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.
How to bring the Paris Agreement in this year
India, Japan or leading EU member states could get climate pact over the 55% of global emissions threshold to enter into force
Shareholder pressure mounts on downgraded ExxonMobil
Aviva among latest investors to declare support for climate change resolution at next month’s AGM
In pictures: Greenpeace activists scale Turkish coal plant
Protest highlights climate and local impact of government plans for more than 70 coal power plants
Venezuela orders two-day week to tackle energy crisis
El Nino has dried up hydropower supplies, as South American petroeconomy battered by low oil price
France goes it alone on carbon price floor
President Francois Hollande plans to hike the cost of pollution at home, regardless of Brussels’ bloc-wide reforms
Loss and damage meet must deliver for world’s vulnerable
Talks in Bonn this week need to protect poor and marginalised people from irreversible climate impacts, says CARE’s Sven Harmeling
Microgrids bring light, not industry to rural India
Most small-scale power systems only run a few hours a day, researchers find, falling short of government aspirations for energy access
EU carbon market is subsidising Polish coal plants – NGO
Funds worth €12bn for modernising the power sector in poor member states are propping up fossil fuels, finds Carbon Market Watch
Land rights crucial to save tropical forests – UNDP
Researchers highlight importance of carbon-sucking forests alongside New York climate deal signing ceremony
Saudi prince: From 2020, we can survive without oil
As cabinet approves sweeping economic reforms, prince Mohammed bin Salman says they will reduce reliance on hydrocarbons
UK envoy: Carbon pricing ‘too sluggish’ to meet climate goals
Sir David King favours technology development over emissions trading as a way to shift emerging economies off coal
Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial
Democrat frontrunner rejects faint praise from oil billionaire, saying ‘not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science’
Shifting monsoons to hit tea crops, researchers warn
Tea growers in East Asia need to prepare for changing rainfall patterns or face lower yields, studies show
Saudi Arabia set to reveal vision for post-oil future
CRIB NOTES 25-29 April: Top petropower plans major reforms, momentum gathers behind Paris ratification drive, France aims to raise carbon prices
Weekly wrap: Record warm streak fires up UN ceremony
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As it happened: World leaders sign climate pact in New York
News, commentary and analysis from UN ceremony as 175 countries sign the Paris Agreement on climate change
Vulnerable states stress 1.5C goal at UN climate ceremony
Climate Vulnerable Forum calls on all countries to increase their carbon-cutting contributions by 2020, as leaders meet in New York
US, China resist shipping emissions curbs at UN meet
International Maritime Organization talks on a carbon target ended in watery compromise on Thursday, after a standoff between Europe and emerging economies
Five ways 2C global warming is worse than 1.5C
Half a degree makes a significant difference to sea levels, crop yields and coral reefs, find researchers
How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
As leaders meet in New York to sign the Paris climate deal, a water project is helping remote islands handle drought risk