World
EU-backed study to explore climate and migration links
NEWS: Many millions of people may be forced to leave their homes in future due to changes in climate
US cities face ‘blackouts’ due to climate-linked extreme weather
NEWS: As global temperatures rise, cities in the US face growing threats from fierce and frequent hurricanes
Crowdfunded “ice stupas” help Ladakh adapt to climate change
NEWS: An engineer has raised US$125,000 through Indiegogo for a novel way to solve water shortages in a remote mountain region of India
Fracking ban boosts New York governor’s approval rating
NEWS: One in three New York voters think better of Andrew Cuomo since he banned fracking in the state over health concerns
Washington state carbon market plan to raise $1bn a year
NEWS: Governor Jay Inslee hopes to launch emissions trading system in 2016, says it is “the smart thing to do”
EU decides to ratify Kyoto Protocol extension
NEWS: Move by Brussels offers some integrity to beleaguered treaty, one year before UN hopes to agree global climate deal
Beijing reveals bottom-up approach to national carbon market
NEWS: Chinese central government will set regional caps on emissions and leave distribution of permits to provincial authorities
Cheap coal poses climate and health dilemma for India
NEWS: Experts warn coal use is growing unsustainably, in the absence of effective regulation or support for low carbon development
US-China chat broke impasse at Lima climate talks
NEWS: Warming relationship between superpowers key as countries work towards global emissions deal in 2015
Kerry: Every nation must act to tackle climate change
NEWS: US secretary of state says US will take the lead, but other nations must follow for success in fight against climate change
Chinese cities targeting emissions peak next year
NEWS: Low carbon urban development is key to meeting national 2030 peak emissions goal, China’s climate change minister said in Lima
Pressure rising on Delhi to target ambitious carbon cuts
NEWS: India unlikely to set peaking year at Lima climate talks, says minister, but could offer goal early in 2015
Latin America must tackle inequality to cut emissions
COMMENT: As UN climate talks take place in Lima, inadequate housing and public transport are contributing to climate change
Taiwan calls for support to take part in climate talks
NEWS: As negotiators in Lima work towards a global climate deal, Taiwan is relegated to the fringes by mainland China
China outlines vision for 2015 UN climate change deal
NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei calls for raised ambition from developed countries on pre-2020 emissions cuts and climate finance
India considers emissions peak 2035-50
NEWS: Government officials say US president Barack Obama pushed for an announcement when he visits in January
China: climate laggards must join in pre-2020 efforts
NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei says developed countries must ramp up action on emissions this decade
Australia, Canada should reveal climate targets, says EU
INTERVIEW: Miguel Arias Canete on why 2C is still the goal, coal is not the answer and critics have got him wrong
Call for UN climate deal to support carbon market links
NEWS: Experts say cross-border links can make emissions cuts cheaper, but socialist states want to block market mechanisms
Todd Stern on China, India and the UN climate deal
NEWS: US special envoy for climate change spells out what his country hopes to achieve in the UN’s climate change deal