Sophie Yeo
Feb 27, 2015
Game of Thrones bloggers ring climate change alarm bells in US
NEWS: What links Westeros to the US senate? A growing number of bloggers see climate messages in HBO show
Feb 27, 2015
Rajendra Pachauri allegations will not affect IPCC work, say officials
NEWS: UN climate science panel says it will examine its policies on harassment in light of Pachauri harassment allegations
Feb 27, 2015
Fickle Russian foreign policy could cause Arctic clash, say UK Lords
NEWS: Russia’s unpredictable foreign policy could put peaceful international cooperation in the Arctic at risk, warns UK report
Feb 26, 2015
France and Philippines call for “ambitious” UN climate deal
NEWS: Presidents Hollande and Aquino joined forces to urge all countries to sign up to “universal” deal in Paris this December
Feb 25, 2015
Obama vetoes latest Keystone bill, Republicans vow to return in March
NEWS: Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell plans a new vote no later than 3 March, but override looks unlikely
Feb 24, 2015
EU vote bolsters flagging emissions trading scheme
NEWS: Parliament votes to hold back oversupply of carbon allowances in “game changing” move for EU climate action
Feb 24, 2015
Global warming likely to accelerate after “pause”, say scientists
NEWS: Scientists says 1% chance of two decade hiatus – but once it ends, expect rapid rise in temperatures to begin
Feb 24, 2015
Big questions loom for UN’s IPCC climate science panel
ANALYSIS: As IPCC gathers for a week of soul-searching, scientists suggest something must be done about mammoth reports
Feb 24, 2015
Pachauri quits as IPCC chair following harassment allegations
NEWS: UN science chief resigns as sexual harassment investigation takes place in India
Feb 23, 2015
French president to make climate tour of Philippines
NEWS: Hollande will be joined by actors Jeremy Irons and Marion Cotillard in trip to Haiyan-struck areas of Philippines
Feb 20, 2015
Tajikistan’s women take solar power into their own hands
NEWS: Left behind by men seeking work in Russia, Tajik’s mountain women are learning to deploy solar systems to keep warm
Feb 19, 2015
New NASA satellite promises EPIC photos and climate insights
NEWS: NASA’s newly launched DSCOVR tool will send back climate data and Earth photos from a million miles away
Feb 18, 2015
Corals everywhere could lose their colour in 2015 – NOAA
NEWS: US federal agency predicts mass die-off of the world’s coral reefs in 2015 as a result of climate change
Feb 18, 2015
Carbon Fast Calendar: 40 days of Lenten green living
BLOG: Don’t want to quit chocolate? Cut down on carbon instead, suggests Global Catholic Climate Movement
Feb 17, 2015
Tonga’s King talks climate change with Pope Francis
NEWS: King of Tonga discusses environment with the Pope, as Vatican gets its first Tongan Cardinal
Feb 17, 2015
Catholics across globe to hold 40-day fast for the climate
NEWS: Catholics in 45 countries hope to send a climate message through their Lenten chain of fasting
Feb 16, 2015
Global Divestment Day – in pictures
BLOG: From Berlin to Mumbai to the Marshall Islands, photographers captured the weird and wonderful divestment day protests
Feb 16, 2015
India’s solar targets ‘ambitious but achievable’ – UN climate envoy
NEWS: Michael Bloomberg, former New York mayor, hails opportunities created by falling cost of solar in India
Feb 16, 2015
Mapped: Voices of people most vulnerable to climate change
BLOG: Using photos and stories, people in the Arctic and small island states are documenting the disappearance of their land
Feb 13, 2015
7 burning issues on the road to a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: What are the big ideas governments will have to grapple with between now and December’s UN climate summit?
Feb 13, 2015
Glasgow divestment helped spawn a European climate movement
COMMENT: When Glasgow University ditched dirty energy investments, it gave the movement new momentum, says Sophie Beaumert
Feb 13, 2015
Apple and Google commit to power offices with renewables
NEWS: Technology companies independently sign up to solar and wind agreements in California
Feb 13, 2015
What has the divestment movement achieved so far?
ANALYSIS: Fossil fuel companies are feeling the pressure from a climate campaign that started in 2011. What has got them spooked?
Feb 12, 2015
UN climate deal moving closer, say Least Developed Countries
NEWS: Everyone satisfied with Geneva text, but real negotiating begins in June, says lead negotiator for Least Developed Countries