Climate Change News

Fund managers must account for long term risks – UK Law Commission

NEWS: Environmental and social risks should be integrated into investment strategies says influential body

NEWS: Rising sea levels, drought and food shortages likely to increase without cut in climate warming gases

NEWS: India environment minister promises government will “reposition” itself at global climate negotiations

NEWS: The Ukraine crisis has triggered a focus on energy efficiency but divisions remain over the level of ambition

NEWS: Obama-linked Organizing for Action group calls on voters to fight back against Koch brother influence

NEWS: New analysis by team at Climate Central illustrates how summer temperatures have been steadily rising since 1970

NEWS: Space agency will monitor rising levels of CO2, the most prolific greenhouse gas blamed for global warming

NEWS: Governments push UN Environment Assembly to take stronger stance on toxic air quality

NEWS: Renewables investment needs to double to prevent runaway climate change, a leading industry body has warned

NEWS: Oslo meeting marks start of effort to raise $15 billion for mitigation and adaptation effortd by end of 2014

NEWS: Country’s emissions have soared in past two decades, but government believes cuts can boost competitiveness

NEWS: Despite recent falls in low carbon investment, potential for green businesses to flourish is growing across the world

NEWS: Indonesia’s forest loss is accelerating each year, despite a moratorium on logging, study finds

NEWS: A network of 25 indigenous mountain communities is sharing information – and seeds – for a climate-proof future

ANALYSIS: Jean-Claude Juncker has his eye fixed on Europe’s economy, but climate looms large on the EU agenda

NEWS: Democrats and Republicans have teamed up to combat HFCs, methane and black carbon

NEWS: Climate vulnerable nations need to take leadership role or face severe impacts says UN chief

COMMENT: Former chief UK climate diplomat says China must look to the earth to rediscover its dreams for the future

COMMENT: East Coast state’s new climate change law shows legislators must deal with mitigation and adaptation together

NEWS: UN’s World Meteorological Association now more certain that El Niño will hit by end of year