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 scientists face tight deadline to deliver 1.5C research
NEWS: Researchers will have 18-21 months to flesh out understanding of tough global warming limit if – as expected – IPCC accepts call to produce a special report
Study flags concerns CO2 underground stores could leak
NEWS: Carbon dioxide pumped into old oil wells could react with salt water and erode ‘host rocks’ and cement, researchers find
Warmer oceans speed up Antarctic ice loss
NEWS: Studies show a thinning ice shelf is accelerating the flow of glaciers into the Southern Ocean, raising sea levels
Yeb Sano: Ex-diplomat puts fossil fuel majors on notice
INTERVIEW: Newly appointed head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia has Chevron, Exxon, BP in his sights, backing an unprecedented human rights inquiry
Land water storage slowed sea level rise – study
NEWS: Extra rain falling on continents partly offset the effect of melting ice caps last decade, data shows, with implications for coastal communities
Sweden to go carbon neutral by 2045
NEWS: Seven out of eight parliamentary parties back proposal for rapid greenhouse gas emissions cuts, boosted by Paris agreement
Climate torture: UN’s IPCC science panel must deliver clearer message
ANALYSIS: At an Oslo meeting this week, communications experts challenged the IPCC to make its reports easier to understand
BP admits it has repeatedly underestimated renewables
ANALYSIS: Oil major revises up forecast for solar, wind and hydro power by its biggest margin yet in 2016 annual energy outlook
Laurent Fabius quits French foreign ministry, stays as climate talks president
NEWS: Veteran politician who steered Paris climate summit to successful conclusion is moving to head up the Constitutional Council
An illustrated history of Arctic oil exploration
INFOGRAPHIC: Shell’s recent aborted venture grabbed headlines, but it wasn’t the first foray into the polar region and may not be the last
Climate-linked bushfire warning as Tasmania’s ancient forests blaze
NEWS: Global warming is raising the fire threat across southern Australia, says Climate Institute, as 1,000-year old trees burn
Oil majors peddle false reassurance on energy demand
COMMENT: Ahead of BP’s annual energy outlook release on Wednesday, E3G’s Tom Burke argues the industry uses misleading metric to dismiss threat from clean sources
EU faces two-year wrangle to ratify Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: Members of 28-state bloc show little appetite for increasing ambition as they gear up for internal battles over effort-sharing
No monkeying around: China state control threatens climate agenda
ANALYSIS: Beijing’s bold economic reform plans could speed emissions cuts – but can they coexist with a crackdown on free speech?
Obama proposes $10 oil tax to fund clean transport
NEWS: Mooted levy to pay for high speed rail, self-driving cars and public transport heats up climate debate in presidential election year
Outrage as Australia’s CSIRO cuts climate science jobs
NEWS: Climate question ‘has been answered’ says chief executive of top science agency, expressing high hopes for coal-to-diesel technology
UN shipping chief: Climate change is ‘top priority’
NEWS: The International Maritime Organization is set to consider an emissions target in April, says newly appointed head Kitack Lim
Scientists warned: Don’t be ‘naively drawn’ into 1.5C research
NEWS: The UN climate science panel could struggle to provide ‘meaningful answer’ on Paris deal’s aspirational target, argues UK academic
Polish districts call for coal-free development
NEWS: Local leaders are fighting proposals from Warsaw to zone off lignite reserves for future mines, fearing loss of homes and forests
Australia starves green fund, denting climate credibility
NEWS: The budget for Canberra’s main climate policy is set to run out this year, leaving emissions to rise