Climate science
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
Obama bids to dilute climate change’s impact on oceans
NEWS: US President announces two marine sanctuaries, illegal fishing curbs as conservation summit in Chile begins
IPCC election: What makes a great UN climate science chief?
ANALYSIS: What qualities are a must for the world’s pre-eminent climate job? Ahead of this week’s election, we asked five experts
Climate pledges overshoot 2C target but emissions gap narrowing
NEWS: If fully enacted, national plans will hold warming to 2.7C by end of century, analysts say on UN deadline day
Philippines emissions target hinges on loss and damage
NEWS: Manila plan to cut carbon 70% by 2030 banks on rich countries footing natural disaster bill
Pacific states face volatile seas as warming intensifies El Nino
NEWS: Scientists warn greenhouse gas emissions will cause bigger swings in ocean levels, threatening vulnerable coastal communities
What role should climate compensation have in a Paris deal?
ANALYSIS: Poor countries want rich polluters to pay out for climate damages. We asked five analysts how a new pact might resolve the freighted matter
World leaders home in on long-term green goal
NEWS: Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel and Dilma Rousseff among 30 head of states backing clearer pathway to limit warming to 2C
Six climate nuggets from Obama’s Rolling Stone interview
NEWS: US president confident Paris will see climate deal, thinks pace of carbon cutting will accelerate once structure is in place