Alex Pashley
Alex previously covered the Andean region for the foreign press from Peru. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, Economics degree from Warwick University.
The Dirty Dozen: the fossil fuel industry’s polluting league table
NEWS: Study shows dirtiest publicly-traded energy companies pump out more emissions a year than the US, Japan and Russia combined
1.5C climate goal still in reach, say scientists
NEWS: World must embrace deeper emissions cuts, biofuels and carbon storage in last stab at limiting long term costs for planet, study says
Hollande backs business with demand for global carbon price
NEWS: French President’s remarks chime with other business leaders at conference six months before Paris hosts crunch UN talks
Brazil, China urge rich nations to take lead in Paris
NEWS: Developed countries must cut carbon deepest and deliver finance pledge, say emerging economies central to crunch summit
What China’s investment binge in Latin America means for the climate
NEWS: The Asian giant is funnelling cash into mega-projects, but not clean energy, as Amazon railways and canals take shape
Shell Arctic oil drilling reaction ‘overblown’ – US envoy
NEWS: Admiral Papp says conditional approval to explore polar waters just ‘another step’, as ‘kayaktivists’ protest in Seattle
IPCC meets to review new climate fighting tools
NEWS: World authority on global warming moves to add shifts in population and economies in its forecasts in Vienna meeting
Is climate change driving Brazil’s drought chaos?
ANALYSIS: Experts are divided over the extent of an overheating planet’s role in the South American country’s chronic dry spell
Canada posts pledge for 2015 UN climate change deal
NEWS: Harper government says plan is “fair and ambitious”, but critics point to reliance on carbon credits and inaction on tar sands
Wikiclimate: crowdsourcing’s place in a Paris deal
BLOG: Citizens of the world invited to submit ideas in in climate action contest to influence negotiators ahead of December summit
European Commission drops demand to cut fossil fuel subsidies
NEWS: Bloc accused of ‘cowardice’ after wiping requests to ditch billion-dollar bumps for coal and oil from annual review of member states
Australia needs radical CO2 cuts to match US, EU
NEWS: Mind the gap: experts show scale of cuts needed to match pollution reduction targets of major world emitters
US decision to open Arctic to Shell drilling sparks green fury
NEWS: Groups warns US government approval of oil firm’s resumed exploration in risky polar waters spells environmental disaster
Hollande calls for climate funds at Caribbean summit
NEWS: French president urges rich countries to help vulnerable states as top officials from Cuba to the Bahamas stake out common position for region
Cameron appoints Amber Rudd UK climate change chief
NEWS: Conservative MP takes helm in crunch year with Paris climate summit and debates on clean energy on horizon
Australia likened to Saudi Arabia in plea to quit coal habit
ANALYSIS: UN climate chief urges Canberra to follow Gulf example on renewables as policymakers slash clean energy ambition
Why Canada’s provinces are fighting the Feds on climate
ANALYSIS: Leftwingers’ shock victory in oil-rich Alberta signals energy sector shake-up as anticipated carbon taxes defy PM Harper
Fossil fuels just pushed CO2 levels to a 3 million-year high
NEWS: Global concentrations of greenhouse gases surpass “significant milestone”, US climate science agency says
Mangoes to maggots: 7 forest foods that hold ‘trump card’ to hunger
NEWS: In the face of climate change and peak farmland, tree foods offer “hidden harvest” for global hungry, report says
Mexico uses climate threat to justify ‘slum clearance’
NEWS: Official plans to relocate residents of shanty towns braced for future landslides and floods spark human rights fears