Climate Change News

China’s coal emissions could peak by 2020

NEWS: China’s 13th Five-Year Plan could be key to ending China’s dependence on coal, says Lord Stern report

NEWS: Economic growth can be decoupled from emissions, while natural gas could lose ‘low carbon’ status by 2025 as renewables boom

ANALYSIS: World leaders will gather in New York in September for a much hyped Climate Summit. Are they ready?

NEWS: Fossil fuel subsidies in oil-rich countries should be replaced with extra money for the poor, says report

ANALYSIS: Submissions on a UN climate treaty are starting to flood in – and they show just how many differences remain

NEWS: Disasters will be more frequent and complex across even the most advanced economies, warns OECD report

NEWS: US to test ‘hurricane-resilient’ wind turbines in three projects, supplying extra 67MW of clean energy to grid

NEWS: UN will support Pope Francis’ expected encyclical on man’s relationship with the planet, says Christiana Figueres

NEWS: UK government lawmakers call for UK to simplify legislation to make way for fracking industry

NEWS: More carbon dioxide in the air makes crops less nutritious, exacerbating threat of hunger in warmer world

NEWS: Exploring for new fossil fuel reserves poses threat of stranded assets, says Carbon Tracker Initiative in new study

NEWS: Almost 90% of the world’s urban population live in cities where the air is unsafe to breathe, according to UN data

COMMENT: With 365 days until the UK’s general election, politicians must show they’re serious about tackling climate change

NEWS: G7 energy security meeting focuses on renewables, but also pushes for new fossil fuel supplies and infrastructure

ANALYSIS: Stanford’s divestment from the coal industry could mark beginning of a new wave of investor action on climate change

NEWS: Tougher air pollution standards needed in face of increasing levels of ozone, conclude scientists in new study

NEWS: Prestigious American university pledges to divest its $18.7bn endowment fund from coal industry

NEWS: Climate change already having visible impacts across US, and temperatures could rise another 2.2C in coming decades

NEWS: Gas plants lose out to more polluting coal as prices rise, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch report

NEWS: World Bank and Al Gore call for ‘polluter pays’ principle to be implemented across global economy