Latest climate change news
Green Climate Fund: who promised what?
NEWS: US, UK, France, Germany joined by Mongolia, Monaco and Panama among others as fund tops $9 billion
Green Climate Fund sees $9.3bn pledged at Berlin summit
NEWS: UN climate chief hails contributions, saying it is one of the “wisest investments in the 21st century”
UK offers $1.1 billion to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: London’s commitment more than France and Germany despite strong domestic opposition
Green Queen signs up to UK carbon-cutting club
NEWS: British monarchy joins National Trust carbon cutting club to make its palaces greener
Pacific Islands face bleak future as 1.5C warming target slips away
NEWS: Countries need to accept radical carbon cuts over next decade to avoid worst climate impacts says UN
Dutch wind farm to power Google datacentre
NEWS: Technology giant purchases entire output of Netherlands wind farm, as IKEA makes biggest renewable investment yet
Is it time Taiwan took a seat at the UN climate talks?
ANALYSIS: International support and strong trading links could help Taiwan overcome the China block to UN representation
Hottest ever ocean temperatures signal end of warming “pause”
NEWS: Ocean temperatures break new record, as 2014 looks set to be hottest year ever
US Senate narrowly rejects Keystone XL pipeline bill
NEWS: Senators back polluting pipeline but fall one vote short of number needed to move legislation to White House
India targets 500% increase in solar power generation
NEWS: India’s energy minister promises 100 GW of solar power by 2022 across sunny India
Officials confident Green Fund will top $10bn target at Berlin meeting
NEWS: More funds expected as developing country leaders say UN deal requires strong financial package
Ocean health threatened as traffic soars 400% in 20 years
NEWS: Indian Ocean worst affected by marine pollution say researchers, who used satellite data to track ships
Why is the Green Climate Fund’s pledging meeting important?
INTERVIEW: Gambia’s Pa Ousman Jarju on why the cash needs to flow at the GCF’s Berlin meeting if there’s to be a UN climate deal
Climategate five years on: who won the war?
COMMENT: Claims of collusion and deceit within the scientific community caused a scandal in 2009, but to what effect, asks Richard Black
Activist murders raise doubts over Peru’s deforestation goals
NEWS: Killing of environmental activists puts Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s UN climate conference
What makes a UN deal legally binding?
-The form or type of the relevant legal instrument, i.e. is it a formal treaty that requires formal ratification and therefore taken more ‘seriously’ by states? -Are provisions of the legal instrument expressed in mandatory language, e.g. ‘shall’ or ‘must’ as opposed to ‘should’ or ‘aim’ and the use of phrases like ‘as appropriate’ or […]
Keystone XL Senate vote too tight to call
NEWS: Supporters of controversial tar sands pipeline need one more vote to pass bill through Senate
Germany nuclear phaseout puts 2020 climate target in peril
NEWS: Economics minister says carbon emissions reduction target is “no longer viable” ahead of parliamentary vote
HFCs breakthrough possible at Montreal Protocol meeting
NEWS: India stance on highly polluting gas appears to soften as countries meet for ozone treaty discussions
Church of England faces new pressure to divest fossil fuel holdings
NEWS: Diocese of Oxford demands divestment, and promises to review its own investments in fossil fuels