World
China responds to public anger with new pollution plan
Central government launches five year strategy to cut smog as Pew Research Center poll suggests 47% now unhappy with quality of environment
India and China face significant flooding risk warns Swiss Re
Insurer’s analysis of 616 cities around world predicts Asia cities set to suffer most from climate related impacts
US to curb emissions from new power plants
Morning summary: EPA takes climate action plan forward; IPCC chairman dismisses IPCC spoilers; and Russia encourages planet hacking
Ghana’s women set to engineer solar revolution in rural villages
Social Venture Africa’s pilot project in January 2014 aims to turn Ghanaian mothers into solar engineers and entrepreneurs
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