Sophie Yeo
Pacific flights most polluting, finds study
Researchers find that flights covering an area near the Solomon Islands produce most ozone, as EU limits its ETS to own airspace
Marshall Islands President would rather drown than abandon country
Pacific Island leaders set to sign declaration that they will take initiative at UN climate change talks
Climate change’s greatest hit: cellist writes song from NASA data
Using climate change data, a student has composed a song that illustrates how temperatures have risen since 1880
Beijing plans to slash car numbers in bid to cut smog levels
Chinese capital is to restrict cars on roads to 6 million by 2017, in an attempt to curtail smog which stifles city
Scientists confirm Clean Air Act ‘restored ecosystems’ in USA
Despite intense criticism from businesses and power companies, scientists reveal the USA’s Clean Air Act did work
EU pledges €150,000 to relieve drought in Marshall Islands
As world leaders prepare to discuss climate threat facing the Pacific Islands, EU pledges to provide water to 6,400 islanders
Pacific Islands to push for climate ambition at Majuro summit
Pacific leaders will be joined by delegates from United States, China, and the EU to discuss measures to address rising levels of carbon dioxide
Aviation industry unlikely to agree emissions reduction deal until 2016
Draft text to be presented at ICAO Council meeting next week suggests decision on global deal will be delayed
Placenta used to generate clean energy in Filipino hospital
A busy metropolitan hospital in the Philippines is using a biodigester to generate methane from placenta and other waste to cook food
Antarctic glaciers sensitive to climate change, research shows
Research suggests enormous East Antarctic ice sheet advances and retreats with climate change more than scientists had realised
China’s emissions could peak by 2023 with introduction of ETS
If an emissions trading scheme is introduced, Chinese pollution could peak by 2023 as country moves towards cleaner energy
Ocean acidification could accelerate climate change, say scientists
Morning summary: Ocean acidification means marine organisms emit less of the sulphur compounds that keep planet cool
How scientists at NOAA are mapping New York’s watery future
When Hurricane Sandy hit, New York’s flooding maps were 30 years out of date. NOAA scientists are making sure this never happens again
Adapting to climate change brings stability to war torn countries
Building resiliency to climate change in Central African Republic establishes infrastructure that helps bring peace after civil disruption
France to introduce a new green tax, says Energy Minister
Morning summary: France’s Energy Minister has announced a new green tax, but the details remain sketchy
Traffic and cooking account for 80% of China air pollution
Coal briquettes and traffic emissions linked to majority of black carbon suspended above China and East Asia
Ban Ki-moon puts sustainability at heart of post-2015 UN agenda
In a report ahead of talks on Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary General highlights importance of sustainable development
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise set to defy Russia polar ban
Greenpeace ship denied entry to the Northern Sea Route by the Russian authorities, but campaigners say they could still proceed
Ed Davey fighting “guerrilla war” with Tory climate sceptics
Morning summary: UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has said that sceptics in the Tory Party are determined to undermine his green energy policies
Planet Earth’s natural resources in ‘overdraft’ warn campaigners
By 20 August 2013, humanity had exhausted the earth’s bank natural resources for the year – and the date is getting earlier and earlier