Latest climate change news
It’s Clooney v Blair as ‘climate hero’ Nasheed fights for freedom
ANALYSIS: Amal Clooney faces Cherie Blair as jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed appeals his sentence
Fossil fuel divestment accelerates as pledges pass $2 trillion
NEWS: Scale of ditched assets enters trillions of dollars, smashing expectations as private firms lead charge, study says
Luxembourg urged to radically slash fossil fuel subsidies
NEWS: Tiny country one of EU’s largest per capita supporters of oil, gas and coal suggests IMF data
Al Gore ‘puzzled’ by UK climate policy bonfire
NEWS: Former US vice president says he is ‘puzzled’ by government’s reversal on green policies ahead of Paris summit
Paris dilemma: How do we judge success of 2015 climate summit?
COMMENT: Veteran climate talks observer Saleemul Huq offers his thoughts on what an ambitious climate deal looks like
Thawing permafrost could cost world economy $43 trillion
NEWS: Released greenhouse gases could rack up huge costs by year 2200, but swift action would dramatically cut impact, study says
Major economies ‘schizophrenic’ on climate change blasts OECD chief
NEWS: Huge levels of subsidies still flowing to oil, gas and coal sector suggest governments not taking climate threat to heart
What can we expect from India’s climate change plan?
COMMENT: India’s anticipated commitment to climate action will be nothing short of transformational given challenges on the ground
Pope primed for US Congress climate warning
CRIB NOTES SEPT 21-27: Capitol Hill welcomes Catholic leader, US and China to discuss climate, UK backs nuclear
Carbon markets likely off Paris summit agenda – World Bank envoy
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets to get short shrift at UN conference, says bank’s top climate official
Pakistan ordered to enforce climate law by Lahore court
NEWS: Farmer’s legal challenge makes history as judge tells government to get its act together on tackling global warming
Podcast: climate change and the refugee crisis
PODCAST: Megan Darby is joined by Labour MP Barry Gardiner and Chatham House’s Glada Lahn to discuss global warming & migration links
Climate warrior Pacific islands set eyes on Rugby World Cup
NEWS: Tournament gifts tiny Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga global platform as new documentary tells tale of hardy underdogs
EU publishes ‘ambitious, robust’ plan for Paris climate deal
WEEKLY WRAP: Brussels backs long term goal, regular reviews and offers hope of more climate finance in COP21 package
Syria climate study warned Assad of drought dangers in 2010
INTERVIEW: Yousef Meslmani, lead author of the last climate report from Damascus explains links between conflict and warming
Global warming ‘hiatus’ theory trashed by new study
NEWS: Notion temperatures paused between 1998-2013 dismantled by Stanford researchers in further blow to climate sceptics
Joss Garman: What does a successful Paris climate deal look like?
COMMENT: If governments do not agree what is necessary to stay below the 2C threshold, will the Paris summit have been a failure?
Burnt data: China coal use since 2000 far higher than estimated
NEWS: Top carbon emitter’s coal usage since 2000 has rocketed as data revisions lay bare faulty accounting, analysts suggest
Solar power ‘backbone’ of future energy system – Shell CEO
NEWS: But with energy demand set to double, don’t expect that to scotch fossil fuels for decades, says Ben van Beurden
EU negotiating plan for Paris to back long term goal, 2C target
NEWS: Council report due Friday will stick to script but emphasise support for tough ambition mechanism to drive long term CO2 cuts