Latest climate change news
Climate change could push 100m into extreme poverty
NEWS: World Bank warns of human impact by 2030 if development doesn’t protect the most vulnerable from extreme weather
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline on climate grounds
NEWS: White House takes symbolic step to axe giant oil project as world prepares for Paris pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions
These weather events were affected by climate change last year
NEWS: Tropical cyclones to snowstorms had direct links to a warming planet last year, say scientists
Exxon Mobil faces legal inquiry on climate misinformation
NEWS: New York attorney general is investigating whether oil major lied about scientific knowledge, in move with big implications for fossil fuel firms
Weekly wrap: Paris hosts pre-COP, UNEP warns of climate gap, HFCs deal in Dubai
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HFC phase-out in sight as 2016 deadline set
NEWS: Countries agree in principle to ban super-warming gases but defer details after India, Saudi Arabia raise objections
Green Climate Fund approves first eight projects
NEWS: Board signs off US$168 of investment in clean development and climate resilience in Zambia, after heated debate on lending criteria
UNEP: National climate plans deliver half carbon cuts needed for 2C
NEWS: Government pledges will cut 11 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases by 2030, report finds, leaving an emissions gap of 12Gt
Walking tall: Expect tears as UN climate chief eyes Paris prize
PROFILE: Christiana Figueres has led the UN’s climate body for five turbulent years – and finally the diminutive Costa Rican has a global deal in her sights
Saudi forum seeks to scale up carbon capture and storage
NEWS: Delegates from 23 countries agree to cooperate on bringing down the towering costs of CCS at summit in Riyadh
Decarbonisation risks sidetracking Paris pact, says ex-UN climate chief
NEWS: Fossil fuel phase-out this century is an ‘impressive sound bite’ but could harm chances of an agreement at COP21, says Yvo de Boer
Ministers to discuss ‘landing zones’ ahead of Paris climate summit
NEWS: France asks governments to deliver ‘proposals for common ground on key political issues’ as clock ticks down to start of negotiations
Piketty: Tax flyers to raise climate adaptation funds
NEWS: French economists moot €180 levy on business class tickets to protect vulnerable from climate impacts
Taiwan aims to lead mainland China with climate plan
NEWS: Island state targets 50% cut in emissions by 2030 from business as usual, despite being frozen out of climate talks by Beijing
Video: PwC on the business case for a Paris climate deal
Coal is in the firing line, renewables are a great market and carbon pricing is a growing theme, says Celine Herweijer
What has happened to Nigeria’s climate pledge?
ANALYSIS: President Buhari has yet to sign off submission of Africa’s most populous country to a UN Paris deal, to the frustration of civil society
CEOs to the rescue: Can business save the world from climate change?
NEWS: PwC says private and public sector has tools to limit warming to below 2C danger zone, if COP21 in Paris delivers green investment framework
Bangladeshi protest intensifies against Rampal coal plant
NEWS: Environmentalists and left-wing parties warn project threatens the unique biodiversity of nearby Sundarbans mangrove forests
Meet the climate scientists running and cycling to Paris
INTERVIEW: Daniel Price and Erlend Knudsen are travelling from the ends of the Earth to spread awareness of climate change ahead of critical COP21 summit
Countries near deal to phase out super warming HFCs
NEWS: Formal negotiations on the Montreal Protocol in Dubai this week get world closer to tackling pollutants used in air conditioners