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Simon Evans

SINCE May 2014

Dr Simon Evans is our deputy editor and policy editor. Simon covers climate and energy policy. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Bristol University and previously studied chemistry at Oxford University. He worked for environment journal The ENDS Report for six years, covering topics including climate science and air pollution.

LATEST BY Simon Evans

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

Factchecks | 27.06.24

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

Factchecks | 27.06.24

Wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels in Guizhou, China.

Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023

Renewables | 20.06.24

Radiator on low setting, UK.

Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015

UK policy | 18.06.24

The European Parliament buildings in Brussels.

Experts: What do the European elections mean for EU climate action?

EU policy | 11.06.24

DeBriefed 7 June 2024: Sheinbaum and Modi elected; Hottest May; Factchecking net-zero costs

DeBriefed | 07.06.24

Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy. Credit: Kerry Cleaver

The Carbon Brief Interview: Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson

Renewables | 13.05.24

Graphic: Tom Pearson for Carbon Brief

Chart: How British electricity supplies are shifting decisively away from fossil fuels

Renewables | 03.05.24

Steam rising from cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar power station, Nottinghamshire. Credit: Simon Annable / Alamy Stock Photo

Analysis: Fossil fuels fall to record-low 2.4% of British electricity

UK policy | 24.04.24

Tay Bridge disaster, 28 December 1879.

Analysis: UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest level since 1879

UK policy | 11.03.24

Former US president Donald Trump at a Republican convention in California on 29 September 2023.

Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030

US Policy | 06.03.24

Climate march in Edinburgh.

Interview: Why global support for climate action is ‘systematically underestimated’

Interviews | 16.02.24

DeBriefed 16 February 2024: Atlantic and Amazon ‘tipping points’; New ‘troika’ for 1.5C; Global support for climate action ‘underestimated’

DeBriefed | 16.02.24

A South Wales coal-mine in the 1950s.

Analysis: UK electricity from fossil fuels drops to lowest level since 1957

Energy | 03.01.24

Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP28’s key outcomes

Webinars | 19.12.23

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