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EU climate official vows to protect heavy polluters
NEWS: Jos Debelke says Brussels is committed to climate leadership, but will ensure steel, cement industries get help to comply with regulations
Obama prepares crackdown on methane emissions
NEWS: New EPA regulations set to address potent powerful gases leaked from oil and gas industries
Climate sceptics gain platform at Indian Science Congress
NEWS: Academics questioned the human influence on climate at India’s leading science conference this week
2015 – a year for the EU to rebuild climate diplomacy links
News: Latvia has made climate action a priority of its EU Council presidency, so where next for the bloc?
Chinese coal demand fell in 2014
NEWS: New figures from Beijing government shows China’s hunger for coal is waning
US coastal cities face daily flooding by mid-century – NOAA
NEWS: Boston, New York and Baltimore are among the cities threatened by rising sea levels, warn scientists
California governor announces 50% renewables target
NEWS: Jerry Brown proposes new goals on climate and energy as he is sworn in for fourth term as governor
China carbon trading to almost double in 2015
NEWS: More Chinese companies must manage their greenhouse gas emissions as Beijing plans national carbon market
Connie Hedegaard: India should ‘reconsider’ climate strategy
NEWS: Outgoing EU climate chief hopes China-US carbon cutting pact will encourage other major economies to follow
EU-backed study to explore climate and migration links
NEWS: Many millions of people may be forced to leave their homes in future due to changes in climate
US cities face ‘blackouts’ due to climate-linked extreme weather
NEWS: As global temperatures rise, cities in the US face growing threats from fierce and frequent hurricanes
Crowdfunded “ice stupas” help Ladakh adapt to climate change
NEWS: An engineer has raised US$125,000 through Indiegogo for a novel way to solve water shortages in a remote mountain region of India
Fracking ban boosts New York governor’s approval rating
NEWS: One in three New York voters think better of Andrew Cuomo since he banned fracking in the state over health concerns
Washington state carbon market plan to raise $1bn a year
NEWS: Governor Jay Inslee hopes to launch emissions trading system in 2016, says it is “the smart thing to do”
EU decides to ratify Kyoto Protocol extension
NEWS: Move by Brussels offers some integrity to beleaguered treaty, one year before UN hopes to agree global climate deal
Beijing reveals bottom-up approach to national carbon market
NEWS: Chinese central government will set regional caps on emissions and leave distribution of permits to provincial authorities
Cheap coal poses climate and health dilemma for India
NEWS: Experts warn coal use is growing unsustainably, in the absence of effective regulation or support for low carbon development
US-China chat broke impasse at Lima climate talks
NEWS: Warming relationship between superpowers key as countries work towards global emissions deal in 2015
Kerry: Every nation must act to tackle climate change
NEWS: US secretary of state says US will take the lead, but other nations must follow for success in fight against climate change
Chinese cities targeting emissions peak next year
NEWS: Low carbon urban development is key to meeting national 2030 peak emissions goal, China’s climate change minister said in Lima