Latest climate change news
UK government Green Bank to invest in Africa and India
NEWS: State-backed bank given £200 million to back overseas clean development projects and boost private sector funding flows
UK climate consensus fails to convince green groups
SKETCH: Fracking, aviation and Brexit spark heated debate at Greener Britain Hustings – which does not win over environmentalists
Coal mining banned in India’s Mahan forest
NEWS: Campaigners claim victory after Ministry of Coal confirms a controversial coal block in sensitive forest will not be auctioned
US coal crash ‘serves as a warning’ to fossil fuel investors
NEWS: At least 26 US coal companies have gone bankrupt in the last three years, finds Carbon Tracker, in a sign of things to come
Falling battery prices boost outlook for electric vehicles
ANALYSIS: Petrol and diesel cars cheaper, but gap is narrowing as electric manufacturers invest in more efficient power packs
Norwegian parliament votes on new climate change law
NEWS: Major parties set to support plans for law to curb greenhouse gas emissions, despite huge influence of oil and gas sector
India in no rush to deliver UN climate pledge, says minister
NEWS: Delhi is “not in the habit” of taking pressure warns Prakash Javadekar, but says country will play its part in Paris
Countries reveal progress on 2020 forest restoration challenge
NEWS: Ethiopia, US and Mexico among countries pledging action at Bonn meeting to cut carbon emissions and create jobs
Climate change blamed as erratic downpours hit Pakistan’s harvests
NEWS: Late rains were unusually heavy this year, say local farmers, affecting winter crops of wheat, oilseed and potato
Prince Charles: Nature could go “bust” unless we protect it
NEWS: Unlimited economic growth will inhibit efforts to address climate change, warns heir to British throne in US speech
What next for the Green Climate Fund?
ANALYSIS: With clock ticking for Fund to start delivering cash, board meets in Korea to discuss how it will leverage billions in private sector funds
Hurricane Katrina to Cyclone Pam: whose losses count more?
COMMENT: All countries are not equal when it comes to coping with disasters, and some will suffer more as climate impacts intensify
Warming oceans storing up long term climate impacts, says WMO
NEWS: Sea surface temperatures warmer than average across parts of Pacific and Atlantic in 2014, says UN weather agency
Climate change weekly wrap (March #3) – news, video + analysis
NEWSLETTER: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Vanuatu’s banana farmers face bleak future after Cyclone Pam
NEWS: Majority of Pacific country’s crops and seed stores have been wiped out says UN, calling for support to rebuild shattered islands
UN climate envoy backs fossil fuel divestment movement
NEWS: Mary Robinson says funds should consider the impact of their fossil fuel investments on communities vulnerable to climate change
EU energy union fails to tackle falling industrial efficiency
ANALYSIS: European leaders seem unaware that energy intensity in the steel, cement and chemicals industries has stalled or increased
US climate envoy hails special relationship with China
NEWS: Common ground growing between two superpowers, Todd Stern tells reporters after two-day meeting in Beijing
Arctic sea ice falls to new winter low as climate fears intensify
NEWS: Warming temperatures across North Pole credited with falling ice levels, months before UN primed to deliver climate pact in Paris
Seychelles president calls emergency meeting for Vanuatu
NEWS: Small island states show solidarity with Cyclone Pam victims, call for recognition of vulnerability to climate disaster