Climate science
Persian Gulf faces ‘intolerable’ heat on current emissions trends
NEWS: It is in the interests of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to back global action on climate change, study shows
UN land restoration pact boosts Paris climate summit
NEWS: Diplomats strike ‘breakthrough’ deal to halt degradation of world’s terrain from 2030, but US$30bn price tag looms large
Sri Lanka makes compensation plea in UN climate pledge
NEWS: Island off tip of southern India wants reimbursing for the $420m it plans to spend by 2025 on warding off extreme weather
Vulnerable countries warned: Protect your legal rights in a Paris accord
COMMENT: Countries may be waiving claims to future climate compensation in a new deal. Know what you’re signing away, writes barrister Tim Crosland
7 climate change data tools and what they tell you
BLOG: Interactives from the likes of NASA, WRI and the Financial Times open up hours of fun for the global warming watcher
Loans or grants for climate finance?
COMMENT: Confusion reigns over the right format for cash to tackle climate impacts. Resolve this quickly, or the UN-backed Green Climate Fund will falter
Small islands urge progress in Bonn, cite Philippines Typhoon Koppu
NEWS: Alliance of vulnerable states remind weak UN climate deal might be “worse than no deal at all” as session gets off to rocky start
Scientists accused of downplaying ‘revolution’ needed for 2C warming goal
NEWS: Rich countries must make a radical shift in consumption patterns to stay within agreed climate change limits, argues UK academic Kevin Anderson
Rate of Antarctic ice melt to double by 2050 – study
NEWS: Global warming and powerful winds sweeping snow off ice shelves could accelerate sea level rise, scientists find
UK must cut emissions 14% higher than EU average by 2030
NEWS: Burden sharing deal means major economies have to shoulder more of the bloc’s pledge to ditch fossil fuels and invest in cleaner forms of energy
‘Unreadable’ UN science reports hampering climate action – study
NEWS: You need a relevant PhD to understand IPCC summaries, find researchers, arguing for clearer writing
Horn of Africa droughts likely to intensify, sparking security fears
NEWS: Evidence stretching back 40,000 years shows that global warming will increase drying in a region of East Africa where drought already causes humanitarian crises
Nato security ‘at stake’ from climate change, say lawmakers
NEWS: Euro-Atlantic military alliance told to set foreign and security policies in tune with climate threat by parliamentary assembly
Warming seas devastate coral reefs in global bleaching event
NEWS: Climate change and El Nino are wreaking ecological destruction across the world’s oceans, marine scientists confirm
New UN climate science chief touts role for business
NEWS: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should harness private sector knowledge in its assessment reports, says Hoesung Lee
There is a point to BBC Editorial Guidelines after all
COMMENT: BBC apology after complaints about irreverent radio show generated cheering in climate-sceptic circles, but ultimately own goal for backers
South Korea’s Hoesung Lee wins top UN climate science job
NEWS: South Korean beat Belgium’s Jean-Pascal van Ypersele to claim prestigious chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, at election in Dubrovnik
BBC apologises for radio show that mocked climate science
NEWS: Half-hour programme did not make clear climate sceptics were a “minority voice”, UK broadcaster admits, in “an unfortunate lapse” of editorial policy
African candidate opens up IPCC climate science chief race
NEWS: As governments go to vote on next IPCC chair Tuesday, Sierra Leone’s late nomination adds to uncertainty over the result
Climate change migration is ‘genocide’, says Marshall Islands minister
NEWS: Spectre of lost traditions as low-lying islands become inhabitable cause for climate action, says top envoy, Tony de Brum