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Climate Live: July 2012 hottest month on record for USA, Kerry compares Iran’s ‘Nukes’ to climate change and tea prices set to soar
New data from NOAA shows that July 2012 was the hottest month on record for the US
One year on: Building resilience in the Horn of Africa
RTCC examines how to build resilience to drought in the Horn of Africa to protect communities from future dry periods.
Al Gore says climate crisis has arrived in USA
World leaders meet in Berlin to lay groundwork for UNFCCC climate talks in Doha later this year – while former US Vice President Al Gore warns that his nation is already experiencing climate change.
July 9-13: Five things we’ve learnt about climate change and the green movement this week
Carpet roofs, extreme weather, greens going blue and money growing on trees – what’s gone on in the world of climate change this week?
UK community energy could match Drax output but needs greater government support
Community energy could be big business in the UK, but work from all sides is needed to make it the success it is across Europe and the US.
Climate Live: Climate change driving salmon evolution, UK flooding to cost £860m by 2015 and San Francisco officials ban Apple
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
Apocalypse 2011: The year of climate alarms
2011 was a year of stark warnings from the scientific community, but lessons will be learnt going forward? RTCC took a look at the major findings from the past year.
Dangerous levels of climate change possible in this lifetime
Dangerous levels of climate change could be seen within the lifetime of people living today, unless a steep reduction in global emissions are put in place, according to two reports published in Nature Climate Change
Indian coal giants pushed for lax pollution rules while ramping up production
Even as India agreed to phase down coal power at UN climate talks, state-run firms were lobbying government to weaken pollution regulations and expand the sector
Mexico’s new president must reform national oil company Pemex
Investing even more in oil and gas would be a huge financial risk so Claudia Sheinbaum should order Pemex to diversify
Belém’s electric bus controversy: a cautionary tale for COP30
A plan for new buses in the Brazilian city hosting the 2025 UN climate summit was held up by a political row that suggests the road to COP30 could get rocky
Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears
The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval
Nepal says China withholds “essential” info on bursting Himalayan glacial lakes
Beijing has not kept promises to provide data on its lakes, hampering efforts to prevent flood disasters, a senior Nepali official says
UK court ruling provides ammo for anti-fossil fuel lawyers worldwide
Britain’s top court ruled that emissions from burning a fossil fuel – not just producing it – should be considered in decisions on new extraction projects
Where East African oil pipeline meets sea, displaced farmers bemoan “bad deal” on compensation
The oil export project has pushed up the price of land, so compensation is too low to maintain affected villagers’ standard of living
Global goal of tripling renewables by 2030 still out of reach, says IRENA
The renewable energy agency calls for more concrete policy action and finance, with Africa especially lagging on clean energy
A simmering conflict over one of Latin America’s biggest wind hubs confronts Mexico’s next president
Claudia Sheinbaum will have to deal with violent divisions over wind power projects on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Visa chaos for developing-country delegates mars Bonn climate talks
Campaigners have accused the German foreign office of discrimination, after some African delegates were denied visas for Bonn climate talks
Bonn bulletin: Crunch time for climate finance
Negotiators take on tricky topics in a slimmed-down finance text as UN climate chief calls for country transparency reports to shed light on NDC progress
Right-wing pushback on EU’s green laws misjudges rural views
Populist and far-right parties are wooing rural voters in the EU elections by exploiting a backlash against green policies – but new research suggests it may not work