Robert McSweeney is the science editor at Carbon Brief. He holds an MEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Warwick and an MSc in climate change from the University of East Anglia. He previously spent eight years working on climate change projects at the consultancy firm Atkins.
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How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat
For the second time in two months, Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave. The extreme conditions come on the 50th anniversary of a historic 1976 heatwave in the UK, prompting many comparisons between the two events by scientists and the media.
August 17, 2026
Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario
Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections.
May 20, 2026
Media reaction: Texas ‘deep freeze’, power blackouts and the role of global warming
In this article, Carbon Brief summarises how the media has covered the storm, but, particularly, its repercussions across the energy sector and potential links to climate change.
February 23, 2021
Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuels ‘Severely Underestimated’
Human-caused emissions of methane from the extraction and use of fossil fuels may have been “severely underestimated”, a new study suggests.
The research indicates that “natural” emissions of fossil methane, that seeps out of deeply-held reserves, make up a much smaller fraction of total methane emissions than previously thought.
February 20, 2020
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land
In this detailed Q&A, Carbon Brief unpacks what the IPCC’s Special Report on climate change and land says about how climate change affects the land and vice versa, as well as other key topics such as food security, negative emissions and how to tackle the overlapping challenges associated with how humans use the land.
August 9, 2019
‘Desertification’ and the Role of Climate Change
Desertification has been described as the “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and climate change is making it worse.
August 7, 2019
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