Megan Darby
Megan Darby is the editor of Climate Home News. She previously wrote about UK energy and water industries for leading sector publication Utility Week. She holds a Mathematics degree from Newcastle University.
Climate Weekly: India’s farmers in crisis
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Hope and anger in Bangladesh as Unesco reverses coal plant opposition
“I want grid power,” say locals, despite concerns that Rampal’s mega-plant may threaten the world heritage listed Sundarbans mangrove forests
Climate Weekly: Merkel’s climate rhetoric undermined
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Violence spreads ahead of election in drought-hit Kenya
Politicians have been accused of stoking land conflict between farmers, herders and indigenous groups to win votes, while failing to address the root cause
Modi and Trump avoid climate change tension on state visit
Trade and migration are dominated the Indian prime minister’s visit to the White House, with differences on the Paris Agreement side-stepped
Climate Weekly: Norway sends Brazil an Amazon warning
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Trump-era climate resistance, from a beachside in Rhode Island
States claiming climate leadership will be held to account by local groups like Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, fighting against fossil fuel developments
Sweden passes climate law to become carbon neutral by 2045
Legislation makes Sweden the first country to significantly upgrade its ambition since the world agreed a climate deal in Paris, in contrast with US backsliding
Trump lawyers try ‘extraordinary trick’ to quash youth climate case
Representatives of 21 young people suing US government over climate inaction said justice department’s use of rare legal device is ‘offensive to the rule of law’
Trump desire to renegotiate Paris deal ‘incoherent’ and ‘clumsy’
Trump’s speech was “divisive”, “unnecessarily isolating” and utterly misunderstood the agreement from which he has now withdrawn, experts said
Exxon shareholders win ‘historic’ climate vote against board’s advice
Shareholders in world’s largest private oil company won a victory that signals deep unease about climate change amongst major investors
Brazil’s Temer urged to veto rollback of forest protections
Nearly 600,000 hectares of land could lose protected status under a law approved by Congress, an area twice the size of the US’ Yosemite national park
Exxon shareholder rebellion gains momentum ahead of climate vote
Major investors BlackRock and Vanguard could tip the balance and force oil firm to publicly divulge risk clean technology and regulations pose to its business
Conflict-hit Syrian hospital goes solar to save lives
Medical charity UOSSM plans to roll out solar power to five more facilities, reducing reliance on diesel generators to keep incubators and other equipment running
Climate Weekly: Trump meets the G7
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G7-backed insurance ‘too little, too late’ for Malawi drought, report finds
Insurance scheme that took nine months to pay out after a state of emergency was declared contains major flaws, according to Action Aid report
Transparency is essential to make aviation climate deal work
As countries write the rules for airlines to offset their emissions growth, they must make sure there is no double-counting
Trump administration sued over climate change ‘censorship’
NGO suit claims US agencies are illegally withholding information about the suppression of climate science in public communications
France lobbied EU to cut forests without counting climate impact
Campaigners are calling on newly appointed environment minister Nicolas Hulot to reverse course and close carbon accounting loophole
Weekly wrap: Looking east from Bonn climate talks
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