World
Shanghai must target heavy industry to peak emissions
China’s largest city is leading on green buildings and sustainable transport technology, but experts say it needs to get a grip on polluting sectors
In pictures: Greenpeace activists scale Turkish coal plant
Protest highlights climate and local impact of government plans for more than 70 coal power plants
Venezuela orders two-day week to tackle energy crisis
El Nino has dried up hydropower supplies, as South American petroeconomy battered by low oil price
France goes it alone on carbon price floor
President Francois Hollande plans to hike the cost of pollution at home, regardless of Brussels’ bloc-wide reforms
Microgrids bring light, not industry to rural India
Most small-scale power systems only run a few hours a day, researchers find, falling short of government aspirations for energy access
EU carbon market is subsidising Polish coal plants – NGO
Funds worth €12bn for modernising the power sector in poor member states are propping up fossil fuels, finds Carbon Market Watch
Saudi prince: From 2020, we can survive without oil
As cabinet approves sweeping economic reforms, prince Mohammed bin Salman says they will reduce reliance on hydrocarbons
UK envoy: Carbon pricing ‘too sluggish’ to meet climate goals
Sir David King favours technology development over emissions trading as a way to shift emerging economies off coal
Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial
Democrat frontrunner rejects faint praise from oil billionaire, saying ‘not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science’
Shifting monsoons to hit tea crops, researchers warn
Tea growers in East Asia need to prepare for changing rainfall patterns or face lower yields, studies show
China to ratify UN climate change deal by September
Beijing makes surprise announcement at New York signing ceremony as UN urges countries to speed global efforts
India’s energy revolution accelerates, as solar costs near coal
Recent energy auctions suggest solar prices are falling fast in India, but we need to see whether these projects are actually delivered on time, at such low prices
Canada, Germany lead calls to price 50% of carbon emissions by 2030
Global carbon market can promote innovation and accelerate low carbon development, say coalition of six leaders
Tax coal to raise $100 billion climate funds, urges India minister
Prakash Javadekar urges richer nations to adopt tougher carbon pricing measures, and use proceeds to invest in Global South
Australia hopes to ratify Paris Agreement in 2016 – minister
Greg Hunt says government is committed to joining new UN climate deal this year, but rejects calls for Canberra to adopt tougher CO2 targets
How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
As leaders meet in New York to sign the Paris climate deal, a water project is helping remote islands handle drought risk
BRICS bank hands $811m in green energy loans
New Development Bank issues first tranche of renewable energy loans in emerging economies, but 2016 outlook for renewables industry downgraded on Q1 results
Is polar cooperation thawing US-Russia tensions?
Low oil prices have reduced pressure to exploit Arctic fossil fuels and boosted hopes that the region’s fragile environment will be better protected
Still time to salvage husky-hugging legacy, Cameron told
WWF reminds the UK prime minister of those good times in the Arctic ten years ago, when he promised to lead the greenest government ever
Revving down: Why Europe’s biggest carmakers are in for a rough ride
Between Dutch plans to ban sales of petrol cars from 2025 and the rapid rise of car sharing, the automotive industry faces some big challenges