Latest climate change news
UN sets six month deadline for delivery of draft climate agreement
NEWS: Text needs to be ready for translation by May 2015 say officials, who urge countries to “build bridges”
Juncker blow as EU Parliament votes out Bratusek
NEWS: Nomination for head of energy union rejected as MEPs turn against former Slovenian prime minister
Glasgow becomes first UK university to ditch fossil fuel assets
NEWS: Divestment movement gains new member as top academic institution warns climate impacts could cause devastation
Washington DC could face 300 floods a year by 2045 – study
NEWS: East Coast states need to plan for increased frequency of tidal flooding caused by rising sea levels, say scientists
Friendless candidate for top EU energy job heads for exit
NEWS: Alenka Bratusek is likely to be dropped after disastrous hearing, while controversial climate candidate Miguel Arias Canete is set to be approved
Why are journalists ignoring Africa’s climate misery?
ANALYSIS: African journalists tell RTCC they’re struggling to tell the climate story of their vulnerable continent
Ocean acidification causes US$1trn of damage a year – study
NEWS: Some 400 million people depend on threatened coral reefs for their livelihoods, British scientists warn at UN meeting
EU scraps plan to highlight tar sands pollution
NEWS: Refiners need to report the average carbon impact of petrol and diesel, but not identify highly polluting sources, under new rules
African countries demand $7 billion for green fund by December
NEWS: DRC envoy says capitalisation of fund by end of 2014 is a “red line” for developing world
Extra heat found in oceans explains global warming ‘pause’
NEWS: Much more heat is being absorbed by the world’s oceans in some regions than previously thought, find scientists
EU chief forced to remix top jobs as MEPs flex their muscles
NEWS: Jean-Claude Juncker must reconsider his choices – and the two candidates for lead EU roles on energy and climate look vulnerable
Leading Australian pension fund ditches coal holdings
NEWS: LGS chief executive cites increased risks of fossil fuel assets as reason for divestment
UK urges Europe’s leaders to back ambitious climate targets
NEWS: Climate secretary Ed Davey stresses 40% cuts are at lower end of ambition as 2015 UN deal in Paris looms
EU energy plans in limbo as MEPs grill proposed commissioner
NEWS: Former Slovenian prime minister Alenka Bratusek branded “vague and evasive” in EU Parliament interrogation
India refusal to cut CO2 emissions is “wrong” says ex minister
NEWS: Maintaining division between rich and poor nations at UN climate talks is relic of an old world, says Jairam Ramesh
UN: Expand marine protection zones to cope with climate threat
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
China emissions rising on high-carbon economic growth
NEWS: Economic success story has been driven by investment in high carbon sectors such as cement and steel, find researchers
September’s climate thermometer: who’s hot, and who’s not?
NEWS: Who has shown some cool, green leadership this September… And who is heating up the planet?
Yeb Sano sets off on 1000km Philippines climate march
NEWS: Diplomat aims to “empower” communities during walk through areas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013
Climate consensus: scientists and sceptics suspend hostilities
NEWS: Twitter adversaries meet over dinner to discuss the climate debate, and why everyone hates each other so much