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Climate change a factor in UK’s unusual weather – Met Office
Workshop concludes with unusual seasons pinned on newly discovered cycle in ocean temperatures, climate change and a number of other factors
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
Climate change drops off G8 summit agenda
Syria crisis and economy put issue in the backseat despite Queen’ speech highlighting climate as a G8 priority
Climate change to threaten UK food supplies
Morning summary: PwC analysis says UK will feel the effects of climate change in overseas countries before domestic impacts bite
Insulating your house could boost its value by £25,000
Energy efficient houses could see their value soar by 14-38% according to a study from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Russia continues to block UN climate talks
Morning Summary: Still no resolution to agenda rift as talks enter fourth day
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
John Ashton: No UK political party serious about climate change
Former top British climate diplomat says none of the country’s major political parties is serious about the climate change issue
Masdar offers welcome boost to UK Green Investment Bank
UAE state funded energy investor to provide much needed stimulus to Britain’s low carbon lender
Unilever chief calls for more climate action from governments
Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman says company’s sustainability targets need ambitious action from world leaders
Q&A: John Ashton answers your climate change questions
Former chief climate change diplomat on UK Treasury, Canada, Kyoto, ‘legal nihilism’ at UNFCCC and why it’s time for a new model of economic growth
Is it time for the UK to account for ‘carbon omissions’?
Officially British and European greenhouse gas emissions are declining, but if you add in consumption based emissions, they rise dramatically
UK backs corporate push to fight deforestation
Government becomes latest to join private sector partnership to reduce deforestation as efforts through the UN continue to be mired in red tape and controversy
Biofuel emissions “worse than fossil fuels” – report
Chatham House study says EU biofuel demands could force up costs for British motorists, increase food prices and release more carbon emissions
Rising sea levels could cost UK “billions”
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Beddington: No culture of climate denial in UK government
Former chief scientific advisor to government says there is little disagreement on climate science in Westminster
World’s largest offshore windfarm opens off UK coast
London Array windfarm is made up of 175 turbines and generates 630MW, enough to power nearly half a million homes
UK failing to protect natural capital – report
State of Natural Capital Report commissioned by the British Government calls on Treasury to integrate green thinking into economic policy
UK lawyers launch climate diplomacy bootcamp
Lawyers train negotiators from least developed countries in an effort to level the playing field at the UN climate talks
Key Cameron advisor blocks climate change from G8 agenda
RTCC understands the UK has rejected moves from Germany and France to include climate change on the 2013 G8 agenda