Welcome to Cropped, a newsletter that explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget” say.

China’s coal demand is set to drop by 2027, cancelling out effects of the Trump administration’s coal-friendly policies, according to the IEA ...

EU walks back 2035 all-electric target, permitting some new combustion engine cars, and more climate news from the past 24 hours.

More than a quarter of new cars sold worldwide in 2025 were electric, according to new analysis from thinktank Ember, reports BusinessGreen.

Guest authors explore how Greenland’s ice sheets fared over the 12 months, including the evidence that the territory’s summer melting season is lengthening.

While air conditioning may be appropriate in certain contexts research has shown that a universal focus on technical solutions risks deepening inequality ...

The Spanish government has “urged the European Commission not to weaken the bloc’s 2035 ban on new CO2-emitting cars”, reports Reuters ...

Welcome to Carbon Brief's DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate change.

The once-rigid link between economic growth and carbon emissions is breaking across the vast majority of the world,” according to a new report ...

A major biodiversity fund – which could generate billions of dollars annually for conservation – received its first donation of just $1,000 in November.