Latest climate change news
Ditching China’s coal addiction will take decades, warns expert
NEWS: Despite renewables growth, top energy expert Yufeng Yang predicts slow reduction in China’s emissions 2030-2050
‘Moisture mill’ shows clean energy potential of evaporation
NEWS: US scientists have harnessed humidity in the lab to run a toy car and flashing light and say the technology could scale up
Peru climate pledge hinges on forests wager
NEWS: Amazon country pins two-thirds of draft carbon-cutting target on halting deforestation, but critics question government’s resolve
Funds lacking to help poor tackle climate impacts, says World Bank
NEWS: Not enough cash is flowing to boost resilience in the face of sea level rise and weather extremes, development banks warn
Venezuela: The climate paradox of the petro-state
ANALYSIS: Dependent on petrol exports, the South American country is fraught with contradictions as it resists overhaul of fossil fuels
Lifestyles must change to avoid climate disaster, says Pope
NEWS: Destruction of nature is a “crime” says Pontiff in leaked draft of encyclical; official version due out on Thursday
Greening the world energy mix in 9 graphs
ANALYSIS: The International Energy Agency has published a special report on climate change: what does it tell us about energy emissions?
Hillary Clinton mocks climate sceptics at presidential campaign launch
NEWS: Democrat hopeful lashes out at sceptics and says she’ll back growth of solar, wind and other green energies
Climate change the “biggest” economic risk facing the world
NEWS: Former US Treasury chief Hank Paulson leads call for US politicians to take global warming seriously
Chinese premier Li commits to 2030 CO2 peaking goal
NEWS: Government set to maintain plans to slash emissions and boost clean energy use in UN pledge due on June 17
Energy ‘transformation’ needed to save climate, says IEA
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions could peak by 2020 says influential agency if governments take radical steps now
Storm clouds gather as Pope prepares climate warning
CRIB NOTES JUNE 15-19: Papal encyclical, China INDC, EU green week & London climate march
9 things we learned at the UN climate talks in Bonn
BLOG: Climate talks are like pregnancy, Ethiopia is more climate-forward than Australia and God is on the climate’s side
A global carbon market could be a silver bullet for climate change
COMMENT: Making the polluter pay would spur “dash to renewables” hauling the developing world out of fossil fuel-dictated poverty
World’s coral reefs face third major bleaching event on record
NEWS: ‘Underwater rainforests’ that buffer coastlines from storms on track for ‘full-fledged bleaching event’ as die-offs loom
Trust us, says UN: Our ‘tool’ will keep climate talks on track
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Serbia accused of fiddling UN climate change pledge
NEWS: Contribution to UN pact championed by European Commission represents a 15% rise in CO2 emissions
Planes choking people and planet, says US environment agency
NEWS: US green regulator takes measures to tackle billowing emissions from aviation industry on public health grounds
UN to present new ‘streamlined’ climate text in July
NEWS: Chairs of talks for a global emissions deal propose new “tool” that will synthesise and clarify discussions so far
Papal encyclical to have “major impact” says top UN climate official
NEWS: Christiana Figueres says Pope Francis will stress moral obligation to protect planet for future generations