Latest climate change news
UN ready to receive national climate plans for 2015 deal
NEWS: UN’s climate body launches website for countries to submit their contributions to Paris treaty
Modi to seek US backing for India clean energy development
ANALYSIS: Carbon cuts unlikely to be on agenda at key US-India meeting, but discussions will focus on access to green energy technologies
Queenslanders urged to ‘vote for the reef’ not coal
NEWS: Next week’s state election critical for Galilee Basin coal mines, the Great Barrier Reef and the climate
Climate still seen as niche issue at World Economic Forum
INTERVIEW: Debate over slashing carbon emissions is not breaking into wider economic conversations, warns World Bank climate chief
European lawmakers fail to approve carbon market reforms
NEWS: Future of the EU flagship climate policy remains uncertain after inconclusive industrial committee vote
State Department asks Disney for climate change Frozen spin-off
NEWS: US Arctic representative in talks with film executives over educational climate project starring Frozen characters
Sea level rise faster than feared, say scientists
NEWS: Harvard researchers find that there has been an almost threefold annual increase in global sea levels over the last quarter of a century
US Senate agrees climate change is not a hoax, but split on causes
NEWS: Nearly half of all top lawmakers in Washington DC reject latest climate science and deny human link to warming temperatures
Fate of EU carbon market hangs in the balance
NEWS: European lawmakers vote on critical reforms to the emissions trading system on Thursday
Oil chiefs hold Davos meeting to debate climate strategy
NEWS: Saudi Aramco’s Khalid Falih says industry leaders discussed impact and responses to proposed UN climate change deal
New Atlantis: Immersive theatre lays bare climate dilemmas
REVIEW: Scientists and actors unite to create a fun, interactive fable about the choices posed by climate change
Al Gore warns oil chiefs against climate denial
NEWS: At World Economic Forum in Davos, former US vice president accuses oil executives of “wishful thinking” on climate risk
US demand for gasoline soars as price falls
ANALYSIS: Data suggest that consumers at present are still very fickle and will consume more oil as fossil fuel prices fall
Republican mayor will act on climate change – if it is manmade
INTERVIEW: Climate sceptic mayor of New Jersey town goes on Arctic pilgrimage in search for answers about global warming
Pharrell announces Live Earth gigs to mobilise climate action
NEWS: The musician behind smash hit Happy will head up concerts worldwide on 18 June to build momentum for a global climate deal
Blocking climate action threatens child health, Obama tells Congress
NEWS: US president uses State of Union speech to mock climate sceptics and says green policies will help most vulnerable in society
UK manufacturers back industrial CCS hub
NEWS: The Teesside Collective could become the first industrial zone in Europe to neutralise up to 90% of its emissions
UK political consensus on climate could crumble like Australia’s
NEWS: Senior Australian Labor Party MP says radicalisation of right could see low carbon policies quickly axed
Coal lobby plays down divestment fears
NEWS: World Coal Association admits that divestment is a concern for the industry, but says it won’t dent growth
Meet the unlikely climate allies bridging divides in UN talks
FEATURE: Mexico, Switzerland and South Korea form a small but influential group that could be critical in building a Paris deal