Megan Darby
Megan Darby is the editor of Climate Home News. She previously wrote about UK energy and water industries for leading sector publication Utility Week. She holds a Mathematics degree from Newcastle University.
BP’s energy outlook: reality check or PR bullshit?
Energy companies predict a dangerous climate future of high oil demand, but they persistently underestimate clean energy
Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels
Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its sovereign wealth fund from coal, oil and gas
Trump timeline: week one of the US climate action crackdown
In the first seven days from inauguration, we track the key events of Donald Trump’s push to fry the planet
How Ireland bent EU climate rules to protect farting cows
Analysis of flexibilities – or loopholes – in EU 2030 emissions targets gives Dublin the prize for creative accounting
Brexit Britain plan boosts smart grid and electric cars
Climate analysts give a cautious thumbs up to industrial strategy they say will support the clean energy transition
Medical journal the Lancet to launch Planetary Health title
Influential publisher is raising the profile of links between climate change and public health
Weekly wrap: more heat than light as Trump team speaks
This week’s top climate politics and policy stories. Sign up to have our Friday briefing and Monday’s crib notes sent to your inbox
Your views: climate hope in the Trump era
Email subscribers are keeping up the positive vibes with a focus on state and community-level efforts, while staying connected
US power sector emissions fall below transport: EIA
A shift away from coal curbed the electricity sector’s carbon footprint, while cars only got marginally cleaner
Obama ties Trump admin into accepting CO2 dangers
Answering a kids’ lawsuit for tougher climate action, the federal defence agreed fossil fuel use endangers future generations
Arctic scientists take climate warning to World Economic Forum
Researchers bring warnings of a rapidly melting North Pole to world leaders in Davos
The data is in: 2016 was hottest year on record
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
Obama’s climate legacy: can it survive President Trump?
In the third of our Obama years trilogy, we ask whether the climate gains of the past eight years can last as the Donald takes power
Six bits of crucial context for Trudeau tar sands “gaffe”
Right wingers went spare when Canada’s prime minister said tar sands need to be phased out. Here’s why they’re being disingenuous
What Trump can learn from China about competitiveness
In Davos, President Xi Jinping is promoting a new growth model. China Dialogue looks at how booming renewables support that vision
China is taking the green bond market by storm
Beijing’s sustainable finance push is bearing fruit, with a world-leading $36.9bn worth of green bonds issued last year
Obama’s climate legacy: China, India and the Paris pact
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how President Obama galvanised international action on climate change
Germany ‘must halve coal power’ to meet 2030 climate target
Report commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency recommends closing older plants rather than relying on the carbon price
Obama’s climate legacy: a battle of attrition at home
In the first of a three-part series, Climate Home looks at Barack Obama’s domestic record on one of his top priority issues
Weekly wrap: US may keep seat at climate table
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