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.
Policy U-turns threaten Australia’s green economy – analysts
NEWS: Tony Abbott’s backtracking on climate action has made it more expensive for Australia to cut emissions, warns RepuTex
Costing the climate: Four ways to price carbon
COMMENT: A recent study put the social cost of emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide at US$220. An EU allowance costs $8. Why the gap?
Typhoon Haiyan survivors make climate appeal to Pope Francis
BLOG: As Pope Francis visits the Philippines, Tacloban citizens make a video appeal for climate justice
It’s official – 2014 was the hottest year on record
NEWS: Record high temperatures in December confirmed 2014 as the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA reveal
Global warming raises tensions in Boko Haram region
NEWS: Climate change makes Lake Chad fertile territory for extremism, experts say after Boko Haram massacre of up to 2,000 people
Pope Francis criticises ‘lack of courage’ in climate talks
NEWS: On a tour of Sri Lanka and the Philippines, the Pope made clear he blames human activity for climate change
Plastic roads help solve Bangalore rubbish crisis
NEWS: While the authorities dump or burn rubbish, two businnesses in India’s Silicon Valley are using waste plastic to build roads
Pope urged to divest from fossil fuels as he visits Philippines
NEWS: Campaigners call on Pope Francis to show his support for victims of climate change by taking on vested interests
“Green” bond to fund multi-storey car park
NEWS: Massachusetts State College Building Authority issues US$94 million bond for plans branded “pathetic” by watchdog
South Korea launches Asia’s first national carbon market
NEWS: Allowances traded at US$7-8 a tonne, a similar price to Europe’s emissions trading system
Scientists to help Ganges rice farmers handle climate threat
NEWS: An international team of researchers will boost food security for 300 million people in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
Social cost of carbon six times higher than thought – study
NEWS: It is worth taking more expensive measures to curb emissions, say scientists, to avoid hit to economic growth
Queensland election could slow Australia’s dash for coal
ANALYSIS: Snap election offers unique opportunity to halt developments that menace the Great Barrier Reef and the climate
Stanford professors call for full fossil fuel divestment
NEWS: California university was the wealthiest to cut ties with coal companies last May; 295 academics want oil and gas to go next
Oil price slump boosts Egypt fuel subsidy phase-out
NEWS: Lower commodity prices have eased pressure on Egypt’s budget as it moves to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies by 2019
Climate sceptics gain platform at Indian Science Congress
NEWS: Academics questioned the human influence on climate at India’s leading science conference this week
2015 – a year for the EU to rebuild climate diplomacy links
News: Latvia has made climate action a priority of its EU Council presidency, so where next for the bloc?
German heart disease deaths from heatwaves to rise fivefold
News: By the end of the century, five times as many Germans could die of heart disease triggered by high temperatures
Arctic oil “unburnable” in 2C world – study
NEWS: UK research shows which regional fossil fuel reserves are unviable if the world is to avoid catastrophic warming
Optimism from UK climate policy expert honoured by the Queen
INTERVIEW: Professor Paul Ekins, awarded an OBE this New Year, reflects on the growth of environmental economics