Czech buyers of German coal plants linked to Panama Papers
NEWS: Swedish utility Vattenfall poised to sell dirty lignite operations to Czech billionaires who used offshore accounts to buy yacht and property
Renewable power installations grew 8.3% in 2015 – IRENA
NEWS: Solar and wind farms muscled out fossil fuel-fired plants as preferred form of new power generation in 2015, says clean energy body
Countries inking Paris climate treaty to break 34-year UN record
NEWS: More than 130 are set to sign the agreement in New York on April 22 showing ‘high level of engagement’ on climate
Climate models ‘overestimate’ increase in wet and dry extremes
NEWS: Analysis of data stretching back 12 centuries reveals questions surrounding climate models that have linked wet and dry weather extremes to current temperature rise
World Bank to ramp up climate change investments
GUARDIAN: The world’s biggest provider of public finance to developing countries will refocus financing efforts towards tackling climate change
Greg Barker: Time for ‘fresh thinking’ on UK energy policy
NEWS: Former climate minister and envoy says he will advise new initiative to develop centre-right climate and energy policies, claiming greens are being wedded to ‘same answers’
Emerging powers to sign Paris climate deal on 22 April
NEWS: Brazil, China, India and South America RSVP for UN ceremony and pledge to ratify emissions-cutting treaty as soon as possible
IHS Energy predicts coal price spike by 2020
NEWS: Analysis firm sees brighter future for mining companies, but climate researchers disagree
Big oil spent $115m ‘obstructing’ climate laws in 2015, NGO says
NEWS: Lobbying spend of Shell, Exxon Mobil and trade groups estimated in transparency effort
Royal reverse: Tubiana allowed to run for UN climate post
NEWS: Environment minister says she will now back country’s climate ambassador in goal to replace Christiana Figueres this year
Aviation talks face headwinds on rich-poor compromise
NEWS: As at the international climate talks, getting a compromise between rich and poor over airline emission cuts is proving tricky for UN negotiators
Maldives becomes fourth island state to ratify Paris climate deal
NEWS: Environment minister says new research on potential sea level rise makes approval of UN pact vital for vulnerable low-lying countries
21 countries show how to grow GDP while cutting emissions
NEWS: Much of Europe and the US has ‘decoupled’ economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions since 2000
Belgium quits coal power with Langerlo plant closure
NEWS: Country is seventh in EU to go coal-free, joining Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Baltic countries
France, Morocco urge shipping to make ‘fair share’ of carbon cuts
NEWS: Six countries are calling on the International Maritime Organization to pull its weight in efforts to tackle climate change
Super CO2-sucking crops could save the world from starving
NEWS: Plants genetically modified to thrive in hotter temperatures and increased carbon dioxide could cut fertiliser use and raise yields to reduce food shortages
For Myanmar, temptation of cheap coal ‘hard to ignore’
NEWS: Big expansion of coal power on track as Aung San Suu Kyi forms first civilian-led government in over 50 years
Indian minister mocks the West’s Africa energy initiatives
NEWS: Piyush Goyal says citizens in poorer countries deserve more than just a light bulb, urging richer countries to deliver power for TVs and fans
Trillions of dollars at risk from climate impacts – study
NEWS: An overheating planet could wreak financial havoc, researchers find in the most comprehensive valuation to date
Panama papers reveal how oil wealth goes offshore
NEWS: Top officials and ministers from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria named in mass data leak