World
Cleared rainforest bounces back faster than thought – study
NEWS: Recovering forests’ uptake of carbon dioxide outstrips pristine jungle and could play a bigger role in countering climate change
Morocco opens first stage of vast solar power plant
NEWS: Noor 1 concentrated solar plant will provide enough electricity for more than a million homes when finished
Outrage as Australia’s CSIRO cuts climate science jobs
NEWS: Climate question ‘has been answered’ says chief executive of top science agency, expressing high hopes for coal-to-diesel technology
Pacific trade deal bad news for climate, say activists
NEWS: NGOs warn Trans-Pacific Partnership could undermine Paris climate pact; Obama says it observes strongest environmental safeguards in history
Leaky carbon markets cast shadow over EU steel says lobbyist
INTERVIEW: Pay-to-pollute rules in some countries, but not in others are ‘worst possible solution’, says industry head
EU-funded deforestation clampdown in Africa ‘flawed’
NEWS: Expanding protected areas in DR Congo and Liberia could blow donors’ budgets, displace hundreds of thousands of people and fuel conflict, says NGO
Tax high carbon food, sugar for climate and health gains – study
NEWS: A carbon levy would cut consumption of meat and cheese, find researchers – and coupled with a sugar tax, it could save lives
Africa needs digital revolution to handle climate change – World Bank
NEWS: Governments, local communities and farmers need better weather data, says top funder as part of drive to get planet connected to internet by 2020
Paris empowers Obama to impose deeper carbon cuts – lawyers
NEWS: UN climate deal gives the US president a free hand to demand stronger emissions curbs from states, argue legal experts
Polish districts call for coal-free development
NEWS: Local leaders are fighting proposals from Warsaw to zone off lignite reserves for future mines, fearing loss of homes and forests
Pandemics, killer robots and climate change ‘urgent’ security fears
NEWS: Mass migration and resource wars billed as potential consequences if governments ignore potential of Paris deal and Earth keeps warming
Australia starves green fund, denting climate credibility
NEWS: The budget for Canberra’s main climate policy is set to run out this year, leaving emissions to rise
US scientists eye Route 66 of clean energy
NEWS: Interstate energy “highways” would send wind and solar-generated electricity to where and when it’s needed throughout America
Low prices raise concerns for China carbon market
ANALYSIS: Seven pilot schemes are swamped with pollution permits, analysts say, boding ill for national roll-out of mammoth climate policy
NATO: Green energy saves soldiers’ lives
NEWS: Smart grids, roll-up solar panels and wind offer safer forms of energy for troops in hostile environments, says world’s largest military alliance in annual report
Kyte: Universal energy access possible by early 2020s
NEWS: Sustainable Energy 4 All chief says major strides in clean energy, efficiency and finance mean target of powering entire planet is closer than ever
UK climate policies inadequate for 2C limit, say government advisors
NEWS: Committee on Climate Change says Britain should not deepen carbon cuts in line with 1.5C aspirational Paris target, but needs fresh policies to meet existing commitments
UK top 10 climate claims, unpicked
ANALYSIS: Energy and climate chief Amber Rudd is on the defensive after an influential business lobby criticised government policy. We look at the facts
France plans renewed climate diplomacy blitz to protect Paris deal
INTERVIEW: Laurence Tubiana says maintaining momentum from COP21 summit is vital as governments prepare to work on finer details of historic pact
UAE opens $10bn green credit line in Gulf first
NEWS: Developing countries will be the target of National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s 10-year pledge to tackle “significant” energy funding gap