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Briefing: With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock

Strategic angle: The sweeping new law enshrines farmers' use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation lands, locking the state's climate-battered ag sector into fossil fuel dependence.

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Briefing: How Costa Rica is taking its sustainable crops global with Amazon

Strategic angle: Costa Rica is using Amazon to connect European consumers with sustainably produced crops, from coffee and cassava to tropical fruits like pineapple and bananas.

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Briefing: Climate change is altering Saharan dust—and Europe is downwind

Strategic angle: Residents of Spain, France, and the UK are experiencing eerie orange sunrises and hazy skies due to changing Saharan dust patterns.

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Briefing: Nature report links wildlife trends to human well-being

Strategic angle: The first comprehensive report on the state of U.S. lands, water, and wildlife highlights significant trends affecting both ecosystems and human health.

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Briefing: This new carbon material could make carbon capture far more affordable

Strategic angle: Scientists have created a new kind of carbon material that could make carbon capture much cheaper and more efficient.

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Briefing: The G-Wagen’s Carbon Fiber Diet Is Not Working, Doctors Baffled

Strategic angle: The G-Wagen just got a sharp new aftermarket treatment that goes heavy on pre-preg carbon without tipping into Mansory territory.

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Briefing: "Leno's Law" Emissions Bill Is Back, And Might Even Pass This Time

Strategic angle: California Bill 1392 brings Leno's Law back before the state Senate, this time with renewed language.

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Briefing: DeBriefed 27 Mach 2026: North Sea myths debunked | India’s climate plan | IPCC and Indigenous knowledge

Strategic angle: An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate.

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‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running

Strategic angle: Arctic sea ice has reached its peak extent for this winter, clocking in as the... The post ‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Q&A: What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action?

Strategic angle: India has set a new target to reduce its “emissions intensity” – greenhouse gas emissions... The post Q&A: What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Briefing: Beavers ‘breathe new life’ into Dorset as dams built and biodiversity returns

Strategic angle: National Trust reports positive impact of beavers on local habitats one year after reintroduction.

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Briefing: From simulation to strategy: Climate modeling motivates action at the top

Strategic angle: New research by MIT Sloan School of Management finds that global leaders who engage with climate policy simulators show improved understanding of climate solutions.

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Briefing: Changing vegetation in thawing permafrost increases emissions of greenhouse gases

Strategic angle: New plant communities in the Arctic are altering carbon dynamics as grasses replace shrubs.

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Briefing: One-of-a-kind experiment tracks plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study examines how plants adapt to climate change across diverse global locations.

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Briefing: Europe has been hit with €1.2 trillion of damages thanks to decades of US emissions, study finds

Strategic angle: A new analysis found that US emissions since 1990 have cost more than $10 trillion (€8.65 trillion) in global economic damages.

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Briefing: Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks

Strategic angle: Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund.

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Briefing: Modern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.

Strategic angle: A new global review reveals a critical “gap between advocacy and evidence” when it comes to scaling traditional agriculture to fight climate change.

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Briefing: Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming

Strategic angle: For the past two decades, low-level cloud cover has been declining, increasing the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface.

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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.

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Briefing: MN lawmakers look to expand nuclear power in push for carbon-free energy

Strategic angle: Legislators in Minnesota are advocating for the expansion of nuclear energy as part of a broader initiative to achieve carbon-free energy goals.