The Great Discontinuity Has Arrived
Why everything is breaking down and why all at once The old world is falling apart in front of our eyes. Models, which used to predict what’s coming no longer work—if they ever did. Assumptions about the future are
World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell
Attempts to stoke a climate crisis culture war must be rejected or the world will face economic disaster, the UN’s climate chief has warned. Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, warned that
Many more UK homes now have solar panels
Estate Agents may have noticed a sizeable increase in the number of solar panels on homes coming to the market. Solar panel installations across the UK have surged by more than 400% since before the energy crisis, new analysis
2025 provided solar users with £758 in savings, and 2026 is on track to beat it
2025 was confirmed as the UK’s sunniest year on record, with the Met Office recording more hours of sunshine than in any year since records began in 1910. 2026 has continued the trend, with July confirmed as the UK’s sunniest
UN says ‘no time to lose’ as record ‘supersized’ El Nino approaches
El Nino is set to intensify into one of the strongest events on record over the coming months, raising the risk of floods, drought and extreme heat well into 2027, experts have warned. “El Nino is being supersized before
Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional data, and the Met Office said the season’s mean temperature was made 130 times more likely by the climate crisis. Record-breaking and back-to-back heatwaves have scorched much
Solar panels and crops can share the same land
Solar panels and crops can share the same land and a new model shows both come out ahead by keeping plants cooler, saving water, and boosting energy output Solar panels and crops can share land — a new model shows
Analysis: UK solar power hits record high over summer 2026
Solar power generation in the UK reached a new record over the summer of 2026, as temperatures across the nation soared, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief. Collectively over June, July and August, solar farms and rooftops generated
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt,