Climate Change News

Islamic leaders to release climate change declaration

NEWS: Istanbul summit will issue statement urging Muslims to treat action on global warming as a religious duty

NEWS: Green groups say plans to fast track shale gas are an assault on democracy, but government insists new rules are needed

ANALYSIS: Former Australian climate diplomat Jane Wilkinson offers a closer analysis of its INDC, and suggests despite criticism, all is not lost

NEWS: Governing council plans to sell some $5.9 billion worth of shares in coal, oil and gas companies over climate concerns

NEWS: Former BP boss Lord Browne says high cost, environmentally sensitive project could harm Shell’s reputation

NEWS: Arvind Subramanian says demands for finance from developed countries should be moderated, and emission cuts made a priority

ANALYSIS: Shell and BG are leading calls for an ambitious global pact in Paris, but it’s still unclear how they will help lubricate talks

INTERVIEW: Judge UN carbon-cutting pact on its framework for long-term action, say co-chairs Dan Reifsnyder and Ahmed Djoghlaf

NEWS: Solar activity has not increased since 1700, leading scientists conclude after review of diverging datasets

NEWS: Emissions cut of 26-28% by 2030 lacks scientific credibility and harms country’s international reputation, say critics

NEWS: Campaigners urge Tony Abbott’s government to target post-2020 emissions cuts in line with 2C warming limit

COMMENT: CO2 cuts for a 2015 UN climate deal will fall well short of required levels, placing pressure on bottom up initiatives

NEWS: September 1 chosen for day of environmental awareness, Vatican calls for faithful to adopt “appropriate lifestyles”

COMMENT: Adani and GVK’s controversial mines in the Galilee Basin are not the cure to energy poverty, says retired top Indian official

NEWS: Islamic leader in West African country says aggression towards the environment is a sin and must be stopped

COMMENT: If the aviation sector can fly Paris to Tokyo in three hours, it can – and must – go green, says Transport & Environment

ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?

NEWS: UK sees nuclear power as a way of combating climate change, but costs mean it is struggling to get new reactors built

COMMENT: Climate Change Commission member says govt appears insincere over meeting post 2020 carbon cutting goals

$Stop blocking fracking, UK government tells local councils$

CRIB NOTES AUG 10-14: Westminster plans frack-attack, Aus INDC mooted, oil crash hits Venezuela, Russia