Climate Change News

Argentina set for ‘cheating’ climate pledge – NGOs

NEWS: Mooted target to cut CO2 15% by 2030 is based on existing infrastructure projects and doesn’t raise ambition, say experts

NEWS: After a dramatic vote, leadership change is expected to bring more progressive stance on climate and carbon pricing

NEWS: A state of emergency has been declared in two regions as long-running drought and heatwave combine to spark blazes

CRIB NOTES SEPT 14-18: Brussels to outline COP21 plans, General Assembly gathers in NYC, WWF releases global oceans study

NEWS: Exploiting global reserves would melt all Antarctica and jack up sea levels by 50m. Though it would take 10,000 years

NEWS: Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony de Brum criticises Peter Dutton for “insensitive” remarks, in week of tension on climate

NEWS: Country to scrap subsidies for power plants sold to developing countries as it prepares to host UN climate change summit

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REVIEW: How to Change the World, a documentary by Jerry Rothwell, is a tender portrait of the activism giant and egos that shaped it

BLOG: Don’t talk about carbon dioxide levels, keep it local and above all, don’t get political says Steve Hilton

COMMENT: As Syrian refugees flock to Europe, driven in part by drought, countries must plan for global warming-linked losses

NEWS: Controversial plans to drill in Arctic said to be last straw for fellow members of influential European climate grouping

BLOG: Four stomachs bad, one stomach good. RTCC sheds pounds of CO2 as it tries green regime for a week

NEWS: Major farming and forestry nations have been outdone by Ethiopia and Morocco, says Union of Concerned Scientists

ANALYSIS: It presents a positive message and appeals to business, but technological progress is no substitute for climate regulations

ANALYSIS: As Paris summit nears, negotiators are trying to defuse tensions over national responsibilities for climate change

BLOG: Olga Dobrovidova investigates the social and economic impacts of thawing permafrost in Russia’s remote Arctic towns

NEWS: Carbon levy more valuable in UN deal than “simple promises” of underfunded climate pledges, says Quito envoy

NEWS: Signs of shift in focus on compensation for warming impacts as EU Commissioner sets out stall at Pacific meeting

NEWS: Stronger action to cap global warming needed to stop migration, says Jean-Claude Juncker in major Brussels speech