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Ma Jun, founder and director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. Credit: Carbon Brief

Ma Jun: ‘No business interest’ in Chinese coal power due to cheaper renewables 

Open and transparent data can accelerate the decarbonisation of China’s industries and boost public interest in climate change, says Ma Jun. Ma ... Read More

Interviews | Feb 19. 2026.
Chris Stark, head of the UK government’s “mission” to deliver clean power by 2030. Credit: Carbon Brief.

Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’

The economics of clean energy “just get better and better”, leaving opponents of the transition looking like “King Canute”, says Chris Stark.... Read More

Interviews | Feb 17. 2026.
IPBES chair Dr David Obura. Credit: Carbon Brief

IPBES chair Dr David Obura: Trump’s US exit from global nature panel ‘harms everybody’

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the US from the intergovernmental science panel for nature “harms everybody, including them”, a... Read More

Interviews | Feb 11. 2026.
Prof Ben Santer

Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science

The attacks on climate science by the Trump administration means the US is now “part of the problem” on global warming and “not part of the sol... Read More

Interviews | Jan 15. 2026.
Skyline of Xiamen, China.

Interview: How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ are helping to shape Chinese climate policy

Local officials are often viewed as relatively weak actors in China’s governance structure, largely implementing policies issued from the central l... Read More

China Policy | Dec 9. 2025.
Chief executive of the UK Met Office, Prof Penny Endersby.

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK Met Office chief executive Penny Endersby 

Prof Penny Endersby has been chief executive of the UK Met Office since December 2018. She took the reins at the UK’s climate and weather servic... Read More

Interviews | Oct 23. 2025.
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.
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