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US president Donald Trump.

Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario

Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in... Read More

Factchecks | May 19. 2026.
Coal-fired Mill Creek Power Station, on the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Factcheck: US and Iran are world’s only major emitters without net-zero targets

Many right-leaning figures have tried to push the idea that the UK is an outlier on net-zero. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed that o... Read More

Factchecks | May 18. 2026.
Charging bay for electric vehicles.

Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets

For several years, the UK car industry has been claiming that demand is not high enough to meet the government’s targets for sales of “zero emiss... Read More

Factchecks | May 8. 2026.
Cover montage for North Sea oil and gas factcheck

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas

The Iran war has triggered another fossil-fuel energy crisis, with surging global prices and increasing concerns over energy security. In the UK, ... Read More

Factchecks | Mar 25. 2026.
UK home with a heat pump.

Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump

Electric heat pumps are set to play a key role in the UK’s climate strategy, as well as cutting the nation’s reliance on imported fossil fuels. ... Read More

Factchecks | Jan 30. 2026.
Composite image by Carbon Brief.

Factcheck: North Sea gas is not ‘four times cleaner’ than LNG imports

A claim that UK gas produced in the North Sea emits “four times” less carbon dioxide (CO2) than imported liquified natural gas (LNG) featured pro... Read More

Factchecks | Sep 5. 2025.

Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power

Solar power is already providing the “cheapest electricity in history” and is expected to play a pivotal role in the global transition away from ... Read More

Factchecks | Aug 28. 2025.

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 fal... Read More

GHGs and aerosols | Aug 14. 2025.
Pylons and wind farm in Dungeness, Kent, UK.

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

The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them ... Read More

UK policy | May 20. 2025.
Red sky sun-setting and atmospheric clouds over the sea at Aberystwyth.

Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering

The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest £57m ($76m) in a new solar geoengineering rese... Read More

Factchecks | May 15. 2025.

Glossary: Decoding how China talks about energy and climate change

China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter as well as the fastest deployer and manufacturer of low-carbon technologies, has issued a series ... Read More

China Policy | Mar 27. 2025.
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