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Clean coal, kryptonite and Mitt Romney
Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney says clean coal is the answer to the USA’s energy problems – but does it really exist?
Figueres: Asia is new centre of the universe for carbon cuts
UN climate chief praises efforts to use carbon markets to reduce emissions as Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia follow the example of South Korea and China.
VIDEO: A record-breaking year for the Arctic & Antarctic
Sea ice levels in the North and South Poles have dominated the climate change debate this summer – these animations demonstrate why.
Costa Rica’s youth eye a carbon neutral future
Youth Profile #14: Costa Rica is one of the world’s smaller countries, but in the world of climate change it stands tall – led by a dynamic youth movement
Pressure grows on Romney and Obama to mention climate change in debate
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Second generation of biofuels could give forests a break
Biofuels have been charged with devastating large tracts of forested land – but their successors could change that perception for good
Carbon capture and storage: time to bury the myth?
CCS technology appears a simple and logical answer to the need to keep the lights on and lower emissions – but is it really the golden bullet to stop climate change?
Japan eases regulation for new coal-fired power plants
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Thailand and Vietnam set to launch carbon markets
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Is Japan’s Nuclear U-turn good or bad news for climate change?
Let us know what you think about Japan’s decision to stick with its fleet of nuclear reactors
Siemens open ‘greenest building’ in London
‘The Crystal’ uses 50% less energy than comparable buildings, generates 100% of its heating and recycles 44% of its water
Climate Live: UK MPs call for halt in Arctic oil and gas drilling as sea ice shrink to lowest levels
The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Youth Profile #12: European activists demand governments put their futures ahead of ‘dirty industry’
In the latest RTCC Youth Profile, Lucy Patterson from Push Europe tells RTCC that it is time countries stopped blocking greater ambition in the continent’s global climate change targets.
Republicans bid to stop Obama’s ‘War on Coal’
Legislation that would protect coal mines from closure and make Federal funding of renewables projects more difficult will be debated in Congress this week
World’s coral reefs at risk from warming waters
New study published in Nature Climate Change says a combination of warming temperatures and ocean acidification is putting nearly all of the world’s coral reefs under threat.
UK will lose influence at UNFCCC if it fails to be honest over ambition
If British politicians treat their own climate targets like a joke, what hopes are there for an effective global binding emissions deal?
Youth Profile #11: China’s young activists out to prove they do care about climate change
In the 11th of RTCC’s youth series, Cao Yuan from the China Youth Climate Action Network talks about the work they are doing getting the young people’s voices heard on climate change, both in China and on the international stage.
Fatih Birol: Door to 2 degrees could be closed by 2017
International Energy Agency’s chief economist warns world will be on unstoppable warming trajectory if low-carbon investments are not made in next five years
Climate Live: Carbon Disclosure Project reveal 81% of business aware of climate change risks
The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
UN climate talks: EU negotiator calls for urgent ambition to avoid 2 degrees
UK and EU senior climate negotiator Pete Betts says political conditions need to improve if world is to hit key climate change temperature goal