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.
The data is in: 2016 was hottest year on record
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
Obama’s climate legacy: can it survive President Trump?
In the third of our Obama years trilogy, we ask whether the climate gains of the past eight years can last as the Donald takes power
Six bits of crucial context for Trudeau tar sands “gaffe”
Right wingers went spare when Canada’s prime minister said tar sands need to be phased out. Here’s why they’re being disingenuous
What Trump can learn from China about competitiveness
In Davos, President Xi Jinping is promoting a new growth model. China Dialogue looks at how booming renewables support that vision
China is taking the green bond market by storm
Beijing’s sustainable finance push is bearing fruit, with a world-leading $36.9bn worth of green bonds issued last year
Obama’s climate legacy: China, India and the Paris pact
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how President Obama galvanised international action on climate change
Germany ‘must halve coal power’ to meet 2030 climate target
Report commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency recommends closing older plants rather than relying on the carbon price
Obama’s climate legacy: a battle of attrition at home
In the first of a three-part series, Climate Home looks at Barack Obama’s domestic record on one of his top priority issues
Weekly wrap: US may keep seat at climate table
This week’s top climate politics and policy stories. Sign up to have our Friday briefing and Monday’s crib notes sent to your inbox
Reader survey: Obama’s greatest climate impact was in China
Email subscribers and twitter followers were most positive about President Obama’s impact on the world stage
Global clean energy investments fell in 2016: BNEF
China cut back on renewable power subsidies to focus on grid upgrades, say analysts, driving a global slump
China emerges as green reformer in vast petrol tax study
Beijing is quietly hiking fuel taxes, finds comprehensive study, but oil-rich countries are *increasing* subsidies for motorists
Weekly wrap: China cements low carbon plans
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China to invest $361bn in clean power by 2020
Five-year plan sets country on path to get 15% of its energy from non-fossil sources by the end of the decade
Is Germany’s renewable power boom stalling?
Analysis of 2016 data by leading solar research institute shows no growth in electricity from renewable sources
Climate kids call on Rex Tillerson to testify in court
Plaintiffs in lawsuit against oil majors and the US government want Exxon chief-turned-secretary of state to give evidence the day before Donald Trump’s inauguration
What Exxon’s 2017 energy outlook tells us about Rex Tillerson
Whether or not he wants it to, Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state expects the Paris climate deal to fail
Dirtier than tar sands: California’s crude oil secret
Lawyers are gearing up for a courtroom battle over some of the most carbon intensive supplies in the world
Laurence Tubiana to head European Climate Foundation
French climate envoy has been appointed to lead fund that supports multiple green NGOs and think-tanks
EU member states split on carbon market ambition
Spain, Italy and Eastern European countries resisted reforms to boost the flagging carbon price at a ministerial meeting on Monday