Latest climate change news
New Climate Economy: it’s not just another report
COMMENT: Publication marks an important moment in the gathering global politics of climate change, argues Michael Jacobs
Felipe Calderón: “we can improve economy and tackle climate change”
NEWS: Politicians and businesses respond to new findings that climate action will boost the economy
Yeb Sano sails to the Arctic in “clarion call” for climate
INTERVIEW: Filipino climate commissioner undertakes seven-day trip across the fragile north, highlighting impacts of global warming
Upcoming climate protests will be “biggest in history”
NEWS: Activists plan over 2,000 actions on weekend ahead of landmark UN climate summit in New York
Climate action and prosperity go hand in hand, leaders told
NEWS: Twelve-month enquiry finds governments can cut emissions and grow the economy, if they embrace change
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ dry up as drought takes hold
NEWS: Scientists believe Amazon rainforest water loss is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change
Big business takes steps to prepare for global climate deal
NEWS: Leading companies are getting “climate ready” say analysts at CDP as new report reveals internal carbon pricing plans
UN confirms officials from 162 countries will attend climate summit
NEWS: Leaders expected to make four minute speeches outlining commitment to global emissions agreement in 2015
Leading philanthropic foundations can create climate “tipping point”
COMMENT: Jeremy Leggett from Carbon Tracker outlines five ways philanthropists can use wallets to curb carbon emissions
Criminal deforestation poses growing climate threat
NEWS: Foreign demand for agricultural products worth an estimated $61 billion is driving rates of deforestation
Development banks promise to back climate action
NEWS: Six major funders say they have provided US$ 75 billion since 2011 and will increase cooperation on low carbon finance
After the floods, India investigates climate change links
NEWS: Poor planning blamed again as thousands in India and Pakistan are forced out of homes by intense rainfall
Jonathon Porritt: I have not sold out to the palm oil sector
INTERVIEW: Veteran UK environmentalist defends industry-backed study that will endorse some forest clearance
Finance finally on horizon for UN’s Green Climate Fund
COMMENT: Civil society observer says latest meeting of flagship green fund has left her cautiously optimistic
UN climate summit set for major carbon pricing announcement
INTERVIEW: World Bank’s Rachel Kyte tells RTCC global support for valuing CO2 will surprise many critics
“Specious and unhelpful” – Tory MP hits back at THAT poll
NEWS: Graham Stuart says survey saying over half of Conservatives are climate sceptic is misleading
How new EU climate chiefs can make a green energy union
COMMENT: An open letter to Alenka Bratušek, vice president for Energy Union, and Miguel Arias Cañete, European commissioner for climate action and energy
Ozone layer to recover by mid-century, say scientists
NEWS: Campaigners renew calls for HFC phase-out to build on ozone success and tackle climate change
Cocaine wars to climate crisis: can fortified crops save Colombia?
NEWS: The biggest threat to Colombian farmers used to be drug-related violence. Now it’s climate change – but biofortified crops offer hope
Which narrative will prevail at the UN’s climate summit?
COMMENT: Debate over the costs of action versus the costs of inaction is likely to dominate Ban Ki-moon’s high level gathering