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.

Chinese cities targeting emissions peak next year

NEWS: Low carbon urban development is key to meeting national 2030 peak emissions goal, China’s climate change minister said in Lima

Oil price slump a “golden opportunity” to price carbon – IEA

NEWS: Lead energy analyst says low fuel cost allows policymakers to slash fossil fuel subsidies without hurting consumers

Latin America must tackle inequality to cut emissions

COMMENT: As UN climate talks take place in Lima, inadequate housing and public transport are contributing to climate change

Taiwan calls for support to take part in climate talks

NEWS: As negotiators in Lima work towards a global climate deal, Taiwan is relegated to the fringes by mainland China

Shell makes climate pitch as UN targets zero carbon planet

NEWS: Oil giant tells hostile delegates at Lima talks it can be part of a solution to global warming

Oil companies at climate talks dismiss ‘carbon bubble’ fears

NEWS: As negotiators make slow progress on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions, lobbyists insist fossil fuels have a future

Oil-rich Arab emirates duck climate finance obligations

NEWS: The United Arab Emirates needs its wealth to diversify away from fossil fuels, argues lead negotiator

Leisurely in Lima: COP20 climate talks show little urgency

NEWS: Five days into the last conference before Paris, the big questions for a global climate deal remain unanswered

Climate adaptation costs could hit $1trn a year by 2050 – UN

NEWS: The cost of protecting people from climate change impacts are likely to be 2-3 times previous estimates, finds UN report

Yeb Sano: I will not be ashamed to cry for my people

BLOG: Absent negotiator turned activist makes twitter plea for action at UN talks as typhoon Hagupit draws near

Big oil must pay for climate change harm to world’s poorest

COMMENT: Typhoon-hit Filipinos are paying with their lives for climate change. A levy on fossil fuels could help protect them

China outlines vision for 2015 UN climate change deal

NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei calls for raised ambition from developed countries on pre-2020 emissions cuts and climate finance

Widows of murdered Peruvian forest defenders demand justice

NEWS: As Peruvian government reveals rising deforestation at Lima climate talks, indigenous people accuse them of neglect

India considers emissions peak 2035-50

NEWS: Government officials say US president Barack Obama pushed for an announcement when he visits in January

UN carbon market fights for its future at Lima talks

NEWS: Clean Development Mechanism is “in crisis” after EU decision, says chair Hugh Sealy, but can be salvaged under a new carbon market architecture

WMO: 2014 set to be hottest year ever

NEWS: Climatologists’ report shows the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions as UN climate negotiators meet in Lima

Lima climate talks “a matter of survival” for world’s poorest

INTERVIEW: The least developed countries need the rich to make deeper emissions cuts for their survival, says Ram Prasad Lamsal

China: climate laggards must join in pre-2020 efforts

NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei says developed countries must ramp up action on emissions this decade

Harvard and UCL students ramp up divestment campaigns

NEWS: From a lawsuit in Boston to a “die-in” in London, campaigners are raising pressure on universities to drop fossil fuel ties

Spain pledges €120m to UN-backed green fund

NEWS: Contribution brings Green Climate Fund total up to US$9.7 billion, ahead of UN climate conference in Lima