Latest climate change news
Latin America regional bank to scale up climate investments
NEWS: Inter-American Development Group aims to double spending on green projects to US$4bn a year by 2020
Save the Children: Ethiopia ‘deeply affected’ by climate change
NEWS: Famine-hit country faces worse drought in future, warns aid chief and former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Islands of Gauguin, Robinson Crusoe could become parched paradise
NEWS: Climate change could aggravate water shortages in three-quarters of world’s small islands by 2050, researchers warn
Gulf states win concessions in HFC phase-out talks
NEWS: Hot countries offered four-year grace period to comply with rules to replace potent warming gases in air conditioning
UN energy envoy urges investors to consider 1.5C warming limit
NEWS: Finance sector should be prepared for more aggressive emissions curbs to hit value of carbon majors, says Rachel Kyte
Top money managers, ratings agencies scanned for climate risk
NEWS: NGO to rate exposure of ‘whole investment chain’ to perils of warmer planet to protect retirement savings
The UN’s climate science panel must adapt to stay relevant
COMMENT: We have got used to vast IPCC reports, but in the coming years tailored studies focused on land, cities and the 1.5C warming ceiling may be more useful to policy makers
World Bank, IPCC gather to discuss climate risks
CRIB NOTES 11-15 APRIL: UN climate science panel to debate 1.5C, World Bank/IMF spring meet, UN climate body outlines legal implications of Paris deal
UN: Ratify Paris climate deal or face exclusion from decisions
NEWS: Head of legal affairs outlines implications of early entry into force for Paris deal, and voting rights of countries slow to approve treaty
Czech buyers of German coal plants linked to Panama Papers
NEWS: Swedish utility Vattenfall poised to sell dirty lignite operations to Czech billionaires who used offshore accounts to buy yacht and property
Weekly wrap: Oil majors accused of undermining climate laws
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Renewable power installations grew 8.3% in 2015 – IRENA
NEWS: Solar and wind farms muscled out fossil fuel-fired plants as preferred form of new power generation in 2015, says clean energy body
Countries inking Paris climate treaty to break 34-year UN record
NEWS: More than 130 are set to sign the agreement in New York on April 22 showing ‘high level of engagement’ on climate
Climate models ‘overestimate’ increase in wet and dry extremes
NEWS: Analysis of data stretching back 12 centuries reveals questions surrounding climate models that have linked wet and dry weather extremes to current temperature rise
World Bank to ramp up climate change investments
GUARDIAN: The world’s biggest provider of public finance to developing countries will refocus financing efforts towards tackling climate change
Greg Barker: Time for ‘fresh thinking’ on UK energy policy
NEWS: Former climate minister and envoy says he will advise new initiative to develop centre-right climate and energy policies, claiming greens are being wedded to ‘same answers’
Emerging powers to sign Paris climate deal on 22 April
NEWS: Brazil, China, India and South America RSVP for UN ceremony and pledge to ratify emissions-cutting treaty as soon as possible
IHS Energy predicts coal price spike by 2020
NEWS: Analysis firm sees brighter future for mining companies, but climate researchers disagree
Big oil spent $115m ‘obstructing’ climate laws in 2015, NGO says
NEWS: Lobbying spend of Shell, Exxon Mobil and trade groups estimated in transparency effort
Ratification, not signing, is critical test for Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: The recent fuss over who will sign the UN’s new climate pact is a distraction. The real test will come when countries have to pass the deal into domestic law