Briefing: Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades
Strategic angle: India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 0.5% in the second half of 2025.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Climate
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Briefing: Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas
Strategic angle: The Iran war has triggered another fossil-fuel energy crisis, with surging global prices and increasing misinformation.
Editorial Staff Mar 25
Briefing: US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
Strategic angle: US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says.
Editorial Staff Mar 25
Briefing: Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
Strategic angle: The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
Editorial Staff Mar 25
Briefing: ‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate
Strategic angle: Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance.
Editorial Staff Mar 25
Briefing: US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency
Strategic angle: Advocates claim Lee Zeldin’s EPA has compromised health protections and reduced resources.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Green energy boss backs more North Sea oil and gas production
Strategic angle: GB Energy chief Jürgen Maier argues that increased production could provide economic benefits and aid the transition from fossil fuels.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds
Strategic angle: Vast journeys, among world’s great wonders, found to be under threat as freshwater fish populations crash by 81%.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say
Strategic angle: Ministers warn that expanding North Sea drilling could jeopardize the UK's energy sovereignty.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: What are zettajoules – and what do they tell us about Earth’s energy imbalance?
Strategic angle: Understanding the significance of zettajoules in the context of climate change and energy measurement.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Eel fisher takes on authorities at Belfast court over pollution in UK’s largest lake
Strategic angle: Declan Conlon will argue officials have failed to act despite clear evidence of the ecological collapse of Lough Neagh.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Tonga PM welcomes US deal to explore deep-sea minerals amid environmental concerns
Strategic angle: Pacific island’s new leader discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed exploration.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan
Trump administration announces deal with TotalEnergies to redirect investment in wind to oil and gas instead.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England
Strategic angle: The government postpones regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from new homes.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Australia’s generation Alpha faces $185k bill over lifetime without urgent action on climate crisis, report finds
Strategic angle: A new report highlights the financial burden on future generations due to climate inaction.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever
Strategic angle: Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is now ferret-free after a £4.5m partnership aimed at protecting seabird colonies.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high
Strategic angle: State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: California bets on an obscure tool to replace clean air authority Trump revoked
Strategic angle: The rules would hold pollution magnets like warehouses, ports and railyards accountable for the trucks and ships they attract.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due
Strategic angle: As efforts to study and conserve fungi expand, researchers say a 'shroom boom' is underway.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows
Strategic angle: Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.
Editorial Staff Mar 21