Sophie Yeo
Analysis: Flawed economics clouds case for climate action
Current government models assume perfect markets and no costs from pollution, skewing views on policies to cut carbon
10 steps to tackle climate change and boost economic growth
NEWS: Sign a UN deal, phase out fossil fuel subsidies, and price carbon – a new climate report has produced a hefty to-do list
Drought-hit California faces future trouble as warming reduces water
NEWS: Researchers warn that climate change could worsen California droughts by reducing water flow from Sierra Nevada mountains
NASA: August 2014 is hottest since records began
NEWS: US Agency confirms further record breaking temperatures for 2014, as California drought continues
New Climate Economy: it’s not just another report
COMMENT: Publication marks an important moment in the gathering global politics of climate change, argues Michael Jacobs
Felipe Calderón: “we can improve economy and tackle climate change”
NEWS: Politicians and businesses respond to new findings that climate action will boost the economy
Yeb Sano sails to the Arctic in “clarion call” for climate
INTERVIEW: Filipino climate commissioner undertakes seven-day trip across the fragile north, highlighting impacts of global warming
Upcoming climate protests will be “biggest in history”
NEWS: Activists plan over 2,000 actions on weekend ahead of landmark UN climate summit in New York
Climate security threat remains hidden behind current conflicts
BLOG: Leaders at NATO kept silent on climate change, despite its proven security implications
NATO recycles old commitments on climate change
NEWS: The NATO summit concluded with recognition of climate as a security threat, and committed to a more energy efficient military
Russia exploiting Arctic melt warns NATO
NEWS: Alliance deputy assistant secretary general says warming climate is creating new challenges
France plans climate harmony ahead of 2015 UN summit
INTERVIEW: Leading climate official Laurence Tubiana tells RTCC Paris 2015 conference is a step on the ladder, not the endgame
NATO ignores climate change at its peril
COMMENT: In a world of rapidly multiplying threats, climate change is the one that pushes NATO to the brink
Islands leader calls for ‘world’s greatest climate alliance’
COMMENT: Islands leaders are bored with finger pointing, says Marshallese President: it is time to act
Why does NATO still downplay climate threats?
ANALYSIS: With Ukraine and Afghanistan dominating this year’s Summit agenda, will NATO ever take climate change seriously?
Climate change “robbing nations of right to exist” say small island leaders
NEWS: Climate change set to dominate discussions during 2014 Small Islands conference
China could launch national carbon market in 2016
NEWS: After launch of seven regional pilot schemes, China plans launch of world’s largest carbon market
5 reasons NATO needs to worry about climate change
ANALYSIS: Climate change raises major security threats that NATO cannot afford to ignore at its summit this week
Shell prepares for 2015 Arctic drilling
NEWS: Shell could drill in fragile environment next year, despite failure to deal with tar sands pollution
Chile set to pass Latin America’s second carbon tax
NEWS: Proposed tax reforms will make polluters pay US$5 per tonne of carbon emissions