Latest climate change news
Road to Paris: EU 2030 climate package holds key to UN deal
ANALYSIS: Leaders in Washington, Beijing and Pacific Islands will be watching Brussels carefully this week
China’s coal consumption drops for first time this century
NEWS: Momentary peak reflects long term trend as China attempts to shift from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy
Sea level could rise ‘height of man’ by 2100
NEWS: Scientists say sea level unlikely to rise beyond 1.8m by end of century – a rise still disastrous for tropical fishermen
UN climate talks: Countries urged to build bridges
NEWS: With just over a year to reach a global climate deal in Paris, negotiators are struggling to get past old conflicts
Poland isolated as pressure mounts on EU to deliver 2030 climate deal
NEWS: Warsaw holding out for more financial support as leaders head to Brussels for key two day European Council summit
European Parliament approves EU climate and energy chiefs
NEWS: Maros Sefcovic and Miguel Arias Canete will lead the European Union’s energy and climate change policy at a critical time for international negotiations
Divestment campaigners set their sights on UK banks
NEWS: Activists put pressure on banks to pull out of fossil fuel companies in demonstrations outside HSBC, Barclays and RBS this week
Marshall Islands poet says youth must lead climate fight
INTERVIEW: Star of UN climate summit says support in New York left her moved, and determined to save her country
Sweden rated as ‘world’s greenest country’
NEWS: New report ranks countries’ green performance, next to how well they’re perceived to be performing
Sweden pledges $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: New budget from centre-left government offers additional cash for developing countries
We need more transparency on climate finance
COMMENT: A 2015 climate deal must ensure clear accountability over levels of rich to poor funding, says Ecudaor’s lead climate envoy
Drought risks adding a toxic mix to Lebanon’s security crisis
COMMENT: Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis is also part of a regional climate frontline argues UN’s Ross Mountain
Earth on course for hottest year since 1880
NEWS: Global heat records fall as month by month data from US federal agency indicates world is warming
Europe’s new “energy union” leader talks tough on Russia
NEWS: Maros Sefocovic promises a “more assertive” energy policy and to continue EU leadership in climate negotiations
UK calls for aggressive ETS reform ahead of EU2030 deal
NEWS: The carbon market must be reformed quickly to support the 2030 climate goals due to be agreed this week, argues UK
Bonn climate talks: Four steps to support the world’s most vulnerable
ANALYSIS: What are the key issues with which negotiators will be grappling during this round of UN talks in Bonn?
Arctic ice melt sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C
NEWS: Scientists in the northern Alaska outpost of Barrow have linked 7C temperature rise to the decline in Arctic sea ice
Sahel faces food crisis as population surges towards one billion
NEWS: Human numbers are rising in one of the world’s driest regions, but harvest levels could suffer from climate change
Loss and damage: a guide for the confused
ANALYSIS: What is loss and damage? How does it work? And why do poor countries care so much?
Calls for deeper carbon cuts as EU debates 2030 climate deal
NEWS: Experts urge ambition ahead of European Council meeting to sign off the EU’s 2030 climate and energy framework on Thursday and Friday