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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

Emma Pinchbeck has been the chief executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) since November 2024. The committee is a statutory body cr... Read More

Interviews | Oct 16. 2025.
ClientEarth CEO, Laura Clarke. Credit: Carbon Brief

The Carbon Brief Interview: ClientEarth CEO Laura Clarke

Laura Clarke has been the CEO of environmental non-profit organisation ClientEarth since September 2022.  ClientEarth works in more than 60 ... Read More

Interviews | Sep 22. 2025.
UK climate envoy, Rachel Kyte

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte

Rachel Kyte CMG was appointed the UK’s special representative for climate in October 2024. She is professor of practice in climate policy at the... Read More

UK policy | Jul 17. 2025.
Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem.

The Carbon Brief Interview: Ofgem CEO Jonathan Brearley 

Jonathan Brearley became chief executive of the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem in 2020.  Since then, he has seen the organisation through the ... Read More

UK policy | Jun 30. 2025.
Coal miners in Shanxi Province, China.

Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change

Shanxi province in northern China is the country’s largest coal producer, leaving its coal-reliant economy and workers particularly exposed to the ... Read More

China Policy | May 15. 2025.
Prof Wang Can at COP29 in Baku.

The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Wang Can

At COP29 in Baku, Carbon Brief spoke with Prof Wang Can, director of the department of environmental planning and management at Tsinghua University, ... Read More

China Policy | Feb 5. 2025.
Collage of Prof Lyu Wenbin and Prof Bai Quan by Kerry Cleaver.

The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Lyu Wenbin and Prof Bai Quan

The Academy of Macroeconomic Research (AMR) is a research institution under the direct supervision of China’s National Development and Reform Commi... Read More

China energy | Nov 28. 2024.
Astrid Schomaker.

The Carbon Brief Interview: UN biodiversity chief Astrid Schomaker

Astrid Schomaker is the new executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Schomaker, who is German, was previously the dire... Read More

Interviews | Oct 10. 2024.
Prof Louise Heathwaite, executive chair of the National Environment Research Council

The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Louise Heathwaite

Prof Louise Heathwaite CBE became the executive chair of the National Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK’s main agency for funding natural... Read More

Interviews | Oct 4. 2024.
Adam McKay. Credit: Emma McIntyre

The Carbon Brief Interview: Adam McKay

Adam McKay is the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director behind hit movies such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The Big Short, Vic... Read More

Interviews | Sep 23. 2024.
Shuo Li, director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society, speaks to members of the media during the COP28 Climate Summit.

Interview: China’s position on ‘international climate finance’ ahead of COP29 

As part of the UN climate process, developed countries have been encouraged to donate "international climate finance" to help developing countries cu... Read More

China Policy | May 30. 2024.
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