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.
China’s pandas, flowers threatened by global warming
Researchers scent danger as rising temperatures threaten to eliminate vast amounts of the bamboo vital to panda diets and make flowers less attractive to pollinators
Sustained cheap oil likely to hurt global climate plans
Low oil prices “considerably” hinder transition to greener energy, say IIASA and World Bank analysts, while sustained high prices would give a boost
India coal pathway central to climate challenge – Bloomberg
Analysts expect India’s power sector emissions to treble by 2040, blowing the 2C carbon budget, unless clean energy investment increases
Weekly wrap: Ratification, ratification, ratification
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EU gears up to approve Paris climate agreement
The European Commission has published a proposal to nudge national leaders into action, but the timeline for completing the formalities remains unclear
Iceland geothermal plant turns CO2 into stone
Groundbreaking project shows potential for large scale and permanent storage of carbon dioxide emissions, say scientists
EU energy chiefs favouring fossil fuel lobbyists, says report
Big energy gets the most facetime with commissioners Miguel Arias Canete and Maros Sefcovic, finds Corporate Europe Observatory
French senate formally approves Paris climate deal
The first G7 and G20 member to ratify the UN pact, France needs support from other EU member states to make its contribution count
Nigeria to ratify Paris Agreement in September
Move by sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economy increases chance the UN climate pact could enter into force this year
Effort sharing: EU climate negotiations set to strain unity
As Brussels prepares to carve up carbon commitments for 2030, countries from UK to Poland are playing hardball
10 EU countries ink offshore wind power agreement
Pact will slash costs of clean power source, say industry chiefs, making it competitive with new conventional plant within a decade
Deadly European floods are in line with climate predictions
As floodwaters recede across France, Germany and other European countries, research warns of need for resilient infrastructure
Vote Bremain for the climate, says David Cameron
The UK needs to work with Europe to tackle climate change and cross-boundary pollution, argues prime minister
Climate change raises conflict risk in South Asia, warn experts
Sharing water resources and demilitarising glaciers is critical to prevent violence between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, say retired military figures
Gas v Google: Information, not fuel is driving the energy transition
The future energy system has more in common with an iPhone than a coal mine, fossil fuel incumbents are warned
EU carbon price forecast inches up on reform plans
‘Cautious’ proposals from lawmaker Ian Duncan will strengthen carbon market, say analysts, but not enough to meet long term climate goals
How Indian soldiers are fighting climate change
Eco Task Force has planted 65 million trees in the past 30 years, government claims, in an initiative to rehabilitate forests
Squid are winning adaptation race in warming ocean
‘Weeds of the sea’ are on the rise, as rival fish species suffer from overfishing, acidification and increasing temperatures
Weekly wrap: Oil major split, Trump and climate karaoke
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Exxon, Chevron won’t budge on climate – so what happens next?
Shareholder activists are ready to help Rex Tillerson and John Watson understand climate risk, if only they’ll listen