Simon Evans
@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Press Gazette energy & envt journalist of the year 2022
Press Awards envt journalist of the year 2025 (shortlisted)
Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor Carbon Brief
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Press Awards envt journalist of the year 2025 (shortlisted)
Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor Carbon Brief
https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.org
carbonbrief.org
[email protected]
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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NEW – Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW – Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
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November 2025 was the third warmest November on record in ERA5 at 1.54C above preindustrial levels – below only the records set in the prior two years (2023 and 2024):
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
November 2025 was the third warmest November on record in ERA5 at 1.54C above preindustrial levels – below only the records set in the prior two years (2023 and 2024):
SCOOP: Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained a list of 84 countries "opposed" to adding a fossil-fuel roadmap to COP30 deal – but our analysis found a series of contradictions & likely errors
For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters"
Read more➡️
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For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters"
Read more➡️
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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
SCOOP: Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained a list of 84 countries "opposed" to adding a fossil-fuel roadmap to COP30 deal – but our analysis found a series of contradictions & likely errors
For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters"
Read more➡️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters"
Read more➡️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
AI will enable productivity gains, they said…
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
AI will enable productivity gains, they said…
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NEW – UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/unfZgrv
Read here: buff.ly/unfZgrv
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEW – UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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Read here: buff.ly/unfZgrv
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In case you wondered about next year's Australian-Turkish COP31, this is the agreement. HT: @carbonbrief.org
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In case you wondered about next year's Australian-Turkish COP31, this is the agreement. HT: @carbonbrief.org
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
In case you missed this it, we published our in-depth summary of COP30 yesterday
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In case you missed this it, we published our in-depth summary of COP30 yesterday
Reposted by Simon Evans
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Reposted by Simon Evans
Carbon Brief has published its 20,000-word summary of everything that happened at #COP30, incl:
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Carbon Brief has published its 20,000-word summary of everything that happened at #COP30, incl:
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
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✨Carbon Brief's mega summary of all of COP30's key outcomes, texts and dramas has just been published✨
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
✨Carbon Brief's mega summary of all of COP30's key outcomes, texts and dramas has just been published✨
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Reposted by Simon Evans
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
G20 DECLARATION: Fascinating to see this doc explicitly "welcome" the "global stocktake" from COP28, which included the call to "transition away from fossil fuels"…
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
G20 DECLARATION: Fascinating to see this doc explicitly "welcome" the "global stocktake" from COP28, which included the call to "transition away from fossil fuels"…
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
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COP30's key text, the global mutirão, just adopted here in Belém 🇧🇷
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
COP30's key text, the global mutirão, just adopted here in Belém 🇧🇷
Reposted by Simon Evans
Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
Reposted by Simon Evans
++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Reposted by Simon Evans
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
COP31: It's now officially, officially going to Turkey / Australia
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
COP31: It's now officially, officially going to Turkey / Australia
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Reposted by Simon Evans
With all eyes on the big COP30 agenda items, WIM review talks have stalled.
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With all eyes on the big COP30 agenda items, WIM review talks have stalled.
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Reposted by Simon Evans
+KEY FINANCE ISSUES IN THE NEW COP30 TEXTS+
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
+KEY FINANCE ISSUES IN THE NEW COP30 TEXTS+
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
Reposted by Simon Evans
This text would launch a "Belem Mission to 1.5C" that would essentially replicate the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T but for mitigation and adaptation, not finance.
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This text would launch a "Belem Mission to 1.5C" that would essentially replicate the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T but for mitigation and adaptation, not finance.
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!