Climate Change News

Ocean warming could weaken East Antarctic ice sheets

NEWS: Unstable ice sheet could cause ocean to rise by 4 metres in an ‘irreversible’ cycle of melting, say scientists

INTERVIEW: Foreign minister Tony de Brum tells RTCC he’s determined to stop his islands sinking beneath the waves

INTERVIEW: Deputy chief Richard Kinley says intensive diplomacy from world’s major carbon polluters could pay off in Paris

NEWS: Hundreds of customers have closed accounts at Australia’s four biggest banks in protest at their fossil fuel investments

NEWS: Moscow submission stresses need for developed and developing countries to contribute tougher emission reductions by 2015

NEWS: No news on Japan’s 2015 climate target, as countries reveal new joint research in energy sector

NEWS: Countries will debate reduction in use of potent greenhouse gases under UN’s ozone treaty

ANALYSIS: Ministerial gathering in Middle East can lay foundations for success at Ban Ki-moon’s leader’s summit

ANALYSIS: Sun power can now keep electricity turbines running however cloudy it may be, both night and day

COMMENT: Fixation on hitting arbitrary figure distracts from true goal of building green and resilient communities

NEWS: Dutch security board Rainbow Warrior vessel in Rotterdam as campaign against Arctic oil extraction intensifies

NEWS: Slow progress in setting up UN-backed funding mechanism causes confidence to dip to a new low

NEWS: Kathmandu Declaration signed by scientists, civil society and developing country envoys calls for new adaptation focus

NEWS: Divestment index reveals polluting companies which ethical investors ‘should avoid’

NEWS: Chocolate company says new wind farm project will deliver enough energy to offset entire US operations

ANALYSIS: Solar initiative put in place under Obama administration causes solar prices to fall every quarter for three years

NEWS: Court decision upholds rule to limit cross-state pollution, in major victory for Obama administration

NEWS: UN climate chief and US president reinforce need to prepare for climate damage in speeches in Nepal and Philippines

NEWS: Al Gore and Tony Blair are among those gathering at Abu Dhabi Ascent next week, ahead of Ban Ki-moon climate summit

NEWS: Vacillation over energy policy in the UK is threatening low carbon future set out in 2008 Climate Change Act