Recent Carbon Brief articles by Sophie Yeo

Sophie Yeo covered climate and energy policy. She holds an MA in journalism from Cardiff University and studied English literature at Oxford University. She previously spent two years at Climate Home, writing about the UN climate negotiations and international policy. Sophie left Carbon Brief in 2017.

• US election tracker 2016: Democrats and Republicans on energy and climate
• Reshuffle: DECC folded into new department headed by Greg Clark
• CCC: Fracking would breach UK climate goals without tougher conditions
• Paris 2015: Tracking requests for climate finance
• The rise, fall and future of the cleantech industry
• Russian industry paid to increase emissions under UN carbon credits scheme
• Islamic climate declaration calls for fossil fuel phase out
• Explainer: The rise and possible fall of Australia’s Carmichael coal mine
• Australia disappoints with weak UN climate pledge
• Explainer: New negotiating text provides clarity on UN climate deal
• Explainer: Amber Rudd ends Green Deal energy efficiency scheme
• DECC: Amber Rudd reduces subsidies for renewable energy
• Japan’s 2030 climate pledge leaves room for coal expansion
• Climate finance: Funding a low-carbon global economy
• Analysis: How much does the UK spend abroad on ‘climate finance’?
• Reports show how UK and the world can achieve ‘deep decarbonisation’
• Raise carbon price to address aviation emissions, says Airports Commission
• Explainer: Aviation’s battle to limit rising emissions
• In-depth: the science behind the papal encyclical
• The story of the papal encyclical, as told by the media
• In-depth: Is the 1.5C global warming goal politically possible?
• Coal in the G7: Who’s burning what?
• Expert views: Countries meet in Bonn to restart negotiations on UN climate deal
• Cutting soot and methane distracts from 2C goal, says Oxford scientist
• Carbon pricing schemes climb to $50bn, despite Australian backtracking
• Mismatched graph creates confusion in Canada’s UN climate pledge
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Tony de Brum
• Countries fail to set shipping climate target
• EU strikes deal to boost emissions trading scheme
• UK must reform climate policies to become global leader, say economists
• Vatican spells out vision for zero-carbon world
• How successfully can the Arctic Council tackle climate change?
• HSBC outlines four ways to divest from fossil fuels
• 10 of the best YouTube videos on climate change
• Scientists set out eight essential elements for UN climate deal
• Is BP’s shareholder resolution really an “activist victory”?
• Explainer: What we know about the Pope’s encyclical
• Forest degradation as bad for climate as deforestation, says report
• Explainer: What are ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’?
• Are National Trust libraries at risk from climate change?
• Cost of carbon should be 200% higher today, say economists
• Why is a disaster risk reduction deal important for climate change?
• More coal plants are being cancelled than built