Cities
Low carbon experts mull iconic buildings for green makeovers
ANALYSIS: Notre Dame or a Durban township? Sustainability advocates are divided on the best way to push the energy efficiency message
Meet the suits in Paris trying to make green sexy
BLOG: High emissions aren’t hip, say Nike, Renault and M&S chiefs trying hard to rebrand a carbon-lite lifestyle
Edinburgh University considers divesting fossil fuel holdings
NEWS: Campaign to stigmatise oil, gas and coal companies could gain another backer as top Scottish institution considers ditching polluters
Cities central to climate and sustainable development – World Urban Campaign
INTERVIEW: Empowering mayors, village chiefs and communities to promote care for the environment is central to climate challenge
Meet Reverend Billy, preacher of the climate apocalypse
INTERVIEW: With his Broadway-infused Stop Shopping Choir and congregation of thousands, Billy Talen takes the drama of global warming to the streets
Mangoes to maggots: 7 forest foods that hold ‘trump card’ to hunger
NEWS: In the face of climate change and peak farmland, tree foods offer “hidden harvest” for global hungry, report says
Nepal earthquake offers lessons for climate disaster planning
NEWS: Lack of rules and regulations meant earthquake warnings were ignored, say local experts, leaving communities vulnerable to disasters
European air pollution has deadly trillion-dollar price tag – WHO
NEWS: Related deaths and diseases cost European economies $1.6 trillion a year, World Health Organization finds, calling on leaders to enact curbs
Ban Ki-moon urges Catholics to embrace climate action
NEWS: UN secretary general stresses the scientific consensus on climate change and praises Pope Francis’ leadership at Vatican summit
Three steps to build a greener and climate resilient India
COMMENT: India’s cities are famed for their pollution, but it doesn’t have to be this way with clever planning
Climate adaptation projects are not working, says African expert
NEWS: Funders, not communities, set the agenda for projects to boost resilience to increasingly extreme weather in poor countries
Slaughterhouse helps Maasai herders prepare for climate change
NEWS: Turning waste into fertiliser and energy improves prospects for East African pastoralists as region gets hotter and drier
How three coastal cities are rising to the climate challenge
BLOG: From Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Tarakan in Indonesia, coastal cities must deal with rising sea levels and extreme weather threats
UN chief to address Vatican climate change summit
NEWS: Meeting of top Catholic officials, scientists and economists to lay foundations for upcoming Papal Encyclical on environment in June
UN: Gold, timber and ivory plunder stokes Congo conflict
NEWS: Billion-dollar smuggling trade propping up rebel groups in war-torn east of vast African country, reveals report
How can cities influence a global climate deal in Paris?
ANALYSIS: Cities are unlikely to get the formal recognition many crave at the UN climate talks, but they can make an impact
UK government in lawsuit over lax air standards
NEWS: Environmental lawyers ClientEarth take four-year legal battle to country’s top justices in ‘landmark’ case
Cities face ‘huge’ finance gap for climate-friendly infrastructure
NEWS: Mayors told they need to improve their credit ratings and produce better projects, at sustainable cities summit in Seoul
As it happened: 35 cities join Compact of Mayors on climate change
Latest updates from the ICLEI World Congress, with representatives of more than 200 cities worldwide
How are cities in the Philippines preparing for climate change?
INTERVIEW: The mayor of Catbalogan, Philippines, tells RTCC a series of typhoons destroyed 2,500 houses in her city