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.
Rich countries urged to pay ‘fair share’ of climate adaptation finance
NEWS: By 2025, US should channel 150 times more money into projects like flood defences for the world’s poor, Action Aid argues
OECD countries to phase out coal export credits
NEWS: Hidden subsidy for dirty power plants will be eliminated, as Japan, Australia and South Korea drop objections
Somalia climate plan targets illegal charcoal trade
NEWS: Exports to Gulf states cause deforestation and fund militias in unstable African country, says submission to UN
G20 leaders disappoint climate campaigners with weak statement
NEWS: Overshadowed by Paris terrorist attacks, major economies meet in Turkey backs 2C goal but makes no progress on contentious issues
Pakistan uproots mangroves to install coal-fired power plants
NEWS: Environmentalists warn Chinese-backed project will pollute the climate and damage a natural buffer against storms
Global climate cash flows neared $400bn in 2014 – report
NEWS: Finance for renewable energy and climate resilience increased 18% from 2013, calculates Climate Policy Initiative
G20 must act on fossil fuel subsidy reform
COMMENT: Incentives to keep burning polluting fuels don’t make business sense, argues Sandrine Dixson-Declève ahead of Antalya summit
Meet the Indian islanders losing ground to the sea
NEWS: In the Bay of Bengal, Ghoromara faces disaster as the rising ocean eats away at people’s homeland
Weekly wrap: Late pledges, G20 fossils and viralising 1.5C
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Are major economies putting the squeeze on coal?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming G20 and OECD meetings promise a crackdown on fossil fuel subsidies, but their actions tell a different story
Pakistan submits target-free climate plan to UN
NEWS: Six weeks behind deadline, Islamabad contribution to a Paris deal avoids any measurable goals
Climate frontline: The Kenya province counting on a Paris deal
ANALYSIS: Pastoralists in Turkana say their traditional way of life is under threat from rising temperatures, environmental degradation and a nascent oil sector
IEA outlines climate challenge in cheap fossil fuel world
NEWS: Clean energy transition must be at the heart of a Paris climate deal, says agency chief Fatih Birol, to hold warming to 2C
WMO urges emissions cuts as atmospheric CO2 levels break records
NEWS: Carbon dioxide levels in the air passed 400ppm globally in April. That will soon be a “permanent reality”, says UN agency
Climate change could push 100m into extreme poverty
NEWS: World Bank warns of human impact by 2030 if development doesn’t protect the most vulnerable from extreme weather
Exxon Mobil faces legal inquiry on climate misinformation
NEWS: New York attorney general is investigating whether oil major lied about scientific knowledge, in move with big implications for fossil fuel firms
Green Climate Fund approves first eight projects
NEWS: Board signs off US$168 of investment in clean development and climate resilience in Zambia, after heated debate on lending criteria
Piketty: Tax flyers to raise climate adaptation funds
NEWS: French economists moot €180 levy on business class tickets to protect vulnerable from climate impacts
Taiwan aims to lead mainland China with climate plan
NEWS: Island state targets 50% cut in emissions by 2030 from business as usual, despite being frozen out of climate talks by Beijing
Video: PwC on the business case for a Paris climate deal
Coal is in the firing line, renewables are a great market and carbon pricing is a growing theme, says Celine Herweijer