Latest climate change news
Food production could increase 40% with better water use
NEWS: Careful irrigation can go half way to close the ‘hunger gap’ by mid-century, study finds, feeding the world’s growing population
Laurent Fabius quits as UN climate talks president
NEWS: Official credited with guiding Paris COP21 summit to successful conclusion announces he is to step down to focus on new role heading constitutional court
British Airways owner sets emissions target
NEWS: IAG boss unveils carbon dioxide curbs for top-polluting carrier, but campaigners dismiss impact
Climate scientists face tight deadline to deliver 1.5C research
NEWS: Researchers will have 18-21 months to flesh out understanding of tough global warming limit if – as expected – IPCC accepts call to produce a special report
Shallow fracking wells contaminate drinking water, warns US scientist
NEWS: Stronger safeguards are needed to prevent poorly built wells leaking gas into aquifers, says Stanford researcher
Why the Paris climate deal doesn’t depend on the US
BLOG: With or without Washington, governments in developing countries are already taking steps to slash emissions and clean up their economies
Study flags concerns CO2 underground stores could leak
NEWS: Carbon dioxide pumped into old oil wells could react with salt water and erode ‘host rocks’ and cement, researchers find
Fiji first to ratify Paris climate change pact
NEWS: Pacific island parliament fires starting gun on formal approval of new treaty scheduled to take effect from 2020
Smoggy Hebei offers hope China can win war on air pollution
ANALYSIS: Air pollution levels in Hebei have fallen 28.7% between 2013 and 2015, making it one of China’s four fastest improving provinces – but problems persist
Warmer oceans speed up Antarctic ice loss
NEWS: Studies show a thinning ice shelf is accelerating the flow of glaciers into the Southern Ocean, raising sea levels
Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
CRIB NOTES 15-19 FEB: Game on for Clean Power Plan, top climate scientists gather in DC, air pollution linked to 5.5 million deaths a year
Optimism rules as climate activists ‘show the love’ on Valentine’s Day
BLOG: As the UK climate coalition prepares its annual green love-bomb we ask a comms expert what images work – and what turn people off
Yeb Sano: Ex-diplomat puts fossil fuel majors on notice
INTERVIEW: Newly appointed head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia has Chevron, Exxon, BP in his sights, backing an unprecedented human rights inquiry
Canada lays bare heavy-lifting to meet Paris climate targets
NEWS: Robust regulations in oilsands and transport sector needed to make good on its pledges for 2030, biennial UN report shows
Weekly wrap: Obama dismisses climate plan court threat
President says carbon cutting policy is legally sound, Bloomberg eyes secret polluters, UN agrees aviation efficiency boost, Sweden targets carbon neutrality by 2045
US green groups: Paris is not Kyoto mark two
NEWS: After courtroom setback for Obama’s signature climate initiative, NGOs say there is still momentum behind clean energy shift
UN: Weather and climate dominate 2015 disaster trends
NEWS: Hottest year on record linked to soaring levels of drought, heatwaves and rising seas, but better warning systems mean fewer deaths
Zimbabwe: Lessons in how not to prepare for climate change
ANALYSIS: Robert Mugabe blames global warming for drought and crop failures, but failures to invest in irrigation, forecasting and more resilient seeds have exacerbated crisis
‘Confused’ US teachers spread climate denial – study
NEWS: Educators lack awareness of the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, researchers find, leading to mixed messages in classrooms
Land water storage slowed sea level rise – study
NEWS: Extra rain falling on continents partly offset the effect of melting ice caps last decade, data shows, with implications for coastal communities