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Southern Africa set to be hit by climate related migration
Southern Africa could be among areas hardest hit by climate change. A rapidly expanding population is likely to add to future problems, says a new study
Methane capture equipment can cut fracking emissions by 99%
Methane capture equipment can ensure fugitive emissions from wells are dramatically reduced says study
California and China sign climate change pact
US state signs two-year agreement with Beijing, agreeing to work together to advance low carbon development
California passes tough new fracking laws
Morning summary: controversial bill would give California the nation’s toughest regulation on shale gas exploration
EU set for landmark vote on future of biofuels
MEPs to decide on transport limits for crop based biofuels with hunger, indirect land use change and carbon emissions topping agenda
US offers $24 million to climate vulnerable Pacific Islands
Morning summary: US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces new climate change fund for nations at risk from sea level rise
UN climate talks unlikely to dent Poland’s appetite for coal
Plans to construct the largest coal plant in Europe threaten Poland’s credibility on climate change say environmental groups
Nordic countries join Obama in shunning dirty energy
President Barak Obama met with the Swedish king and queen to agree a move to low carbon technology
Soot blamed for melting Alps glaciers
Scientists think they know why some European glaciers started to shrink decades before climate change had begun to raise temperatures.
UK clean energy investors face ‘valley of death’ warns fund manager
Adam Workman from 350 Investment Partners says positive outlook of low carbon business belies a challenging sector
EU biofuels policy will push ‘thousands’ of Africans into poverty
Actionaid cites interviews with Sierra Leone villagers who say they have lost land and food to companies focused on growing biofuels for Europe
Beijing plans to slash car numbers in bid to cut smog levels
Chinese capital is to restrict cars on roads to 6 million by 2017, in an attempt to curtail smog which stifles city
Art installation in Washington gives flower power a solar boost
Five flowers, 33 foot tall, are being used to teach the public about the benefits of solar energy
Pacific ocean cooling explains 15-year slowdown in global warming
Morning summary: Researchers caution that temperatures will rise again when the Pacific swings back to a warmer state
India’s new wind capacity falls by 61%
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced solar and wind generation fell in the last two months.
China’s emissions could peak by 2023 with introduction of ETS
If an emissions trading scheme is introduced, Chinese pollution could peak by 2023 as country moves towards cleaner energy
Comment: COP19 must discuss losses caused by climate change
COP 19 attendees should fund research on financial and human losses from climate change related disasters
Comment: UK fracking fight highlights need for carbon pricing strategy
Polarised shale gas exploration debate makes an effective EU energy market strategy essential argues Simon Moore from UK think tank Policy Exchange
USA starts work on 250MW solar power project in Nevada
The Copper Mountain Solar 3 project in Nevada will be capable of generating enough electricity to power approximately 80,000 homes
India to construct floating solar power plant in Kolkata
Country’s first floating solar power station will be launched in one of the Victoria Memorial’s ponds in 2014