Alex Pashley
Alex previously covered the Andean region for the foreign press from Peru. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, Economics degree from Warwick University.China five-year plan hints at deeper carbon cuts
NEWS: World’s largest carbon polluter may arrest rising emissions sooner than thought, says five-year economic plan, but details on boosting renewables remain light
France summons climate envoys back to Paris
NEWS: Host of 2015 UN summit plans April rendez-vous to crank up diplomacy machine ahead of Morocco summit
Climate hopes raised as global energy emissions stall for second year
NEWS: Early figures show emissions from energy sector stayed flat in 2015 on renewables surge, says influential forecaster
To Mars on a sunbeam: NASA bets on solar space travel
NEWS: US agency funds competition to design better solar cells seen as critical to exploration of deeper space
Rising seas could trigger ‘Great Migration’ from US shores
NEWS: Flooded coastlines may affect 13m people by 2100 on a similar scale of African-American exodus from rural South in 20th century
EU heavy industry pockets €24bn in ‘pollution windfall’ – report
NEWS; That’s ten times what Brussels green innovation fund pays out, says NGO in call for reform of EU emissions trading scheme
Tanzania’s forests at risk as foreign aid dries up
NEWS: Norway’s bankrolling of REDD+ scheme has ended, leaving trees under threat from logging, mining and farmland expansion, warn NGOs
Mediterranean could be in driest spell for 900 years
NEWS: Drought in east spanning Cyprus to Syria the worst in at least half a millennium and may be nearly twice as long, scientists say
China backs ‘revolutionary’ clean coal
NEWS: Environment minister promotes power station technology to cut pollution as China sets out five-year energy blueprint
Antarctica geoengineering idea flawed say scientists
NEWS: Pumping sea water onto the continent to form ice to slow sea-level rise is flawed say scientists – and could make it worse
CO2 levels make largest annual leap in 56 years – NOAA
NEWS: The last time the Earth saw such a sustained increase was over 11 millennia ago, says US agency
Clocking off: Can Wales’ steel heartland survive in a greener world?
LONG READ: A world of zero emissions signals huge upheavals for heavy industry. How might Britain’s last steel town fare later this century?
The UN clerk tasked with ratifying the Paris deal
ANALYSIS: In the strike of a gavel, 195 nations adopted a global climate pact last year. Approving it may take years. This lawyer is on hand to record the finished product
Why did Paris climate summit get less press coverage than Copenhagen?
BLOG: Analysis of 50 major newspapers shows relative drop in media attention at December UN climate conference
Climate change could make growing these crops in African regions impossible
NEWS: Farmers advised to swap beans, bananas and maize for hardier staples in face of hotter continent in new study
Hotter planet spells harder rains to come – study
NEWS: Planners told to boost flood defences especially in dry regions as global warming intensifies water cycle
Weekly wrap: India praised for clean energy tax on coal
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Will Brazil new climate ‘sheriffs’ get Paris pledges on track?
COMMENT: A reshuffle in the environment ministry could spur vital progress on the country’s climate objectives, but big barriers lie ahead
Climate change slows health gains from eating better – study
NEWS: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could save half a million lives in 2050, researchers find, by preventing food crop damage
Bin Laden urged Obama to tackle ‘climate catastrophe’
NEWS: Al Qaeda leader called on Barack Obama to ‘save humanity’ from climate change, declassified documents show