Latest climate change news
Bloomberg unveils crack team to assess global climate risk
NEWS: Experts from Unilever, Axa, Blackrock and JPMorgan among those chosen to rate threat posed by fossil fuel giants to global economy
Clinton, Sanders vie for green credibility in US primaries
NEWS: Hillary Clinton responds to Vermont senator’s request to put out climate plan as Democrat presidential race intensifies
Catholics back children’s climate lawsuit against US government
NEWS: Faith networks cite Pope Francis encyclical in support of youth call for stronger federal carbon-cutting action
Lost at sea: Rising ocean CO2 intoxicates fish – study
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels could change ocean’s chemistry enough by 2050 to disorient and confuse marine life, scientists warn
NGO sorts climate leaders from the laggards
NEWS: Oil companies Total and BP don’t live up to green rhetoric while Unilever and Iberdrola are ‘true leaders’, says Influence Map
CCS axe jeopardises UK climate policy, lawmakers hear
NEWS: Pulling the plug on carbon capture competition throws emissions targets into question, industry experts warn
Global warming passed 1C in 2015 – UK Met Office
NEWS: US agencies NASA and NOAA independently confirm last year as the warmest on record, as El Nino heightens impact of human-caused climate change
Walmart CEO in Davos: Ignore climate sceptics
NEWS: Responding to climate issues is best for business, says head of US retail colossus Doug McMillon at World Economic Forum
Leonardo DiCaprio slams ‘corporate greed’ of oil, gas and coal sector
DAVOS 2016: Wolf of Wall Street star urges more action on climate change in World Economic Forum speech
Swapping oil for rays pays for Gulf petropowers
NEWS: Gulf region would spare scarce water and reserve lucrative hydrocarbons for export if it meets renewables targets in ‘Global Sunbelt’
Pakistan signs coal mining deals with China
NEWS: Tharparkar opencast mine will produce 3.8 million tonnes of coal a year, under agreements signed in the past month
UK fracking furore will fizzle out says shale chief
INTERVIEW: Protests are the norm with onshore energy projects – but let industry address ‘fears and myths’ to prove benefits, says top natural gas lobbyist
China coal decline continued in 2015 – official data
NEWS: World’s biggest emitter may have peaked dirty fuel use, analysts say, as clean energy bucks slowdown in economic growth
Wind, solar to thrive despite low oil prices, say experts
ANALYSIS: Crashing hydrocarbon prices are helping consumers and hurting exporters, but won’t halt momentum for clean energy investment
Bangladesh Bank launches $200m ‘green transformation fund’
NEWS: Following successful solar homes microfinance push, governor Atiur Rahman seeks to clean up textiles manufacturing
Shareholder activists target ExxonMobil on 2C climate risk
NEWS: New York state and the Church of England lead push for US oil giant to reveal how shift to low carbon energy hits its business
Shift beyond oil ‘unstoppable’ post Paris, says UN climate chief
INTERVIEW: With Middle Eastern governments accepting hydrocarbons’ days are numbered, Christiana Figueres says progress on decarbonising economy is inevitable
Climate change at Davos: What you need to know
ANALYSIS: The global elite gathers at the World Economic Forum for a four-day summit – and energy transition is high up the agenda
Barclays: China key to closing global emissions gap
NEWS: More than a third of greenhouse gases above a 2C pathway to 2030 are under Beijing’s control, say analysts
Sheikh Mohammed eyes oil-free future for UAE
NEWS: Emir of Dubai to hold ministerial retreat on diversifying economy away from hydrocarbons, citing sustainability concerns