Latest climate change news
UK cuts undermining Paris climate talks, say green groups
NEWS: Letter to prime minister warns credibility of country is at stake as UN greenhouse gas cutting deal looms
Pentagon warns of emergency risk in melting Arctic
NEWS: US Department of Defense is calling for more resources to expand search and rescue capabilities into newly open territory
John Ashton: We have too little democracy in the UK
COMMENT: Political expediency and commercial opportunism driving fossil fuel exploration, says UK’s former chief climate diplomat
What can we expect from India’s climate pledge?
ANALYSIS: New Delhi is expected to submit its plans to the UN in September, balancing carbon cuts with development
White House “will not back down” on climate change plans
NEWS: Denis McDonough tells audience in DC administration is ready for fight for incoming environmental legislation
EU mulls climate finance package ahead of Paris summit
NEWS: Luxembourg presidency proposes ‘toolbox’ to showcase funding amid fears cash drought could poision UN talks
Global warming halfway to UN’s 2C limit – New Scientist
NEWS: All but one of the main surface temperature monitors has recorded a 1C rise since pre-industrial times, analysis shows
New US climate plan due on Monday, roll-out set for 2022
NEWS: States could face two-year grace period to ensure they can meet new power plant emission standards
Washington DC is sinking into the sea – study
NEWS: The seat of US government faces six inches of subsidence this century, geologists say, making it vulnerable to sea level rise
Ahead of Paris, Russia becomes a climate policy wallflower
ANALYSIS: Moscow is politely absent from the climate debate, showing indifference rather than hostility to a global deal
Campaigners warn of climate finance corruption risk
ANALYSIS: Countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives need cash to deal with global warming, but have weak institutions
Coal giant Peabody posts $1bn second quarter losses
NEWS: The US coal sector is being squeezed by divestment campaigns and oversupply in global markets
US to aid African farmers facing climate challenge
NEWS: Investments worth $140m drawn up spur to climate-resilient agriculture following Obama visit to Kenya
Mark Carney set for new ‘stranded assets’ intervention
NEWS: Bank of England governor to front debate on carbon bubble threat with UN climate chief one month before Paris summit
G20 could determine if rich meet climate finance promise
NEWS: Lack of breakthrough on core plank of UN deal tees up November meeting to tackle contentious issue
Canada tar sand exploration ‘on hold until 2017’
NEWS: High cost, high carbon source of oil is hit by low oil prices, analysts say, with 5.6bn barrels worth of projects shelved
Climate facts: How France is trying to educate the US and Canada
NEWS: French ambassador is joining a panel of experts on a 12-city tour to rally support for a climate deal in Paris
Tubiana concerned over slow progress of draft Paris climate deal
GUARDIAN: France wants to see serious progress by October on text for a new deal on global warming, says Laurence Tubiana
Do asset managers have a duty to reduce their climate risks?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming research by UNEP FI suggests environmental and climate risk awareness in investment sector is on the rise
Mangroves rooted in Indonesia’s climate target
NEWS: Indonesia could go a quarter of the way to reaching its 2020 carbon-cutting aim by ending destruction of vital forests