Climate Change News

Why the Marshall Islands are rocking the boat at UN shipping talks

INTERVIEW: Foreign minister Tony de Brum has maritime emissions in his sights in the latest bid to safeguard his country’s future

BLOG: Citizens of the world invited to submit ideas in in climate action contest to influence negotiators ahead of December summit

NEWS: Arvind Subramanian says Delhi’s record on climate change is far more impressive than developed countries give it credit for

NEWS: Analysis from Greenpeace suggests use of world’s most polluting fossil fuel by top emitter could be in terminal decline

NEWS: Bloc accused of ‘cowardice’ after wiping requests to ditch billion-dollar bumps for coal and oil from annual review of member states

NEWS: A Marshall Islands plea for climate action fell on deaf ears at IMO, leaving CO2 to rise unchecked

NEWS: Executive secretary of UN climate convention rejects notion carbon curbs will slow growth, admits 2015 deal will not be a “silver bullet”

NEWS: Energy chiefs say group of industrialised countries are in consensus over urgency of “deep” greenhouse gas cuts

NEWS: Allowing oil giant to search for more fossil fuels denies the “meaning” of scientific warnings, writes 350 campaign founder

NEWS: Big businesses like AstraZeneca, H&M and Volvo are choosing green shippers, but UN maritime body makes slow progress on global regulations

THE GUARDIAN: IPCC modelling proves right as scientists find satellite glitch led to inaccurate sea level rise records in 1990s

BLOG: US legal expert lays out criteria for Paris pact, warns administration should not over commit or it could face trouble in courts

NEWS: Mind the gap: experts show scale of cuts needed to match pollution reduction targets of major world emitters

ANALYSIS: What requirements will a proposed 2015 global warming deal place on countries? It’s a question exercising top legal minds

NEWS: Groups warns US government approval of oil firm’s resumed exploration in risky polar waters spells environmental disaster

NEWS: Technology giant has greened its offices and data centres; now CEO Tim Cook aims to tackle much bigger manufacturing carbon footprint

NEWS: The EU says it is time for tides to provide energy for Europe from the Atlantic and end reliance on the burning of polluting fossil fuels

ANALYSIS: Taxing or trading emissions will not solve climate change alone, says the World Bank, so what else is needed?

NEWS: Researchers have mapped the length of time before energy crops have a positive impact on emissions in different parts of the world

ANALYSIS: Free from direct military rule since 2012, Myanmar is embarking on ambitious energy reforms, but renewables look set to miss out