Climate Change News

UN forest protection plans could lead to land grabs – report

A future forest carbon market needs to ensure local communities have control over their lands, says report

A UN submission by the least developed countries group says that early pledges are key to successful Paris treaty

High energy prices, flagging economy and Ukraine crisis should prompt European leaders to push for more effective efficiency targets

Scale of impacts and lack of long-term planning could leave world with ‘no exit strategy’ if temperatures rise

Former South African finance minister says science is now incontrovertible and potential effects of warming world deadly

Small African country has huge solar, geothermal and hydro potential, but needs financial support

It sounds an easy solution, but ditching Russian gas and replacing it with renewables is fraught with difficulties

Dogmatic views and lack of financial guarantees blights week of negotiations in Bonn

Transatlantic trade pact could boost shale gas industry by allowing companies to avoid courts and planning laws

The US and China need to take urgent action to prevent small islands sinking, says Marshall Islands UN representative

Coverage from the closing set of negotiations at the UN climate meeting in Bonn

City meets goals mainly as result of increased energy efficiency drive after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

Filipino negotiator tells RTCC that his monthly ritual of fasting is helping him to secure a strong UN treaty on climate change

Prime Minister hints renewable energy projects around world could be major beneficiaries of new rules

Beijing’s efforts to cut smog to also cut CO2, but nationwide carbon emissions and air pollution likely to remain high until at least next decade.

Annual report for 2013 says investment needed in technologies to reduce company’s carbon emissions

Pressure from developing countries forces officials to agree to accelerate 2015 climate deal talks

Laurent Fabius says Beijing knows it must take “bolder action” to cut pollution, expects cooperation on UN 2015 deal

Negotiators say progress has been made at Bonn talks, but some warn time is running out to deliver a draft text by Lima

EU parliament votes overwhelmingly for partial ban on potent greenhouse gases used in fridges and airconditioners