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Briefing: Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

Strategic angle: An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

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Briefing: Insects in the tropics are already near their heat limits. Climate change could push many beyond survival

Strategic angle: Insects, comprising up to 90% of all animal species, face critical survival challenges due to rising temperatures in tropical regions.

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Briefing: I Was a Climate Activist. Here’s Why Net-Zero Leads to Disaster.

Strategic angle: A former climate activist shares insights on the pitfalls of net-zero policies.

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Briefing: The cost of climate change is ‘hitting homes’ this Easter. Your lamb roast dinner is proof

Strategic angle: Climate-fuelled extreme weather is becoming farmers’ “biggest challenge”, as the price of lamb continues to soar.

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Briefing: German Tuner Has 17 Solutions To A Problem Cadillac’s Escalade Definitely Didn’t Have

Strategic angle: Larte Design has applied pink carbon fiber parts to a Cadillac Escalade, which was already doing fine getting attention without any of them.

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Colombia pledges to exit investment protection system after fossil fuel lawsuits

Strategic angle: Experts warn that unwinding the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system will be complex, especially without international coordination The post Colombia pledges to exit investment protection system after fossil fuel law

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Briefing: A global carbon credit program risks rewarding the wrong behavior

Strategic angle: A United Nations-backed framework for protecting tropical forests could allow governments to collect income from carbon credits without advancing forest conservation.

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Briefing: Omics consortium established to supercharge climate-adapted wheat breeding

Strategic angle: Adelaide University leads an international consortium to enhance wheat performance through spatial omics technologies.

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DeBriefed 2 April 2026: Countries ‘revive’ energy-crisis measures | Record UK renewables | Plug-in solar savings

Strategic angle: Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 2 April 2026: Countries ‘revive’ energy-crisis measures | Record UK renewables | Plug-in so

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China Briefing 2 April 2026: EV profits rise | Ming Yang rejected | Iran war

Strategic angle: Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 2 April 2026: EV profits rise | Ming Yang rejected | Iran war appeared first on Carbon

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Briefing: New disk-shaped catalyst turns carbon dioxide into methanol at lower temperatures

Strategic angle: Researchers have developed innovative catalysts that enable the conversion of CO2 into methanol at room temperature, challenging previous assumptions.

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IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock

Strategic angle: Governments are still at loggerheads over the timeline for publishing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... The post IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock appeared first on Car

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Briefing: As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt

Strategic angle: But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.

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Briefing: The West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster

Strategic angle: Record-low snowpack and an early heatwave could mean a higher risk of drought and fire in coming months.

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Green Climate Fund picks locations for five developing country hubs

Strategic angle: The UN's climate fund says new offices will boost developing nations' access to climate finance as board accredits first Palestinian entity for direct access to funds The post Green Climate Fund picks locations for five

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Island nations fight to save cultural heritage from climate change

Strategic angle: The climate crisis is putting human heritage in the firing line. In response, small island states are learning how to adapt The post Island nations fight to save cultural heritage from climate change appeared first on Cl

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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: 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: 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.