Oceans warming too fast for Great Barrier Reef – study
Corals survived bleaching in the past as gradual warming gave time to adapt. That’s not so certain in the future
World Bank head warns against new coal power plants
Climate change up with migration and pandemics as the major threat to global economy, says Jim Kim
Drought stumps Indian cricket league
Thirteen games to be moved from Maharashtra state next month due to severe dryness, judge rules
Panama to deliver climate plan at Paris signing ceremony
Central American state will deliver belated plan at UN signing ceremony diplomat says, leaving six holdouts remaining
UN climate science body green-lights 1.5C report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change accepts call for report on tough aspirational global warming threshold agreed in Paris
North Korea set to sign Paris climate deal
Pyongyang neglected to submit UN climate pledge, but will formally back agreement at 22 April ceremony
IMF: Oil price crash delays clean energy transition
NEWS: Cheap fossil fuels could thwart development of renewables, says global lender in economic outlook
US coal major Peabody files for bankruptcy
NEWS: World’s largest private coal mining company is mired in debt after failing to anticipate price downturn
Apple has ‘strongest climate policy’ of business world
NEWS: Tech titan scores first ‘A’ in NGO ranking and is commended for use of renewable energy and green advocacy
Scientific consensus on climate change still ‘overwhelmingly high’
NEWS; Review of influential 2013 paper that produced ‘97%’ figure reaches same conclusion: ‘the level of scientific agreement is overwhelmingly high’
Greenland sees record-smashing early ice sheet melt
NEWS: Scientists ‘incredulous’ at abnormally high numbers for April, with melting across nearly 12% of ice sheet
US set for intergenerational ‘trial of the century’
NEWS: Magistrate judge rules young plaintiffs can sue the federal government for allegedly harming their future by failing to act on climate change
Paris climate change pact to come into effect ‘by 2018’
NEWS: UN’s outgoing climate chief says late change to text means agreement could be enforced well before 2020, raising hopes world can avoid dangerous climate change
Latin America regional bank to scale up climate investments
NEWS: Inter-American Development Group aims to double spending on green projects to US$4bn a year by 2020
Save the Children: Ethiopia ‘deeply affected’ by climate change
NEWS: Famine-hit country faces worse drought in future, warns aid chief and former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Islands of Gauguin, Robinson Crusoe could become parched paradise
NEWS: Climate change could aggravate water shortages in three-quarters of world’s small islands by 2050, researchers warn
Gulf states win concessions in HFC phase-out talks
NEWS: Hot countries offered four-year grace period to comply with rules to replace potent warming gases in air conditioning
UN energy envoy urges investors to consider 1.5C warming limit
NEWS: Finance sector should be prepared for more aggressive emissions curbs to hit value of carbon majors, says Rachel Kyte
Top money managers, ratings agencies scanned for climate risk
NEWS: NGO to rate exposure of ‘whole investment chain’ to perils of warmer planet to protect retirement savings
UN: Ratify Paris climate deal or face exclusion from decisions
NEWS: Head of legal affairs outlines implications of early entry into force for Paris deal, and voting rights of countries slow to approve treaty