John Parnell
OECD: Subsidies to oil and gas companies falling in Global North
Subsidies increased by 30% globally to $523bn but industry’s share is dissipating among richer nations with subsidies to consumers driving the bulk of the growth
Study: ‘Not using renewable energy’ costs $9bn a day
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WWF says aviation emissions deal can be done this year
NGO proposes four options to help airlines tackle climate change when they meet to discuss the issue at crunch meeting this Autumn
NGOs question Scotland’s climate change plans
Group says there is too little detail on how laudable emissions reduction and clean energy targets will be met and how policies will be paid for
Report: Flying beats the bus for environment
Travelling by coach is worse for the environment than flying, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia.
New data says China uses half the world’s coal
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Scotland the brave reveals new climate targets
Ambitious new climate change policy measures announced including plans to cut emissions from electricity production by 80%
Canada aims to prove clean coal can work
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What can UN climate talks learn from mercury agreement?
Minamata Convention on mercury signed last week shows that multilateral environment deals can be done – but does this apply to talks on climate change?
Could Don Draper sell energy efficiency?
Today the UK Government launches the Green Deal – but why is energy efficiency such a hard sell?
World Bank: Time for big six to act on climate change
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Five things we learned about climate change this week
How sincere is President Obama’s change of heart? Melting ice is more than just a climate indicator and carbon trading has an eventful week
Airlines reject carbon trading ‘windfall profit’ claims
CE Delft report accuses industry of passing costs of climate change policies on to customers above and beyond those incurred by airlines
EU carbon market faces bleak future after vote defeat
Price of carbon at record low after plans to prop up market are vetoed by key EU Parliament committee
EU carbon price collapses after voting setback
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Electric car industry boosted by EU’s rapid rollout plans
Binding targets for charging points will see almost 800,000 installed across continent by 2020 as EU looks to slash greenhouse gas emissions from transport
Davos 2013: Fox News climate analysis makes up the maths
Network’s business channel points finger at “fuzzy maths” of World Economic Forum’s climate change report, but real problem is Fox’s lack of attention to detail
Beating climate change: 5 lessons from nature
Copying leaves or printing bacon – mimicking the natural world is at the centre of many low carbon innovations
Davos 2013: Pepsi, Adidas and Unilever lead KPMG sustainability charts
See which consumer brands are doing the most to clean up their act and combat climate change according to latest KPMG rankings
NASA image reveals extent of Australian heat wave
Sustained period of record breaking weather likely to form part of global warming trend says IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri