Carbon Brief

This award recognises a publication that has become the world’s most trusted source for climate science and policy. Through its weekly newsletter DeBriefed, published without interruption throughout 2025, it made sense of the year’s most critical developments: from the EU’s weakened 2040 climate target and a looming breach of the 1.5C limit, to the potential repeal of America’s flagship climate law.

Beyond the newsletter, its reporters delivered indispensable coverage of the COP30 summit in Belém, offering readers not only a detailed analysis of the final agreements but live negotiation trackers and subscriber webinars that demystified the process in real time. Carbon Brief’s enduring value lies in its disciplined focus on science, data, and policy. It holds power to account with forensic analysis and translates complex negotiation texts into clear, actionable information for policymakers, journalists, and citizens.

For its rigorous reporting and its essential role as a public good in a fragmented information landscape, this publication is a cornerstone of global climate communication.

For its rigorous reporting and its essential role as a public good in a fragmented information landscape, Carbon Brief receives this recognition.

Score: 91

Reference: https://www.carbonbrief.org/