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.
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IEA: Global coal use flatlining on weak Chinese demand
NEWS: Paris climate deal reinforces tough outlook for mining sector, with prices set to remain low to 2020, says International Energy Agency
Shipping and aviation: Missing pieces in the climate puzzle
ANALYSIS: It’s not clear who is responsible for cutting greenhouse gases from ships and planes, after they were left out of a Paris climate deal
Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal
NEWS: Funds worth US$4 trillion are calling on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to assess their exposure to climate risk
UK needs carbon capture tech to meet climate goals, says Amber Rudd
NEWS: Energy and climate secretary Amber Rudd tells lawmakers negative emissions technology will be important for UK later this century
China rescues US from Paris climate deal ‘typo’ fiasco
EXCLUSIVE: The US panicked at the inclusion of a legally binding term in historic UN climate change pact, prompting last minute huddles
Rhetoric or reality? Climate scientists divided on 1.5C warming goal
NEWS: Tighter warming limit is meaningless without decarbonisation pathway, say experts as countries close in on Paris climate deal
Thursday’s draft Paris agreement aims for ‘well below 2C’ warming
NEWS: Version presented by French presidency on Thursday evening well received, but some issues remain unresolved going into final day of COP21
A brief history of the 1.5C target
ANALYSIS: Like most overnight successes, a campaign by vulnerable countries for a stricter warming limit is based on years of groundwork
Podcast: Bangladeshi expert talks rich-poor tensions and 1.5C
On the penultimate day of UN climate talks in Paris, Saleemul Huq tells Climate Home finance is key to unlocking a strong global pact
COP21: US joins ‘coalition of high ambition’ at Paris talks
AS IT HAPPENED: UN releases new ‘clean’ draft text for agreement, US joins 100+ coalition of countries calling for tougher climate goals
Meet the suits at Paris climate change talks
ANALYSIS: Why are business leaders showing up at COP21? Climate Home asked chief executives what they are doing about global warming
Podcast: How climate vulnerable countries are setting the agenda in Paris
Megan Darby talks to Monica Araya, former Costa Rica negotiator and founder of think tank Nivela, about an extraordinary push for a 1.5C global warming limit at COP21
Paris climate deal must not leave vulnerable to foot the bill
COMMENT: A levy on fossil fuel companies could pay for protection of the world’s poor from climate damage, argues Julie-Anne Richards
Podcast: What is Russia up to at the Paris climate talks?
Megan Darby talks to WWF Russia’s Alexey Kokorin about Vladimir Putin and why forests are the best bet for Russian climate policy
Scientists: 1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase-out by 2030
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions stalled in 2015, but tough target demanded by climate vulnerable countries looks unattainable
Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
NEWS: Speaking at a side event of COP21, industry and observers warn the International Maritime Organization is letting key sector off the hook
Marshall Islands minister Tony de Brum loses election
UPDATED: International climate change advocate will leave government in January, after fighting for a UN deal at COP21 in Paris
Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force
NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris
Podcast: A climate scientist’s first UN summit
Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, evangelical Christian and communicator, reflects on 2C, US Republicans and the “Pope effect”