Climate science
Climate denial is alive and kicking say scientists
NEWS: Study mines 16,000 documents from conservative thinktanks for insights into how they “manufacture doubt” on climate change
Drought has hit global cereal crops harder since 1980s
NEWS: Extreme weather is increasingly affecting agricultural production, study reveals, with biggest losses in developed countries
Arctic methane emissions ‘greater’ than previous estimates
NEWS: Methane, a key greenhouse gas, is released from Arctic soils not only in the short summer period but also during the bitterly cold winters
No hiding for polluters as carbon-tracking satellite numbers rise
NEWS: China primed to launch two carbon-tracking probes in 2016, but global data coordination needs improving says head of European Space Agency
Obama urged to block future Arctic oil drilling
NEWS: Five-year offshore oil plan set for approval later this year, which a future president would find hard to overturn
Climate change could dry up power production – study
NEWS: Heatwaves and droughts in a hotter planet to cripple power stations within decades without adaptation measures, researchers warn
Seychelles dodges ‘debt hole’ with pledge to protect oceans
NEWS: Climate ambassador of tiny island nation hails innovative debt swap in return for agreement to safeguard vast area of sea
Smog, divestment, Keystone: The stories that defined 2015
IN REVIEW: No country was left untouched by the shifting climate and energy geopolitical plates in the last 12 months. Here’s our roundup.
UN: Freak weather a warning to step up climate defences
NEWS: After severe flooding and shock tornadoes, now is time get serious about precautionary policies to counter climate impacts says UN disaster chief
North Pole set for December ‘heatwave’
NEWS: Monster storm over Iceland likely to push warm air over Arctic, sending temperatures soaring from -30C to freezing
Global weather extremes underline climate threat, say experts
NEWS: El Nino, record heat and natural variability combine to highlight growing threats in a warming world
2015: The year in extreme weather
BLOG: Meteorological madness from extreme heat to cyclones and wildfires has marked the year, in a taste of global warming impacts
Nations urged to improve climate pledges by April 2017
NEWS: Date UN shuts book for signing Paris agreement is the moment for world to show it’s cutting carbon faster, says Dutch think tank
Green tundra is turning brown as Arctic warms
NEWS: Scientists cannot explain changes to vegetation in northern region, which is experiencing faster than average temperature rise
Changing climate swells tide of migrants
NEWS: Report coinciding with the UN’s International Migrants Day says that climate change is one of several factors increasing the flow of refugees worldwide
Did the Paris deal rule out climate compensation?
ANALYSIS: Vulnerable countries and big polluters alike read victories in UN climate pact, but the prospect of litigation remains live
Met Office: 2016 to be hottest year on record
NEWS: Next year “likely to be at least as warm, if not warmer” says UK weather agency, with temperatures predicted to be 0.84C above 1961-90 average
There’s no dodging carbon risk after Paris, say fund managers
NEWS: Global warming deal makes low-carbon transition irreversible and investors are taking note
After Paris, will countries submit new climate plans?
NEWS: Countries that staked plans on 2C warming now aim for 1.5C. Will they be reflected in stronger carbon-cutting policies?
Rhetoric or reality? Climate scientists divided on 1.5C warming goal
NEWS: Tighter warming limit is meaningless without decarbonisation pathway, say experts as countries close in on Paris climate deal