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.
UK urges Europe’s leaders to back ambitious climate targets
NEWS: Climate secretary Ed Davey stresses 40% cuts are at lower end of ambition as 2015 UN deal in Paris looms
UN: Expand marine protection zones to cope with climate threat
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
China emissions rising on high-carbon economic growth
NEWS: Economic success story has been driven by investment in high carbon sectors such as cement and steel, find researchers
Yeb Sano sets off on 1000km Philippines climate march
NEWS: Diplomat aims to “empower” communities during walk through areas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013
Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves
ANALYSIS: Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away
UN climate change talks: 2C or not 2C?
COMMENT: Ditching the 2C goal is like doctors dithering over a critically ill patient, say Climate Analytics
Berlin to host UN climate finance summit in November
NEWS: Green Climate Fund plans “resource mobilisation” meeting in German capital to hit US$10 billion target for 2014
Thousands sign petition against ‘petrolhead’ climate commissioner
NEWS: Incoming EU climate and energy chief faces rising opposition as MEPs prepare to question his appointment
World’s first major power plant with carbon capture opens in Canada
NEWS: IEA hails major breakthrough as one unit of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam plant starts sucking up CO2
No greenwash: Investors urged to disclose climate strategy
NEWS: More than 1,000 investors worth US$70 trillion have been challenged to show how they are managing climate risk
The climate marathon has started: it’s time to set the pace
COMMENT: The New York climate summit was a first step says Mohamed Adow. We should stop asking what it achieved, and begin walking
IEA: Solar could be largest power source by 2050
NEWS: Solar PV capacity would need to increase fourfold to achieve ambitious targets
California burning points to more frequent wildfires
NEWS: Incidence of forest and scrub fires has doubled in US since 1990s, say researchers
Oil majors target King Coal in fight for climate high ground
NEWS: Statoil and Saudi Aramco use New York summit to sell gas as a lower carbon climate change solution
Hedegaard: EU is still a ‘climate leader’
INTERVIEW: Outgoing EU climate chief faces one last battle to assure her legacy as UN emissions deal looms
What did Ban Ki-moon’s summit deliver on climate finance?
ANALYSIS: A new consensus on the role of public and private funding for climate change emerged this week, but more cash is needed
Graca Machel: climate fight requires courage and leadership
SPEECH: Elders member and Nelson Mandela’s widow says lack of action on climate should serve as a reality check to governments
EU climate chief: India won’t have to make carbon cuts for Paris deal
NEWS: Connie Hedegaard says Delhi does need to demonstrate progress on renewables and efficiency by 2015
New York summit: what it means for climate treaty prospects
ANALYSIS: The world’s superpowers have woken from their climate coma, but there is still much work to do towards a global deal
UN climate summit: Mandela’s widow says leaders lack courage
NEWS: Graca Machel, member of the Elders group, attacks world leaders for weak promises at New York summit