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.
US Senate agrees climate change is not a hoax, but split on causes
NEWS: Nearly half of all top lawmakers in Washington DC reject latest climate science and deny human link to warming temperatures
Oil chiefs hold Davos meeting to debate climate strategy
NEWS: Saudi Aramco’s Khalid Falih says industry leaders discussed impact and responses to proposed UN climate change deal
US demand for gasoline soars as price falls
ANALYSIS: Data suggest that consumers at present are still very fickle and will consume more oil as fossil fuel prices fall
Blocking climate action threatens child health, Obama tells Congress
NEWS: US president uses State of Union speech to mock climate sceptics and says green policies will help most vulnerable in society
UK political consensus on climate could crumble like Australia’s
NEWS: Senior Australian Labor Party MP says radicalisation of right could see low carbon policies quickly axed
India’s Modi calls for “paradigm shift” on climate
NEWS: Prime minister seeks solar solidarity ahead of US president Barack Obama’s visit
Small temperature rise could devastate wheat yields, say scientists
NEWS: One degree of warming could slash wheat yields by 42 million tonnes and cause devastating shortages of this vital staple food
Seven stairs to Paris: A pathway to fixing climate change
COMMENT: Climate change is about politics, and we need wise leaders over the coming 11 months, says UK’s former chief climate diplomat
Oil majors face climate grilling at World Economic Forum
NEWS: Agenda for this year’s Davos meeting focuses heavily on climate change, with UN carbon cutting deal on horizon
UK Labour leader on collision course with Shell and BP
NEWS: Ed Miliband has declared his support for a net zero emissions goal that would put oil companies out of business
EU plans diplomatic offensive ahead of Paris climate deal
NEWS: Brussels leaders will meet on Monday to discuss strategy for raising global climate ambition ahead of UN talks
China’s efforts to ease water stress failing, say researchers
NEWS: Efforts to solve China’s water crisis − exacerbated by economic growth, climate change and a rising population – are having opposite effect
Is global warming real? US Senate could decide on Friday
NEWS: Senator Bernie Sanders has tabled amendment to Keystone bill to accept the scientific consensus on climate change
Carbon pricing set to cover 80% of Canadian economy
NEWS: Ontario to join Quebec and British Columbia in enforcing price on fossil fuels, despite opposition from prime minister Harper
Obama visit to India unlikely to deliver US-China climate pact repeat
NEWS: Washington and Delhi likely to agree pact on renewables and HFCs, but little chance of any major climate deal say insiders
Countries could leave UN climate body if Paris fails – Todd Stern
NEWS: Lead US envoy says future of global climate governance is at stake during climate negotiations in 2015
Climate calendar: Key dates for your 2015 diary
BLOG: Key dates for your diary in 2015, a year when the countries will come together and agree how to address climate change
Warming oceans speeding up climate change cycle
NEWS: Scientists have identified another consequence of global warming that is likely to accelerate climate change still further
China and US drove renewable investment growth in 2014
NEWS: A slumping oil price did not dampen enthusiasm for clean energy in 2014, as data shows global investment grew 16%
Ban Ki-moon: global inequality sows “bitterness and despair”
NEWS: UN chief issues plea for governments to back ambitious set of sustainable development goals, due to be agreed in September