Sophie Yeo
11 ways young people have revolutionized the climate debate
ANALYSIS: Little people mean big business when it comes to climate change, as these 11 victories show
Cigarette butts could solve clean energy storage conundrum
NEWS: Scientists say that cigarette filters could be used as a high performance battery to power your computer
Europe’s forests tested by climate change
NEWS: New research shows that forest ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to increasing wind, beetles and wildfires
Pacific Islanders call for tougher UN ocean laws
NEWS: Declaration from 16 states to be presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during September climate summit
“Climate change is killing our Mother Earth”
INTERVIEWS: In their own words: indigenous people from Canada, Finland, the US, Guatemala and Peru tell their climate stories
India and US pledge “active cooperation” on climate change
NEWS: Indian environment minister calls for cooperation and technology sharing with US ahead of UN talks
Kyrgyzstan revives pre-Soviet traditions for climate adaptation
ANALYSIS: Efforts to revive traditional knowledge in Kyrgyzstan are safeguarding its wild walnut forests for future generations
Brazil tribe teams up with tech company to save rainforest
NEWS: Indigenous people and San Francisco start-up are using old smartphones to monitor illegal logging
Podesta heads to Pacific climate meet, NZ and Aus PMs decline
NEWS: Advisor to President Obama to attend Pacific Islands Forum, alongside EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
Why are indigenous people sidelined at UN climate talks?
COMMENT: Indigenous people have the solutions to climate change. They should be allowed to speak out at the UN climate talks
World’s religions unite for New York climate summit
NEWS: Leaders from Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and other communities to gather ahead of Ban Ki-moon climate summit
Five ways climate change harms indigenous people
From the Arctic ice to the Amazonian rainforest, climate change is threatening the homes and traditions of indigenous people
Rainforest protection could “stagnate or decline” without support
NEWS: Green groups and private sector says REDD+ is key to cutting emissions, but government action is needed
Loss and damage: UN receives new climate compensation plans
NEWS: Ideas flood in on how Warsaw’s loss and damage mechanism could limit damage to the world’s most vulnerable
Venezuela climate summit calls for end to “green economy”
NEWS: UN-backed event ends with unusual call from civil society groups to end capitalism
UN row simmers over climate inclusion in development goals
NEWS: UN’s draft development agenda contains climate goal, but NGOs concerned it could be dropped
Australia coal faces new tax from India and South Korea
NEWS: Australia may have repealed its carbon tax, but the country’s biggest export markets are moving the other way
Margareta Wahlstrom: how to deliver a UN climate deal
ANALYSIS: Another UN climate deal will be signed off in March 2105 – and no one’s fighting about it. How is this possible?
Environmental concerns as Peru cuts red tape for mining
NEWS: Peruvian law could damage rainforests and indigenous rights, undermining credibility ahead of UN climate talks
Australian droughts caused by manmade emissions
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels is drying out Australia, new research shows, as government axes carbon tax