Climate finance
Storm tests UK resilience to extreme weather
Gusts of 90mph batter country’s infrastructure and test current climate adaptation measures.
US Election 2012: Republican Presidential candidates on climate change
The first in a round of polls to find the Republican Presidential nomination kicks-off in Iowa today. RTCC examines the candidates’ track records on climate change.
Climate Curate: Tuesday 3 January 2012
The latest environmental and green news gathered every day by the Climate Curate.
UK court rules solar cuts ‘legally flawed’
The UK High Court has ruled that government decisions to slash feed-in-tarrifs for solar panels on homes were ‘legally flawed’.
European carbon price soars 18.8% following EU vote
Decision to withhold additional carbon allowances in 2013 buoys market.
European court throws out US objections to EU aviation carbon fees
All flights landing or taking off from EU airports to be included in emissions trading scheme from January 2012.
New research: Canada would have made money if it had stayed in Kyoto
Government’s claims that pledges would have cost it $14bn rubbished by Cambridge University and Tyndall Centre study.
Arnie tells Republicans not to be “narrow minded” over Solyndra
Panel including Governator, Sir Richard Branson and IPPC chief Pachauri meets standing Californian Governor Jerry Brown to debate climate change.
A global deal: If not 2009, why 2015?
Hannah Ryder, senior economist with the UK’s Department for International Development and a former climate negotiator examines why a combination of science and economics could push a global deal on climate change over the line.
Facebook signs clean energy pact with Greenpeace
Web giant will pursue renewable power sources for data centres and ramp up research into energy efficiency.
US: Canada’s Kyoto pull-out will have no effect on new global deal
Lead American negotiator Todd Stern says Kyoto was key to Durban Platform but is “more the past than the future”.
Speaking out on Durban: COP17 in quotes
Long after the talks were scheduled to conclude, the Durban Platform was finally agreed. RTCC looks at the results in the words of the delegates themselves.
COP17: Business “shrugs its shoulders” at Durban outcome
Business was looking for clarity from Durban. While the waters may have been muddied, a fragile framework to underpin global emissions trading and low-carbon economies has started to materialise.
COP17: Late deal saves UN climate talks
The UN climate talks in Durban have been hailed an ‘historic success’ after agreement was reached on Sunday morning.
COP17: How the deal was reached
COP17 climate summit ends in success after adopting EU-sponsored roadmap towards legally-binding global emission targets.
Day 11 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
Day 10 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
EU says US “ping-pong” blame game with China must stop
EU calls US “arrogant and ignorant” for interfering in Emissions Trading Scheme and says deal must be agreed.
COMMENT: The tug-of-war over the private sector – time to stop?
Hannah Ryder, senior economist with the UK’s Department for International Development and former climate change negotiator tells RTCC why delegates in Durban need to focus on what the Green Climate Fund will do with its money, as well as how it sources those funds.
Day 9 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.