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.
Germany, Ethiopia, Mexico leaders back carbon pricing
NEWS: Six heads of state are endorsing a World Bank campaign to make polluters pay, while Paris climate text ignores the subject
US, EU ‘avoiding fair share’ of climate effort
NEWS: Developed world should deepen emissions cuts five times or more by 2030, say civil society groups, plus support poor countries
Developing countries demand additions to slimmed-down climate text
NEWS: In a heated start to talks in Bonn, G77 + China group accuses co-chairs of producing an unbalanced working document
Oil majors climate declaration avoids targets, carbon pricing
NEWS: Saudi Aramco, Shell, Total and seven other companies voice support for 2C warming limit, but lack concrete plans
Paris climate talks ‘not a north-south fight’
NEWS: Developing countries are owning their climate plans, say experts on Climate Home panel, as national interests drive low carbon engagement
Who’d buy a coal mine? Two very different bids
ANALYSIS: X2 Resources and Greenpeace have their reasons for acquiring coal assets amid low commodity prices and climate concerns
BP admits climate concern makes some oil unburnable
NEWS: Oil major’s chief economist accepts analysis that two thirds of fossil fuels must stay in the ground to hold warming to 2C
‘Unreadable’ UN science reports hampering climate action – study
NEWS: You need a relevant PhD to understand IPCC summaries, find researchers, arguing for clearer writing
Morocco summit told carbon-cutting rate must double
NEWS: National climate pledges cut emissions 3% a year for each unit of GDP, analysts say, but 6.3% needed to meet 2C goal
Weekly wrap: UN text slimmed, oil men, back to Lima
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Fracktivists ‘win’ as Brazil shale gas auction flops
NEWS: Climate campaigners claimed victory after just 37 of 266 hydrocarbon exploration blocks found buyers on Wednesday
Marshall Islands fires broadside at UN shipping chief over climate stance
NEWS: Soaring maritime emissions threaten world prosperity and survival, argues minister Tony de Brum in rebuttal to IMO
Warming seas devastate coral reefs in global bleaching event
NEWS: Climate change and El Nino are wreaking ecological destruction across the world’s oceans, marine scientists confirm
New UN climate science chief touts role for business
NEWS: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should harness private sector knowledge in its assessment reports, says Hoesung Lee
South Korea’s Hoesung Lee wins top UN climate science job
NEWS: South Korean beat Belgium’s Jean-Pascal van Ypersele to claim prestigious chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, at election in Dubrovnik
Pakistan PM delays climate pledge over provincial rivalries
NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom
OPEC chief defends members over missing climate pledges
NEWS: Petropowers like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria should only submit carbon-cutting plans if they are “win-win”, says Abdalla Salem El-Badri
African candidate opens up IPCC climate science chief race
NEWS: As governments go to vote on next IPCC chair Tuesday, Sierra Leone’s late nomination adds to uncertainty over the result
UN releases 20-page negotiating text for climate deal
NEWS: Shortened document makes clear which elements will be legally binding and sets out decisions to be made before Paris summit
Countries to elect next head of UN climate science panel
CRIB NOTES 5-11 OCT: Countries vote for next IPCC chair, oil majors meet for big money conference, IMF and World Bank aim to mobilise climate finance