Climate Change News

BP embraces climate change risk resolution

NEWS: Oil major supports “non confrontational” call from shareholders to disclose analysis of climate risk

NEWS: Total drilling near Frederikshavn will help government decide whether to lift its moratorium on fracking

NEWS: Christiana Figueres says majority of global carbon emissions likely to be covered under 2015 pact, but unclear on ambition

NEWS: India is already moving on clean energy, says minister, but does not want outsiders reviewing its climate plans

NEWS: Vast “storage tanks” of water deep below the melting Greenland ice sheet that could have a major effect on sea level rise

COMMENT: Focusing on the 97% consensus is not always the best way to end the playground bickering of scientists, says Ilan Kelman

NEWS: Sir Richard Branson, Mo Ibrahim and Ariana Huffington are among twelve “B Team” business chiefs urging steep climate targets

FEATURE: Illegal pot plantations are being blamed for further depleting precious water resources in drought-stricken California

NEWS: Brussels set to be first bloc to reveal contribution to global emissions cutting deal as next set of UN talks draw close

NEWS: Oslo plans closer integration with Brussels on meeting 2030 climate goals, but Statoil chief says 40% is “demanding”

NEWS: Endangered species face even greater danger as climate change adds to loss of habitat caused by deforestation

NEWS: BP slashes spending but declines to follow Shell’s example in backing a shareholder campaign on climate risk disclosure

ANALYSIS: What would a global carbon cutting deal look like, how will countries get there and could it end in disaster?

NEWS: Money for coal, roads and airports will hurt climate goals warn analysts at UK environmental consultancy E3G

NEWS: Billions to be channeled towards climate measures in US president’s 2016 budget

NEWS: British people feel less threatened by climate change now than they did in 2010, a survey by Chatham House reveals

NEWS: China has now overtaken the European Union as the largest new market for solar power, says new report

NEWS: Vast coal mines planned for the Galilee Basin must stand on their own merits as incoming Labor government set to scrap subsidies

NEWS: World Meteorological Organization draws conclusion from combined datasets that 2014 was likely the hottest year ever

INTERVIEW: Strained relationships between Russia, EU and Middle East make climate negotiations harder, warns Janos Pasztor