Alex Pashley

Alex previously covered the Andean region for the foreign press from Peru. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, Economics degree from Warwick University.

Washington DC is sinking into the sea – study

NEWS: The seat of US government faces six inches of subsidence this century, geologists say, making it vulnerable to sea level rise

ANALYSIS: Countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives need cash to deal with global warming, but have weak institutions

NEWS: Investments worth $140m drawn up spur to climate-resilient agriculture following Obama visit to Kenya

NEWS: Lack of breakthrough on core plank of UN deal tees up November meeting to tackle contentious issue

NEWS: Indonesia could go a quarter of the way to reaching its 2020 carbon-cutting aim by ending destruction of vital forests

NEWS: The world’s second emitter eyes over a quarter cut in its CO2 emissions by 2025. Here’s how it can get there

NEWS: Corporates to commit to green investments and clean energy in win for Obama climate endeavour

INTERVIEW: Conservative peer questions Lord Lawson’s care for poor, claims his budgets while chancellor suggest otherwise

ANALYSIS: The world’s gluttony is gushing carbon. Is it time to dial down excess and combat climate change?

NEWS: ‘Irresponsible’ to rely on techniques to strip carbon or reflect sunlight to slow global warming, EU analysis concludes

NEWS: Summary of negotiator meetings show broad strokes of global climate pact, though carbon cuts unlikely to be legally binding

NEWS: Islamic declaration adds to growing pressure religious leaders exert on richer nations to reduce impact on Earth’s climate

NEWS: Brussels says bloc will sign off beleaguered treaty before successor crafted at key climate summit

NEWS: Major carbon polluters set timelines for draft contributions to UN global climate pact

NEWS: Controversial Belo Monte dam project has failed to meet conditions to win its license, say environmental groups

NEWS: Flying west? A warmer Pacific is speeding up air currents, burning $3bn a year in extra fuel and CO2, study finds

NEWS: 2005 pandemic made leaders consider all scenarios. The same must apply for global warming, argues Sir David King

NEWS: Millions rely on meltwater from Asia’s water towers, but lack of expertise and manpower hampers the study of climate impacts

ANALYSIS: 2,000 of science’s best minds mingled this week in the last meeting of its size before December’s crunch Paris summit

NEWS: Litigation mooted by neighbour Vanuatu undermines UN climate deal chances, leader of low-lying Pacific island says