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Robert McSweeney

Senior Science Editor SINCE August 2014

Robert McSweeney is our senior science editor. 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.

LATEST BY Robert McSweeney

US president Donald Trump.

Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario

Factchecks | 19.05.26

DeBriefed 8 May 2026: EU eyes fossil-fuel exemptions | Wind and solar save UK ‘£1.7bn’ | Amazon ‘tipping point’

DeBriefed | 08.05.26

DeBriefed 8 May 2026: EU eyes fossil-fuel exemptions | Wind and solar save UK ‘£1.7bn’ | Amazon ‘tipping point’

DeBriefed | 08.05.26

DeBriefed 24 April 2026: Europe’s energy-crisis plan | Renewables overtake coal | Colombia’s fossil-fuel summit

DeBriefed | 24.04.26

Fields of Arctic sea ice in Svalbard, Norway. Credit: iralgo74 / Alamy Stock Photo.

‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running

Ice | 27.03.26

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

Attribution | 19.03.26

Prof Ben Santer

Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science

Interviews | 15.01.26

Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025

Media analysis | 13.01.26

President Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a campaign event on 18 June 2024.

Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action

International policy | 09.01.26

COP30 DeBriefed 14 November 2025: Finance and 1.5C loom large at talks; China’s emissions dip; Negotiations explained

DeBriefed | 14.11.25

UN Climate Change Conference, Belém.

Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30?

UN climate talks | 11.11.25

Delegates huddle to discuss the methodology report on CDR and CCUS at IPCC-63.

Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history

IPCC | 07.11.25

IPCC chair Prof Jim Skea speaks during a plenary session at the Overshoot Conference. Credit: IIASA.

Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’

Global temperature | 08.10.25

Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion push self-made cart in the shape of the 1.5 climate target in Berlin, Germany.

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit

Global temperature | 08.10.25

DeBriefed 3 October 2025: UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns

DeBriefed | 03.10.25

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