China
FIFA to ‘offset’ Brazil World Cup emissions
Thursday’s top 5 – FIFA to offset the 2.72 million tonnes of CO2, pilots told to learn to land in smog, coal emissions cause quarter of a million deaths in China
China outlines climate change adaptation plans
Leading planning agency calls for more resilient infrastructure, warning global warming cost country $32.9 billion since 1990
Renewables make up 50% of China’s new electricity
Thursday’s top 5 – China’s renewables surge, Green Climate Fund launches, and IPCC’s sea level rise projections branded too conservative
London aims for £1.85m per year saving with LED roll-out
UK capital set for largest energy efficient road lighting project in country, installing 35,000 street lamps by 2016
US will share pollution lessons with China says EPA chief
Tuesday’s top 5: EPA chief prepares for China visit, Greg Hunt defends carbon price repeal, Canada’s bid to become energy superpower under threat
Saab to launch electric 9-3 sedan in 2014
An order of 200 electric cars have already been placed initially for the Chinese market
World’s carbon markets now cover 20% of emissions
China and Mexico latest to bring trading schemes online as countries eye greenhouse gas reductions
Lord Browne: Fracking will not bring down energy bills
Friday’s top 5: Lord Browne says fracking will not decrease energy bills, China to raise coal threshold, Oil drilling in Pechora Sea to begin in 2014, Australian bushfires linked to Indian Ocean temperature increase, Big six told to hold price increase
Beijing’s carbon trading scheme goes online
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Shanghai and Beijing latest Chinese cities to launch carbon trading schemes
Over 190 companies started trading carbon credits in Shanghai today, with another scheme in Beijing set to launch next week
Greenpeace debates future of oil rig protests post Russia arrests
Morning summary: Greenpeace activists emerge from jail with mixed reactions to protest methods; Scottish minister accuses UK prime minister of ‘planetary suicide’
Divide between rich and poor at UN climate talks as wide as ever
US and EU say new agreement must erase old divisions between developed and developing nations – but others disagree
Ban Ki-moon: Typhoon Haiyan a climate ‘wake-up call’
UN chief says people “feeling wrath of warming planet”, and calls on China, EU and USA to drive forward negotiations in Warsaw
Carbon capture vital for China’s emissions to peak in 2020s
Professor Jiang Kejun from Beijing’s Energy Research Institute outlines how China could lose its coal addiction
China ‘unsure if progress is possible’ at UN climate summit
Negotiations in Warsaw move up a gear this week, as countries scramble to resolve outstanding issues
China set to commit to tougher climate targets in 2015
Deputy climate chief says government will push for further carbon cuts in next Five Year Plan due out in 2015
UN climate deal must be “tailored” to fit USA and China
Kyoto Protocol failed because it didn’t get backing of top emitters US and China, so negotiators know a new treaty will have to bring both on board
China willing to be “flexible” at UN climate talks
Morning summary: China calls on rich nations to offer more finance at COP19, OECD says carbon taxes best way to address climate change, Microsoft boosts wind holdings
Greenpeace just hooligans, not pirates, says Russia
Morning summary: Russian authorities change Arctic 30 charges; Nick Clegg says green levies could be paid through general taxation; and China sends inspection teams to polluted cities
UK to invest in new nuclear generation
Morning summary: UK goes ahead with nuclear station; Smog engulfs one of China’s largest cities; Iowa professors agree climate change will devastate farming