Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief is a UK-based website designed to "improve the understanding of climate change, both in terms of the science and the policy response". Leo Hickman is the director and editor for Carbon Brief. 
Founding.
Carbon Brief is funded by the European Climate Foundation, and has their office located in London. The website was established in response to the Climategate controversy.
Reception.
The New York Times climate team's newsletter in May 2018 highlighted a CarbonBrief article about solar climate engineering, as insightful.
Carbon Brief's climate-and-energy coverage is often cited by news outlets, or climate related websites. YALE Climate Communications highlighted a summary of climate model projections, a 2011 The Guardian article quoted then-editor Christian Hunt, in 2017 The New York Times cited climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, and in 2018 MIT Technology Review cited an analysis on emissions scenarios.
Awards.
The Royal Statistical Society gave Carbon Brief a "Highly Commended" award for investigative journalism in 2018, for the in 2017 published article, "Mapped: How UK foreign aid is spent on climate change", authored by Leo Hickman and Rosamund Pearce. In 2017, Carbon Brief won "The Drum Online Media Award" for "Best Specialist Site for Journalism". 
Carbon Brief's editor Leo Hickman was named 2020 "Editor of the Year" by the Association of British Science Writers. The judges commented: