Latest climate change news
France plans renewed climate diplomacy blitz to protect Paris deal
INTERVIEW: Laurence Tubiana says maintaining momentum from COP21 summit is vital as governments prepare to work on finer details of historic pact
Shell shareholders vote for BG merger, quashing climate concerns
NEWS: Oil major insists its assets will not be stranded by greenhouse gas emissions curbs, against protests £40bn deal is overvalued
UAE opens $10bn green credit line in Gulf first
NEWS: Developing countries will be the target of National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s 10-year pledge to tackle “significant” energy funding gap
Did Spain’s US conquest trigger a ‘little ice age’?
NEWS: Missionaries caused Native American populations to crash in 1600s, prompting regrowth of carbon-sucking forests, researchers find
Brexit would damage UK climate policy, warn conservationists
NEWS: Leaving EU would diminish Britain which has gained immensely from Brussels’ standards, 14 leading conservationists write in letter to government
A bridge to where? Gulf states in denial over climate goals
ANALYSIS: Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up clean energy investment and Qatar touts gas as a transition fuel, but officials struggle to see the fossil-free endgame
Why killing Amazon monkeys is like burning $14 trillion
NEWS: Over-hunting of large mammals for bush meat is degrading forests worth trillions on carbon markets, study finds
Green Climate Fund must think micro for macro impact
COMMENT: Support for locally-led adaptation initiatives may not sound sexy, but small targeted interventions will help the GCF drive a climate finance paradigm shift
Ban Ki-moon urges leaders to sign climate pact in April
NEWS: 2015 landmark climate agreement open for signature on April 22 in New York, coinciding with Earth Day, says secretary-general
Maldives is trashing climate legacy, says ousted president Nasheed
NEWS: Represented by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, former leader wins release from prison and speaks out against successor
Solar panel costs set to fall 10% a year
NEWS: Power from the sun could supply 20% of energy worldwide by 2027 on current technology trends, say UK researchers
India, France switch on global solar alliance
NEWS: Modi and Hollande inaugurate New Delhi HQ of 122-strong coalition following announcement at Paris climate summit
Sun sets on $35,000 appeal to film vanishing Pacific island
NEWS: ‘Anote’s Ark’, a feature film about vulnerable Kiribati and its inspired president, has a week to meet its crowdfunding target
Vietnam to phase out coal, invest in gas and renewables
NEWS: Prime minister says government will review plans for new coal power plants, indicating country could shift towards lower emission gas and renewables
21st century warm streak ‘almost certainly’ human caused
NEWS: Chances of record-breaking heat happening without emissions from burning fossil fuels are 1 in 5000 or less, scientists calculate
‘El Nino will fade, but climate change will be with us for decades’
NEWS: UN’s top weather and climate scientist urges governments to prepare for warming impacts after 2015’s record heat
UN aims for clean energy, climate gains at New York summit
CRIB NOTES 25-31 JANUARY: Ban, Bloomberg and Gore headline Big Apple climate bash, Norway holds oil price crisis meet, UK govt to see 1.5C recommendations
9 reasons to be cheerful about global climate action
ANALYSIS: Amid smashed temperature records, China emissions are falling, renewables are rising and consultancies are advising clients to start divesting fossil fuels
8 climate change takeaways from Davos
DAVOS 2016: As global elite gather at the World Economic Forum, moving to counter climate change competes with economic fears
Greenpeace prepares legal challenge to Norway’s Arctic frontier
NEWS: As investors in Davos tout $1trn investment opportunity in thawing ocean, climate lawyers are gearing up for a courtroom battle