Climate Change News

Australia axes carbon tax – international reactions

NEWS: RTCC rounds up the world’s response to Australia’s repeal of its carbon tax

NEWS: After a thwarted attempt last week, the Australian senate has now repealed a levy on climate polluters

NEWS: Europe must speak “with one voice” at global climate talks in Paris next year, says Finnish minister

NEWS: In a sign of the growing popularity of green bonds, KfW’s first offering was oversubscribed

NEWS: Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin ends on positive note, as Hendrickssays world is on track to sign deal

ANALYSIS: The Montreal Protocol could deliver quick, cheap pollution cuts if India and Gulf states get on board

NEWS: Newly elected European Commission chief support for binding efficiency target praised by green groups

COMMENT: As churches and universities divest from fossil fuels, it’s time for the cultural industries to follow suit

NEWS: Climate champions Greg Barker, William Hague leave government roles along with climate sceptic Owen Paterson

NEWS: Former Irish President takes on key role months ahead of Ban Ki-moon climate summit in New York

NEWS: German chancellor pledges €750m to Green Climate Fund and demands politicians take climate science seriously

NEWS: Apple has reduced its carbon impact by 3% and admits “there’s still a lot of work to be done”

NEWS: Chief climate negotiator says research into when emissions will peak is ongoing, but suggests country could accept CO2 cap

NEWS: Peru’s environment minister calls on delegates to “avoid stress and anguish” and cooperate closely

NEWS: Two new atlases show the retreat of Arctic ice and the human and economic price exacted by extreme weather

NEWS: Green activists are protesting a trans-Atlantic trade deal they say could harm the environment

SKETCH: Controversial climate economist Richard Tol speaks in the UK parliament – when he can get a word in edgeways

NEWS: A group representing half a billion Christians has said it will no longer invest in coal, oil and gas

NEWS: Row over board membership means European funds cannot be used in flagship low carbon finance mechanism

NEWS: The UK is set to back green growth in India’s Mumbai-Bangalore corridor, says minister