Latest climate change news
Zimbabwe: Lessons in how not to prepare for climate change
ANALYSIS: Robert Mugabe blames global warming for drought and crop failures, but failures to invest in irrigation, forecasting and more resilient seeds have exacerbated crisis
‘Confused’ US teachers spread climate denial – study
NEWS: Educators lack awareness of the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, researchers find, leading to mixed messages in classrooms
Land water storage slowed sea level rise – study
NEWS: Extra rain falling on continents partly offset the effect of melting ice caps last decade, data shows, with implications for coastal communities
Met Office fears Brexit would damage its climate models
NEWS: UK weather agency’s chief scientist warns funding cuts on leaving EU would affect the quality of its long-term forecasts
Sweden to go carbon neutral by 2045
NEWS: Seven out of eight parliamentary parties back proposal for rapid greenhouse gas emissions cuts, boosted by Paris agreement
Climate torture: UN’s IPCC science panel must deliver clearer message
ANALYSIS: At an Oslo meeting this week, communications experts challenged the IPCC to make its reports easier to understand
BP admits it has repeatedly underestimated renewables
ANALYSIS: Oil major revises up forecast for solar, wind and hydro power by its biggest margin yet in 2016 annual energy outlook
Laurent Fabius quits French foreign ministry, stays as climate talks president
NEWS: Veteran politician who steered Paris climate summit to successful conclusion is moving to head up the Constitutional Council
China breezes past EU to become wind power leader
NEWS: Booming market grew 27% in 2015 edging past European Union for first time, says industry group
Supreme Court scotches US high climate ambition claims
ANALYSIS: A decision to stall President Obama’s flagship Clean Power Plan undermines US standing on global warming abroad
UN asks: What does Paris climate agreement mean for you?
BLOG: Climate body launches social media campaign to raise profile of global deal ahead of April ceremony
Obama outlines ‘climate-smart economy’ vision in final budget
NEWS: US president plans to channel billions into clean energy, resilience and climate aid – if the Republican-dominated Congress will let him
Bloomberg climate risk initiative targets secret polluters
NEWS: Heavyweight investigation into how business reports vulnerability to climate policies and impacts could leave many corporations exposed, say experts
An illustrated history of Arctic oil exploration
INFOGRAPHIC: Shell’s recent aborted venture grabbed headlines, but it wasn’t the first foray into the polar region and may not be the last
Climate-linked bushfire warning as Tasmania’s ancient forests blaze
NEWS: Global warming is raising the fire threat across southern Australia, says Climate Institute, as 1,000-year old trees burn
Greenpeace ‘fracks’ UK parliament as public inquiry starts
NEWS: Campaign group installs mock fracking rig and drill in London on day independent panel review of Lancashire applications begins
UN panel agrees on CO2 efficiency standard for planes
NEWS: Committee recommends first ever international curb on aviation climate pollution; green groups say more action is needed
Oil majors peddle false reassurance on energy demand
COMMENT: Ahead of BP’s annual energy outlook release on Wednesday, E3G’s Tom Burke argues the industry uses misleading metric to dismiss threat from clean sources
EU faces two-year wrangle to ratify Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: Members of 28-state bloc show little appetite for increasing ambition as they gear up for internal battles over effort-sharing
World’s first cactus-powered plant opens in Mexico
NEWS: Pilot scheme will run cars and a small power plant on biogas from prickly pear harvested in Michoacan state