Sophie Yeo

Higher CO2 threatens human nutrition – study

NEWS: More carbon dioxide in the air makes crops less nutritious, exacerbating threat of hunger in warmer world

NEWS: Exploring for new fossil fuel reserves poses threat of stranded assets, says Carbon Tracker Initiative in new study

NEWS: Almost 90% of the world’s urban population live in cities where the air is unsafe to breathe, according to UN data

COMMENT: With 365 days until the UK’s general election, politicians must show they’re serious about tackling climate change

NEWS: G7 energy security meeting focuses on renewables, but also pushes for new fossil fuel supplies and infrastructure

ANALYSIS: Stanford’s divestment from the coal industry could mark beginning of a new wave of investor action on climate change

NEWS: Tougher air pollution standards needed in face of increasing levels of ozone, conclude scientists in new study

NEWS: Prestigious American university pledges to divest its $18.7bn endowment fund from coal industry

NEWS: Climate change already having visible impacts across US, and temperatures could rise another 2.2C in coming decades

NEWS: Gas plants lose out to more polluting coal as prices rise, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch report

NEWS: World Bank and Al Gore call for ‘polluter pays’ principle to be implemented across global economy

NEWS: Unstable ice sheet could cause ocean to rise by 4 metres in an ‘irreversible’ cycle of melting, say scientists

INTERVIEW: Foreign minister Tony de Brum tells RTCC he’s determined to stop his islands sinking beneath the waves

NEWS: Hundreds of customers have closed accounts at Australia’s four biggest banks in protest at their fossil fuel investments

NEWS: Slow progress in setting up UN-backed funding mechanism causes confidence to dip to a new low

NEWS: Divestment index reveals polluting companies which ethical investors ‘should avoid’

NEWS: Chocolate company says new wind farm project will deliver enough energy to offset entire US operations

ANALYSIS: Solar initiative put in place under Obama administration causes solar prices to fall every quarter for three years

NEWS: Court decision upholds rule to limit cross-state pollution, in major victory for Obama administration

NEWS: Al Gore and Tony Blair are among those gathering at Abu Dhabi Ascent next week, ahead of Ban Ki-moon climate summit