Latest climate change news
Alarm as DR Congo considers opening rainforest to loggers
NEWS: NGOs warn Kinshasa proposal threatens world’s second largest tropical forest, undermining climate commitments
Climate victims and investors need Paris deal ratification
COMMENT: Strong support for the COP21 deal in April is vital to ensure momentum and confidence in a low carbon transition is maintained, argues Christian Aid’s top climate advisor
EU plans no change to climate target before 2030
NEWS: Weak Commission proposal undermines Paris deal and hard-won trust of vulnerable countries, campaigners warn
Bin Laden urged Obama to tackle ‘climate catastrophe’
NEWS: Al Qaeda leader called on Barack Obama to ‘save humanity’ from climate change, declassified documents show
Reviving Hercules: Can carbon capture give British industry a future?
LONG READ: Megan Darby travels to Teesside, where locals hope a surge in green investment can save the region’s ailing industrial base
Canada delays new climate plan as provinces rebel
NEWS: Trudeau and McKenna to update strategy on Thursday as implementing tougher carbon cuts proves troublesome
Ocean acidification is slowing coral reef growth – study
NEWS: Experiments in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show destructive impact of carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater
Extreme cyclones hitting the Philippines are on the rise – study
NEWS: Rising trend seen in powerful storms hitting island nation since 1970s, report finds
100 ‘fire-free villages’ take on Indonesia’s haze hazard
NEWS: After 2015’s devastating fire season, local authorities in South Sumatra are determined to end slash-and-burn and restore peatland
Morocco climate summit faces funding drought due to EU spat
NEWS: Brussels is withholding €12m contribution to COP22 in a diplomatic row over Rabat’s claim on Western Sahara
NYC, Paris eclipse poorer mega-cities’ spend on climate defences
NEWS: Protection against sea level rise globally prioritises capital over people, suggests review of ten metropolises
China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records
NEWS: Carbon pollution declines for second year on falling coal consumption, says statistics agency
India to double coal tax under 2016-17 budget
NEWS: Clean energy, nuclear and irrigation systems to benefit under budget announced by finance chief Arun Jaitley
DiCaprio warns of ‘climate threat’ in Oscars speech
NEWS: Actor ramps up call for tougher efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, urges support for leaders who are not beholden to fossil fuel giants
View from Bangladesh: What next for the UN climate talks?
COMMENT: Inevitable losses of human lives, ecosystems and damage to infrastructure raises pressure on countries to agree a tougher climate compensation scheme
Canada ‘out of step’ as global clean investment soared in 2015
NEWS: Renewables attracted US$367 billion of investment worldwide despite low fossil fuel prices, but Canada bucked growth trend
Billionaire Warren Buffett-ed by winds of climate change
CRIB NOTES 29 FEB – 4 MAR: FSB flags climate risk, Buffett gives a prime example, US gears up for Super Tuesday and island states lead Paris ratification push
Ontario a bright spot in weak carbon market outlook
NEWS: Canadian province plans to introduce emissions trading contrast with backsliding in Kazakhstan and South Korea
Don’t celebrate yet: Why China’s green shift could face delays
ANALYSIS: A sharp economic downturn could see Beijing revert to tried-and-tested brown industry, slowing climate gains
Weekly wrap: The race is on for UN climate top job
Favourites to take charge of UNFCCC revealed, lead envoys meet in Tokyo, China says it will breeze past 2020 goals, Saudi oil chief says divestment campaign is a threat