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EU leaders keep saying climate is a priority. Here’s something they can do
The European Investment Bank is the world’s largest multilateral lender and it keeps funding fossil fuels. Next week EU finance ministers can change that
The US’ hidden methane problem
Unregulated, unnoticed coal mines across the US are leaking a potent greenhouse gas with the same greenhouse effect as 13 million cars
One kilometre along the Arctic sea ice – my hardest ever swim
When Lewis Pugh finished his 22-minute, awareness-raising swim his hands were so frozen he hand to grip onto his photographer with his teeth
UK cuts Foreign Office climate change team
Cuts made to workforce at home and overseas despite ministers saying climate diplomacy should be a top priority, reports the Guardian
George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?
COMMENT: UK chancellor has taken an axe to country’s green policies in lead up to UN’s climate summit. His March 2016 budget will be an early chance to see if COP21 has worked
Obama to slash methane emissions 45% by 2025
NEWS: The White House’s first ever methane rules for the oil and gas industry would help US curb global warming
UK, Germany & France join coalition against black carbon and methane pollutants
21 states now signed up to agreement to slow climate change by cutting damaging emissions
Carbon focus: Innovative methods to cut emissions
While negotiations in the main Conference Centre in Durban remain deadlocked, there is plenty of innovation on display in the main conference centre.
The data is in: 2016 was hottest year on record
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
BBC lost at sea as Radio 4 mocks climate change science
BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office
Halloween could be UK’s hottest ever
NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office
UK invests £97m in weather and climate supercomputer
NEWS: The Met Office says the system, 13 times more powerful than its existing capacity, will bring £2 billion of benefits
UK set for driest September since records began
NEWS: Provisional Met Office figures suggest that this September will be UK’s driest since at least 1910
Climate change to increase UK flash flood risk – study
NEWS: Chances of potentially dangerous levels of heavy rain likely to increase says Met Office
Global warming ‘slowdowns’ will be frequent say UK scientists
Met Office summary for UN climate summit reveals recent pause in temperature rise not unusual, with more likely in future
Scientists admit global warming has paused (but it’s coming back)
UK Met Office say natural causes responsible for slowing temperature rise, but overall trends suggest we’ll still hit 2 degrees of warming
UK climate experts meet to discuss ‘unusual weather’
Morning briefing: Workshop at UK’s Met Office to determine if climate change played a role in recent extreme weather events
Ed Davey: vested interest & nimbyism drives climate contrarians
UK Secretary of State Ed Davey’s speech to Met Office Climate Services event at Institute of Physics, London on Monday 3 June
Climate change linked to 2011 East Africa drought
UK Met Office report suggests human influence affected rainy seasons in East Africa ahead of catastrophic drought
Expert view: Has global warming stopped?
Climate scientists explain why the planet is still warming, despite new data from the UK Met Office suggesting it has slowed