It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector
Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries
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2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them
With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action
Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries
The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security
Canada’s new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on voters
Mark Carney – who has a track record on climate action as a central banker and UN envoy – ends levy and plans green incentives for the public, with industrial emitters expected to do the heavy lifting
“Not silver bullets”: COP30 CEO downplays impact of yearly climate summits
Ana Toni stressed the importance of year-round action by business, subnational government and finance, energy, transport and agriculture ministries
Brazil decides leaders will speak before COP30, easing logistics crunch
Brazilian authorities say the move will reduce pressure on hotels and enable climate negotiators to reflect on speeches by heads of state
Brazil’s COP30 president: Climate summits must move from words to real action
In a letter outlining his vision for Brazil’s climate summit, Corrêa Do Lago calls for a “new era” with collective work on implementation
Mapping carbon could boost REDD investment
New forestry mapping technology from the University of Edinburgh has the potential to track the carbon stored within forests, taking away one of the barriers to private investment in REDD
COP17 Blog: High hopes, low expectations
In the first of RTCC’s series of blogs from negotiatiors and activists heading to COP17 in Durban, Luke Hughes, campaigns officer on the UK Youth delegation, spells out his hopes and fears for the conference.
Respond Daily: Keystone Q&A
The Keystone XL pipeline has dominated discussion this week, so here at RTCC we thought we would take a closer look…
Aviation could run on sustainable fuels by 2050, says British Airways
Aviation could run on sustainable fuels by 2050, but current designs of planes mean liquid fuel – particularly biofuels – will have a role for at least 50 years, according to British Airways’ Environmental Manager.
US DOE reports record rise in 2010 carbon emissions
The global output of carbon dioxide jumped record amounts in 2010, taking levels of greenhouse gases higher than worst case scenarios, according to the US Department of Energy
Island States call for climate deal by end of 2012
Just weeks ahead of the UNFCCC Climate Conference in Durban, a group island states most vulnerable to climate change have lashed out at rich nations for suggesting a climate deal could wait till 2018 calling it “both environmentally reckless and politically irresponsible.”
US Energy Secretary: Compete in clean energy race or wave the white flag
America must invest in its renewable energy market or face missing out on a $240bn opportunity, US energy secretary Steven Chu has told a conference in Washington
Shipping emissions should be included in UK carbon budgets
A report by the Committee on Climate Change urges for shipping emissions to be included in the UK’s carbon budgets, but says for really reduction in emissions and global deal must be agreed
£50bn Thames transport hub plan revealed
Climate change protection integrated into landmark infrastructure proposal for London
UNDP warn climate change could reverse global prosperity by 2050
The economic progress of the world’s developing countries could stall or even reverse by 2050 if swift and drastic measures are not taken to combat the effects of climate change.
In-Vested interests: The UK Green Investment Bank’s missed opportunity
Restricting Green Investment Bank’s financial power could sap the renewable energy industry of valuable funding
Doubts rise over EU Emissions Trading Scheme
As the US House of Representative’s vote to US exclude airlines from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, British Airways voices concerns over non-compliance by non-EU states as the scheme is rolled out
Virgin Atlantic greens flights
Sir Richard Branson hails new fuel made from waste gases as a ‘major breakthrough’, predicting flights by 2014 with 50 per cent lower emissions
Cities set to thrive in warmer climates
Economist Matthew Kahn tells RTCC how profit, opportunity and innovation will make us happier in a hotter, urban world
Putting children at the heart of climate change risk reduction
Children and young people across the world are being put at the heart of climate change adaptation and risk reduction schemes, for International Disaster Reduction Day 2011
Biofuel flights clouded in controversy
As the first biofuel planes take to the sky in the UK and Spain; hailed as the first step towards lower emissions, green groups condemn them as environmentally harmful
Exclusive: Figueres ‘hopeful’ over COP17 climate talks
The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change tells RTCC that she is hopeful real progress can me made at COP17 in Durban.
Praise for UK government from UNFCCC chief Figueres
Head of UNFCCC Christiana Figueres tells RTCC that the British government is leading the way with policies to fight dangerous climate change