Climate Change News

Australian coal is no answer to India’s energy needs

COMMENT: Adani and GVK’s controversial mines in the Galilee Basin are not the cure to energy poverty, says retired top Indian official

NEWS: Islamic leader in West African country says aggression towards the environment is a sin and must be stopped

COMMENT: If the aviation sector can fly Paris to Tokyo in three hours, it can – and must – go green, says Transport & Environment

ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?

NEWS: UK sees nuclear power as a way of combating climate change, but costs mean it is struggling to get new reactors built

COMMENT: Climate Change Commission member says govt appears insincere over meeting post 2020 carbon cutting goals

CRIB NOTES AUG 10-14: Westminster plans frack-attack, Aus INDC mooted, oil crash hits Venezuela, Russia

NEWS: Innovative turbines designed in the UK aim to harness tidal energy to produce cheaper electricity − without endangering marine life

NEWS: Fossil fuel giant to make significant break with US lobbying organisation accused of obstructing low carbon policies

WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics

NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised

NEWS: Green Climate Fund and other sources need to pick up bill for 15% cuts across three sectors, says Caribbean government

ANALYSIS: Targets set by the US for cutting carbon emissions send a clear signal to the rest of the world and raise hopes for Paris accord

QUIZ: Which country has the biggest wind farm, the most dramatic climate negotiator or the world record for tree-planting?

BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office

NEWS: Incoming president Andrzej Duda’s Law & Justice party wants to rescue ailing mines, in a break from EU low carbon agenda

INTERVIEW: Brussels needs to work out $100 billion roadmap and iron out internal position before Paris talks, says Carole Dieschbourg

ANALYSIS: The Buddhist state is lauded for its carbon neutrality and big hydro. What can it teach foot-draggers as Paris looms?

NEWS: Government failed to consider yakka skink and ornamental snake in permit for AU$16 billion Carmichael mine, judge finds

NEWS: Success of Paris deal will depend on meeting $100 billion climate finance goal and delivering long term emission cuts