Latest climate change news
Officials confident Green Fund will top $10bn target at Berlin meeting
NEWS: More funds expected as developing country leaders say UN deal requires strong financial package
Ocean health threatened as traffic soars 400% in 20 years
NEWS: Indian Ocean worst affected by marine pollution say researchers, who used satellite data to track ships
Why is the Green Climate Fund’s pledging meeting important?
INTERVIEW: Gambia’s Pa Ousman Jarju on why the cash needs to flow at the GCF’s Berlin meeting if there’s to be a UN climate deal
Climategate five years on: who won the war?
COMMENT: Claims of collusion and deceit within the scientific community caused a scandal in 2009, but to what effect, asks Richard Black
Activist murders raise doubts over Peru’s deforestation goals
NEWS: Killing of environmental activists puts Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s UN climate conference
What makes a UN deal legally binding?
-The form or type of the relevant legal instrument, i.e. is it a formal treaty that requires formal ratification and therefore taken more ‘seriously’ by states? -Are provisions of the legal instrument expressed in mandatory language, e.g. ‘shall’ or ‘must’ as opposed to ‘should’ or ‘aim’ and the use of phrases like ‘as appropriate’ or […]
Keystone XL Senate vote too tight to call
NEWS: Supporters of controversial tar sands pipeline need one more vote to pass bill through Senate
Germany nuclear phaseout puts 2020 climate target in peril
NEWS: Economics minister says carbon emissions reduction target is “no longer viable” ahead of parliamentary vote
HFCs breakthrough possible at Montreal Protocol meeting
NEWS: India stance on highly polluting gas appears to soften as countries meet for ozone treaty discussions
Church of England faces new pressure to divest fossil fuel holdings
NEWS: Diocese of Oxford demands divestment, and promises to review its own investments in fossil fuels
Climate change to increase US lightning strikes
NEWS: Scientists predict a 50% increase this century in the frequency of lightning strikes due to global warming
Taiwan defies China to seek recognition at UN climate talks
NEWS: The government in Taipei argues the island state has a unique perspective that should be recognised by the UN
India must lead climate fight for developing countries at UN talks
COMMENT: US-China climate deal will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4C temperature increase pathway, writes Chandra Bhushan
Geoengineering: Pumping iron into oceans could backfire
NEWS: Iron fertilisation of oceans stimulates carbon sucking plankton, but could also lead to rise in CO2 emitting sea-life
Who’s to blame for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Scientists are starting to undertake the politically dangerous task of figuring out who can be blamed for extreme weather disasters
Canada and UK set to back Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Hopes for global climate agreement rise as UN-backed bank nears $10 billion fund-raising target
Australia left isolated as G20 backs climate action call
NEWS: Pressure from US and EU forces Abbott U-turn in Brisbane as global warming heats up summit negotiations
UN climate talks boost as Green Fund nears $10 billion target
NEWS: US and Japan offer $4.5 billion at G20 talks in Brisbane as efforts to secure fund’s future gather pace
India feels heat as pressure mounts to deliver climate target
NEWS: Officials suggest Modi government will make a “strategic shift” in climate planning post US-China deal
How big oil won Republicans power at the US mid term elections
ANALYSIS: GOP victory in the US midterms was paid for by big energy interests and could hold back Obama’s climate ambition