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Aerial view of the Google AI data centre in Waltham Cross, UK. Credit: Amazing Aerial. Image ID: 3DJE64C.

Analysis: CO2 from UK data centres could be ‘hundreds of times’ higher than thought

Emissions from the new data centres set to drive the UK’s AI “revolution” could be hundreds of times higher than government estimates, accordin... Read More

UK emissions | Mar 23. 2026.
Procession of Queen Elizabeth I surrounded by her courtiers.

Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. The... Read More

UK emissions | Mar 5. 2026.
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

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, ac... Read More

UK policy | Mar 12. 2025.
Planes queuing for takeoff at Heathrow airport in Britain.

Analysis: UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion

A forest twice the size of Greater London would need to be planted in the UK to cancel out the extra emissions from the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwic... Read More

Emissions | Jan 27. 2025.
Illustration depicting British troops being ferried across a river in Burma on rafts, dated 19th century. Image ID: HHEERK.

Revealed: Colonial rule nearly doubles UK’s historical contribution to climate change

The UK is responsible for nearly twice as much global warming as previously thought, due to its colonial history, Carbon Brief analysis shows. His... Read More

UK emissions | Nov 27. 2023.
St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1757, by artist Thomas Bowles.

Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.4% in 2022 as coal use drops to lowest level since 1757

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.4% in 2022, according to new Carbon Brief analysis, ending a post-Covid rebound.  Emissions fro... Read More

Emissions | Mar 6. 2023.
Tree planting at Haweswater, Lake District, UK

Greenhouse gas removal: How could it help the UK reach net-zero by 2050?

A mix of scientists, economists and government advisers met in London last week to discuss how removing greenhouse gases from air could help the UK h... Read More

UK policy | May 17. 2022.
London cityscape with Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at sunset

In-depth Q&A: The UK’s net-zero strategy

The UK government has published its long-awaited net-zero strategy setting out how it plans to meet the country’s legally binding climate goals out... Read More

UK policy | Oct 21. 2021.
Aerial-view-Gatwick-airport

CCC: UK will miss climate goals by ‘huge margin’ without new policies

The UK government has once again failed to come forward with sufficient policies to meet the ambition of its climate goals, according to the Climate ... Read More

UK policy | Jun 24. 2021.
Sunrise at British Steel Limited steelworks, Scunthorpe Lincolnshire

In-depth Q&A: How the UK plans to cut industrial emissions by two-thirds

Factories and industrial hubs across the UK should cut their emissions by two-thirds over the next 15 years under the government’s new plan for low... Read More

UK policy | Mar 19. 2021.
View of the British Isles from space

Analysis: UK is now halfway to meeting its ‘net-zero emissions’ target

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 51% below 1990 levels, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. This means the UK is now halfway to m... Read More

UK emissions | Mar 18. 2021.
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