World
Progress on strict car emission limits offer EU good news
Draft law putting a 95g per km limit on new cars by 2020 approved by committee
India’s PM talks up clean energy, but can he deliver?
Dr Manmohan Singh told ministers at last week’s Clean Energy Ministerial India was committed to low carbon – but evidence on the ground remains thin
Future of EU emissions trading scheme hangs in balance
Second rejection of reforms in June could finish emissions trading scheme off warns EU presidency and Climate Commissioner Hedegaard
EU carbon trading reform could face second ballot in June
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Unilever chief calls for more climate action from governments
Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman says company’s sustainability targets need ambitious action from world leaders
Q&A: John Ashton answers your climate change questions
Former chief climate change diplomat on UK Treasury, Canada, Kyoto, ‘legal nihilism’ at UNFCCC and why it’s time for a new model of economic growth
Can EU climate leadership survive next round of UN talks?
With its emissions trading scheme in tatters, the EU may struggle to demonstrate it’s still a climate leader – but as Joe Curtin argues – it’s vital it plays a role
EU climate chief promises to save emissions trading scheme
Guardian: Connie Hedegaard’s attempts to introduce longer-term reforms will face fierce opposition from a powerful business lobby
Is it time for the UK to account for ‘carbon omissions’?
Officially British and European greenhouse gas emissions are declining, but if you add in consumption based emissions, they rise dramatically
Hedegaard, WWF, PwC react to EU carbon market vote
Ministers and campaigners react to the news that the EU’s flagship climate change policy will not be urgently reformed, leading some to write it off as “irrelevant”
European Parliament rejects carbon market reforms
MEPs in Strasbourg have vote against proposals to restrict supply of carbon credits in EU’s emissions trading scheme
Why does the EU carbon market vote matter?
MEPs will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to go ahead with plans that supporters say will save the bloc’s emissions trading scheme
Global climate action continues despite UN deadlock – report
New report highlights acceleration of domestic level policies to combat climate change regardless of the lack of progress at the UNFCCC
Biofuel emissions “worse than fossil fuels” – report
Chatham House study says EU biofuel demands could force up costs for British motorists, increase food prices and release more carbon emissions
USA plans ‘accelerated’ climate change cooperation with China
US Secretary of State John Kerry announces launch of Climate Change Working Group between both countries
China’s rising temperatures linked to carbon emissions
Work by Chinese scientists which confirms that greenhouse gases are affecting temperatures in the country may prompt more domestic political action to reverse the trend.
EU plans second tilt at carbon capture and storage
Green 2030 paper outlines key role for CCS in EU, but funding remains concern for policymakers
EU climate ambition at stake in ETS vote warn ministers
UK, France, Italy and Germany lead calls to reform emissions trading system or face distortion of the single market
Rising sea levels could cost UK “billions”
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Weightless carbon gel offers major clean tech boost
Move over graphene. The latest new super material in town, a carbon aerogel developed in China, could cut residential, transport and industrial emissions