Carbon Brief handpicks and explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

Extreme heat fanning deadly wildfires in Europe has killed at least three people and caused thousands more to evacuate, the Guardian reports.

An uptick in heat extremes has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to new analysis.

with another round of negotiations looming at COP30 in November, there has been growing discontent with the UN climate process.

There is widespread coverage of the Canyon Fire north of Los Angeles, which forced thousands of people to evacuate at the end of last week.

China’s power sector is both the world’s largest emitter and the largest source of clean-energy growth, making it essential to global climate efforts.

China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

Climate change research in urban areas is skewed towards large, well-established global north cities, says analysis of over 50,000 studies.

Carbon Brief looks back at Shenzhen’s low-carbon transition efforts to date and assesses its progress on carbon mitigation.

The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made virtually no progress over the past two years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). In that time, ...

Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional warmth that began in July 2023.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies has driven the “surging” growth of data centres in China, with associated increases in energy demand and emissions. There were 449 data ...