Climate Change News

World faces 3.6C warming – International Energy Agency

NEWS: US-China climate pact is a “giant leap” but the energy sector is “quickly eating up the carbon budget”, analysts warn

COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon

NEWS: Climate diplomats welcome US-China targets and call for action from other major economies at Brisbane G20 summit

NEWS: Countries could have to base emissions reductions on global limit to CO2, say co-chairs of negotiations

In a surprise breakthrough, presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama have set goals for climate cooperation. We liveblog the details and reaction

NEWS: President Obama says countries have “historic responsibility” to lead international effort against global warming

COMMENT: After the midterms, next week’s Green Climate Fund pledging conference gives the US president a chance to show commitment to climate action

COMMENT: Last week’s social pre-COP meeting was a valuable democratic process that built links between the global North and South

COMMENT: The UK is critical to the success of Europe’s decarbonisation plan and a global climate deal in Paris

NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete and Federica Mogherini will mobilise “all our EU diplomatic intelligence” for UN climate talks

INTERVIEW: Envoys go back to boarding school in effort to build understanding ahead of proposed 2015 climate deal

ANALYSIS: UN green bank desperately needs funds, but can White House deliver after bruising mid term elections?

NEWS: The Clacton constituency of UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is particularly vulnerable to global warming, says local farmer

NEWS: Overseas Development Institute says countries are continuing to support uneconomic fossil fuel exploration

NEWS: Rear admiral Neil Morisetti says British troops could be drawn into combat in the event of 4C of warming

NEWS: Threatened by shrinking sea ice, bear is one of 31 endangered species to be given greater protection

NEWS: Former president lends support for US climate action, days after Republicans threaten to attack carbon cutting laws

ANALYSIS: Experts in Ethiopia, Nepal, Jamaica and Uganda explain how they are preparing for future global warming impacts

BLOG: A new play about climate change at the Royal Court Theatre in London fails to make climate data exciting

NEWS: Energy minister targets a billion tonnes of coal in 2019 to meet soaring electricity demand