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.
Oil majors summoned to Philippines human rights inquiry
ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP are among 47 companies invited to answer for their part in causing climate change impacts
Spiral-tastic: Climate change in three animations
These mesmerising climate visuals tell the story of how emissions have stoked global warming since 1850
Can Brazil green its energy without mega dams?
Human rights violations, drought risk and now corruption are undermining the case for hydropower. Environment minister José Sarney Filho is making the case for change
Inter-ethnic conflict linked to climate change
Ethnic divides, more than economic inequality or poverty, raise the risk of violence erupting when droughts or heatwaves kick in
Crib notes: Democrat convention to debate Clinton climate plan
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Weekly wrap: Big hitters target HFC phasedown
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Six EU countries have already met their 2030 climate targets
Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Portugal and Romania won’t be required to cut emissions in transport or farming for 15 years
Scientists warn of ecological recession as biodiversity declines
Species loss has pushed ecosystems past a danger threshold across more than half of the terrestrial world
EU climate package ‘not in line with Paris goals’
European Commission plans to tackle emissions from transport, buildings and farming next decade do not go far enough, say greens
Carbon capture axe casts shadow over UK energy plans
Decision to scrap technology funds will hike the cost of meeting UK 2050 climate target, warns spending watchdog amid Brexit uncertainty
Tropical storms to get fiercer as the world warms
Turbocharged weather events like Typhoon Nepartak, Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy are expected to become more common with climate change
Offshore carbon: why a climate deal for shipping is sinking
The Cook Islands, a tiny Pacific state vulnerable to sea level rise, is vocally opposed to action at the International Maritime Organization
1% finished: Facebook reveals 2015 carbon footprint
Social media giant gets 35% of electricity for its data centres from clean and renewable sources, ahead of target
South China overwhelmed by heavy rain, flooding
Wuhan province has suffered its heaviest downpours since 1998, exposing the inadequacy of flood defences
Fear and uncertainty after Filipina anti-coal activist murder
Campaigners are demanding justice for Gloria Capitan, shot dead in front of her grandchildren on President Duterte’s first day in office
May warned on climate threats to Brexit Britain
The incoming government must prepare for floods and heatwaves even as EU negotiations dominate politics, say advisers
How China could peak CO2 emissions by 2022
Detailed policy proposals by influential Chinese and US researchers show potential to speed up low carbon shift
Weekly wrap: Figueres sells message of hope to UN leadership race
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Climate change is raising peat fire risk – study
Drying bogs are increasingly flammable, researchers warn, fuelling blazes from Fort McMurray in Canada to southeast Asia
Javedekar out, Dave in as India’s environment minister
Anil Madhav Dave takes over the climate change brief from Prakash Javadekar, who has been promoted to a cabinet role