Climate Change News

New mercury convention could help fund climate efforts

NEWS: Drive to cut toxic pollution from power plants likely to have knock-on effects for greenhouse gas emissions

NEWS: Business driving grocery giant’s green ambitions, says VP, revealing new push on energy intensity targets

NEWS: Extreme heat has claimed many lives in India this year, and scientists say it can only get worse

NEWS: Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger says new demand cutting target will be proposed in September

NEWS: US military officials say threat from global warming is evident, calling for focus on efficiency and clean energy systems

NEWS: Heir to UK throne says time is running out to develop a more socially and environmentally aware capitalism

NEWS: Authorities vow to take radical action as pollution levels choke major cities across country

NEWS: WMO chief says new data shows world leaders must urgently reach a deal to limit atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

COMMENT: A crisis in economics education is creating a generation of leaders who don’t understand climate change

COMMENT: Few major announcements expected, but meeting offers opportunity to build relationships ahead of Ban Ki-moon summit

ENVIRONMENT NETWORK: Companies could start extracting oil underneath key biodiversity reserve on Earth by 2016

NEWS: British scientist expresses his surprise when parts of IPCC text were ‘mutilated’ at April meeting in Berlin

NEWS: Pairing between developed and developing country could encourage further flows of climate finance

NEWS: Technical, not political, talks on efficiency and renewables should form basis of pre-2020 climate ambition, says EU

NEWS: Planning Commission report highlights huge challenge facing new government, but stresses need to act

NEWS: Arrival of tar sands in Spain next week will raise fears that Europe will provide new market for polluting fuel

NEWS: China carbon emissions tool tests impact of radical energy policies – with prospects of emissions peak by 2025

NEWS: Extra plant growth in Australian dry lands reveals region’s growing global role as carbon sink

NEWS: Better home insulation and roof top solar power could slash EU gas consumption says new study

NEWS: Executive Director Hela Cheikhrouhou says safeguards will ensure only ‘low carbon and resilient’ projects receive funding