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.
Scientists: Window for avoiding 1.5C global warming ‘closed’
World is almost certain to breach danger threshold for millions of vulnerable people, study finds
UK leadership contender Boris Johnson ‘not a climate denier’
Conservative colleague Lord Barker insists former London mayor would not unpick environmental legislation if elected leader
Christiana Figueres set for UN secretary general race
Costa Rican diplomat is expected to formally announce her candidacy after stepping down from the UN climate body on 6 July
EU climate plans stall as Brexit talks take over
UK’s probable departure from the EU throws carbon cutting agenda into confusion just as countries were preparing to approve Paris climate agreement
The EU referendum debate shows truth still matters
In climate change circles as for the Brexit battle, misinformation must be challenged
Bleached Great Barrier Reef corals ‘sickest ever’, warn scientists
Corals are dying rapidly and sustained high sea temperatures will make it harder than ever to recover, say researchers
EU smashes 2020 emissions target six years early
Outperformance in 2014 shows the EU can set a more ambitious course next decade, say campaigners
Scale of climate damages ‘could dwarf tobacco lawsuits’
As ExxonMobil case divides US top lawyers, campaigners advise governments to take on fossil fuel interests or face court themselves
Can robots cut farming’s carbon footprint?
Drones, satellites and weed killing lasers could slash the energy used to grow crops, say experts
Record number of environmental activists murdered in 2015
More than three people were killed a week defending their land from mining or logging interests, reports Global Witness
Crib notes: A Brexit from EU climate plans?
As EU environment ministers meet to discuss essential climate plans, the UK heads for a referendum to decide its membership of the bloc once and for all
Weekly wrap: Goodbye 400ppm, hello cheap oil challenge
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Biofuels are good for food security – study
Researchers say demand for energy crops is promoting better land management and can be scaled up sustainably, but campaigners are not convinced
EU environment ministers must fix the carbon market
Environment Council meeting on Monday should be used to demand deeper reform, or risk locking in low ambition for 15 years
Stones show how global warming weathers ancient monuments
Monitoring system is being set up at five historic sites in Ireland, to gauge the effects of changing climate on built heritage
UN aviation talks: time to come down to earth?
The International Civil Aviation Authority is unjustifiably smug about its climate record; it must play its part in efforts to limit warming to 1.5C
Sweden faces climate test as voters oppose brown coal sale
Opinion poll shows half the Swedish population opposes selling Vattenfall’s German mines and power plants to Czech firm EPH
Green bonds must keep the green promise
Robust standards are urgently needed to channel capital debt markets into climate-friendly projects, says WWF France chief Pascal Canfin
President Hollande ratifies Paris climate deal for France
In a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the French leader called on other EU countries to formally join the UN pact
How will Norway go carbon neutral from 2030?
Oslo will rely on EU or international offsets to meet ambitious goal, while asking little of its domestic oil and gas sector