Debriefed 17 July 2026: UK ‘firewave’ | Fossil-fuelled heat deaths | London’s Natural History Museum spotlights climate
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate.
Socialists Are Winning Using Old-Fashioned Democratic Means
Too many explanations of socialist electoral victories have ignored the democratic politics at the heart of the socialist movement today: employing many volunteers to engage face-to-face with voters …
Reform des Emissionshandels: Das wird die Industrie nicht retten
Die EU-Kommission will Unternehmen beim CO2-Preis entlasten. Damit reagiert sie tatsächlich auf neue Realitäten – aber zieht die falschen Schlüsse.
‘Yuba’ – My dear father
My father, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, believed leadership meant putting Qatar and its people first.
Tribune Appoints New Editor
Tribune is pleased to announce that journalist Oliver Eagleton has joined us as our new editor. He is the author of The Starmer Project (2022) and the forthcoming The Future Regained (2027).
Sudan Nashra
US truce proposal reaches Khartoum after Saudi-influenced revisions, RSF withdrawals a sticking point | Military blocks RSF push for new supply line in Blue Nile | Military, allies launch renewed …
€79 Million Share Deal Links Lebanon’s IBL Bank to an Italian Drug Trafficker
In a country whose courts continue to struggle to investigate and hold senior figures accountable for the financial collapse, the IBL Bank case, along with similar cases uncovered by foreign judicial …
The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning
Recently, Elon Musk stirred controversy across a sweltering Europe simply by tweeting on X that Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, was a “genius” because he had the vision to see that introducing air conditioning would entirely change what was possible in the …
Greentech New Deals in the Cities
In Trump’s America the Greentech Revolution is being waged from below.
Straße von Hormus: „Das ganze Meer ist jetzt unsicher für Fischer“
Die USA bombardieren Ziele entlang der Straße von Hormus. Die Fischer treibt das in den Ruin. Manche essen nun Wildschweinfleisch, obwohl es im Islam als verboten gilt.
AfD in NRW: Revolte gegen Weidel
Die AfD-Spitze fordert den Stopp der NRW-Kandidatenwahl, doch dort tagt man munter weiter. Der Konflikt mit dem mächtigsten Landesverband wird auch für Weidel zum Risiko.
Republicans Want to Punish Canada for “Exporting” Its Wildfire Smoke Into the US
The Republicans make no mention of experts’ warnings that the climate crisis is supercharging the wildfires.
Der Kanzler steht im Fall Spahn vor einer ganz harten Entscheidung
Der Streit um das Leihmutter-Kind von CDU-Fraktionschef Jens Spahn wird für Friedrich Merz zur Last. Der Kanzler steht vor einer Entscheidung, die die Statik der Koalition berührt.
Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets
In this week’s Elie v. US , our justice correspondent schools the Democrats on the proper response to Trump’s speech. Plus: Where have all the African American baseball players gone?
An Israeli doesn't know who Rabin was? Our Haredi schools made it happen
People lambaste a young woman but never say a word about the billions the state pours every year into ultra-Orthodox schools that don't teach a core curriculum
Al-Tanf bringt Syrien in die Konfrontation zwischen den USA und dem Iran zurück
Der Iran bezog syrisches Territorium in die Karte seiner direkten Reaktion auf die Vereinigten Staaten ein, indem er fünf Monate, nachdem Washington seine Truppen abgezogen und den Stützpunkt an die …
A troubled Ebola response, jihadists turn to AI, and the US takes aim at the ICC: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
Moroccan intelligence is believed to have spied on Spanish agents who were training them
Leaked documents and insider testimonies reveal that Morocco used Pegasus to spy on a senior Guardia Civil intelligence officer while secretly monitoring Spanish officers training its intelligence …
