP6P4C Golden twin towers of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in European Quarter, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, behind the EU flag

Q&A: What next for UK capacity market after surprise EU ruling?

UK policy | 22.11.18
KD9KY5 The Pavilion, a timber framed building under construction at Spinningfields, Manchester, UK.

CCC: UK should ‘move away’ from large-scale biomass burning

Energy | 15.11.18
Coal Plant in Uttar Pradesh State, India. Credit: dbimages / Alamy Stock Photo. BB1E4P

Global coal use may have peaked in 2014, says latest IEA World Energy Outlook

Energy | 13.11.18
A tree planting scheme in the National Forest. Credit: Bill Allsopp / Alamy Stock Photo. M5YF1P

Budget 2018: Key climate and energy announcements

UK policy | 30.10.18
Downtown skyline with snowy mountains behind at sunset, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Stefano Politi Markovina / Alamy Stock Photo. FBDEJ1

Q&A: How ‘integrated assessment models’ are used to study climate change

Explainers | 02.10.18
Chris Stark, Chef Exectutive, Committee on Climate Change. Credit: Carbon Brief

The Carbon Brief Interview: Chris Stark

Interviews | 12.07.18
C5GY5X Electric vehicle, van. Powered by electricity. Charging the batteries.

Rapid rise of UK electric vehicles sees National Grid double its 2040 forecast

Technology | 12.07.18
West Midlands Metro at Bull St in Birmingham, UK, 23 June 2018. Credit: Paul Weston / Alamy Stock Photo. P53842

In-depth: UK can go low-carbon ‘at no extra cost’, say infrastructure advisors

UK policy | 10.07.18
People enjoying the hot weather on Skegness Pier, UK, with offshore windfarms in distance. 2 July 2018. Credit: Steven Booth/Alamy Live News. P6R55H

CCC: New UK renewables ‘could be cheaper than existing gas plants by 2030’

Renewables | 06.07.18
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