Ed King
Ed previously worked as a Producer on BBC Radio 5 Live. He holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising in global energy and climate policy.
Carney climate taskforce ‘misrepresents’ Paris deal
Head of the ‘Plan B’ climate NGO argues Financial Stability Board plans to enforce better disclosure of climate risk from companies are just enforcing status quo
UN shipping body rejects EU climate initiative
Head of UN shipping body accused of “siding” with countries obstructing climate pact after penning warning against unilateral action to EU chiefs
Obama warns Trump against quitting Paris climate deal
Writing in the journal Science, outgoing US president tells his successor that scrapping the UN’s 2015 climate pact would lead to economic and diplomatic harm
Why is the UK selling its flagship climate bank?
Theresa May’s government is set to flog the once-prized Green Investment Bank to an Australian outfit nicknamed the “vampire kangaroo”
South Asia’s women suffer as climate migration rises
Feminization of environmental migration is already underway in South Asia but governments have been slow to recognise the role of climate change
Crib notes: UK’s flagship green bank faces evisceration
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How China is reinforcing its climate targets for 2020
This week’s hotly anticipated five-year plan for energy shows stronger ambition for shifting from coal to cleaner sources
Mapped: China’s $32 billion overseas clean energy splurge
Long known for its huge foreign investments in coal, oil and gas, Beijing is now starting to splash the cash on greener technologies
Climate science is skewed to rich country interests, say researchers
Lack of interest in issues affecting poor countries such as adaptation informs global climate deals, argues international panel of scientists
Global 2C warming limit not feasible, warns top economist
With “extreme policy measures”, a 2.5C limit is in reach, according to latest climate model from William Nordhaus
France delivers 2050 climate plan to UN
Francois Hollande joins leaders in US, Germany, Mexico and Canada in delivering long-term plan to slash emissions to United Nations climate body
Why India’s waste pickers are key to a fair climate deal
Low-carbon measures could increase urban poverty if a clean transition is not carefully managed, research from IIED suggests
The age of Xi: will China flex its climate muscles in 2017?
Beijing’s policies have seen China invest heavily in renewables and support the UN’s first major climate pact – but without US cover it will face new scrutiny this year
Climate calendar: key dates for your 2017 diary
With new leaders in the US and at the UN, conflicts across the world and a rise in populism, 2017 promises to be a key year for climate politics
Trump’s climate impact could be ‘vanishingly small’
Trump has called climate change a hoax, but what’s truly scary, scientists tell ProPublica, is how much larger the problem is than one American president.
Don’t kill US climate plans, 15 states warn Trump
Attorneys general from Democrat states and four sub-state jurisdictions say they will see the new president in court if he rips up low carbon policies
China reveals 2016 coal power crackdown
Beijing government says it is starting to cancel coal projects, but critics say country is wasting billions on polluting capacity it does not require
Waste gas flared by oil industry rising, warns World Bank
Natural gas flaring at oil sites around the world is on the up, cutting the industry’s costs but damaging the climate
Rising middle class threatens China’s climate targets
China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being undermined by increased Western-style consumption habits among the urban rich
Farewell 2016: climate highlights from our expert panel
Scientists, policymakers and civil society leaders from France, Germany, Bangladesh, Spain, the US and UK identify their highlights of 2016