Ed King
Ed previously worked as a Producer on BBC Radio 5 Live. He holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising in global energy and climate policy.Climate change to increase US lightning strikes
NEWS: Scientists predict a 50% increase this century in the frequency of lightning strikes due to global warming
India must lead climate fight for developing countries at UN talks
COMMENT: US-China climate deal will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4C temperature increase pathway, writes Chandra Bhushan
Geoengineering: Pumping iron into oceans could backfire
NEWS: Iron fertilisation of oceans stimulates carbon sucking plankton, but could also lead to rise in CO2 emitting sea-life
Canada and UK set to back Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Hopes for global climate agreement rise as UN-backed bank nears $10 billion fund-raising target
Australia left isolated as G20 backs climate action call
NEWS: Pressure from US and EU forces Abbott U-turn in Brisbane as global warming heats up summit negotiations
UN climate talks boost as Green Fund nears $10 billion target
NEWS: US and Japan offer $4.5 billion at G20 talks in Brisbane as efforts to secure fund’s future gather pace
India feels heat as pressure mounts to deliver climate target
NEWS: Officials suggest Modi government will make a “strategic shift” in climate planning post US-China deal
How big oil won Republicans power at the US mid term elections
ANALYSIS: GOP victory in the US midterms was paid for by big energy interests and could hold back Obama’s climate ambition
Australian doctors mount coal warning as G20 kicks off
NEWS: Australia’s coal industry is costing $8.3 billion a year in medical costs, as lung and heart disease rise
US China emissions pact could signal end of climate firewall
COMMENT: Synergies between climate action and top domestic priorities are driving leaders to back green economy, argues Per Klevnas
US climate pledge 4% less ambitious than at Copenhagen
ANALYSIS: New climate deal between US and China is low on ambition, given current emission trajectories of both countries
US-China climate pact tumbles barriers to a global deal
ANALYSIS: Beijing deal between world’s biggest carbon polluters signals thaw in relations, allowing UN talks to proceed more smoothly
China and US strike climate agreement in Beijing – as it happened
In a surprise breakthrough, presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama have set goals for climate cooperation. We liveblog the details and reaction
US and China agree historic climate change deal
NEWS: President Obama says countries have “historic responsibility” to lead international effort against global warming
Obama must deliver at climate fundraiser in Berlin
COMMENT: After the midterms, next week’s Green Climate Fund pledging conference gives the US president a chance to show commitment to climate action
US green fund contribution tests Obama’s climate commitment
ANALYSIS: UN green bank desperately needs funds, but can White House deliver after bruising mid term elections?
G20 big oil billions “undermines” climate action
NEWS: Overseas Development Institute says countries are continuing to support uneconomic fossil fuel exploration
Bill Clinton: IPCC climate report is “wake up call”
NEWS: Former president lends support for US climate action, days after Republicans threaten to attack carbon cutting laws
What does it mean to be climate resilient?
ANALYSIS: Experts in Ethiopia, Nepal, Jamaica and Uganda explain how they are preparing for future global warming impacts
Meet the climate sleuths keeping carbon reporting honest
FEATURE: How climate evaluators are making sure organisations are choosing the best green projects – and stopping them fiddling the books