Latest climate change news
EU boss names Sefcovic for energy top job
NEWS: Jean-Claude Juncker has nominated Slovakia’s Maros Sefcovic as vice president of “energy union”, which will oversee climate policy
Windmills, snails and science tales: Paterson comes out of his shell
COMMENT: The former UK environment secretary Owen Paterson has kicked off a debate on climate policy, but not the one the public want
Natural gas boom will not slow climate change – study
NEWS: Research from five countries shows a gas glut will make no difference to global warming
Legal elements in proposed UN climate deal find mixed support
NEWS: New submissions to UN indicate preference for more general rules on accounting and monitoring emissions
The energy bridge: How EU countries justify fossil fuels
ANALYSIS: In Germany and Italy, for different reasons, governments are pushing dirty sources of energy as “transition fuels”
Concern mounts in Marshall Islands as high tides swamp capital
NEWS: Majuro counts cost of latest flooding as 30 ‘Pacific Warriors’ set off for Australia in canoes to highlight concerns
Lord Giddens: Hope must trump fear in climate debate
BLOG: Former advisor to UK prime minister Tony Blair lays out four ways to quash the despair of climate change
US climate strategy: ‘goad’ leaders into voluntary action
NEWS: Chief negotiator Todd Stern argues for a climate deal based on non-binding national commitments
Take on the “fatcats” or scrap EU carbon market – think-tank
NEWS: Europe’s emissions trading system is failing as steel and cement companies hoard excess pollution permits, warns Sandbag
Prepare for a stronger Africa at UN climate talks, says Congo envoy
INTERVIEW: Africa faces trials, but there’s no doubt it’s a force to be reckoned with at Paris, says Congo negotiator Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
US military prepares forces for climate change impacts
NEWS: Department of Defense releases climate adaptation report, anticipating increased stress on armed forces
Divestment campaign signs up first Swedish city
NEWS: Örebro has committed to drop its investments in coal, oil and gas companies, in line with a goal to go fossil-free by 2050
Energy companies unprepared for climate risks – study
NEWS: Only 7% of coal, oil and gas companies have checked their projects are consistent with limiting dangerous global warming, says Carbon Tracker Initiative
Africans need to regain control of energy resources, says IEA
NEWS: US$3 trillion investment needed by 2040 to provide electricity to fast-growing population, but challenges persist
Is Africa ready for the Green Climate Fund?
ANALYSIS: The fund’s board hopes to thrash out its issues in Barbados this week. But African countries must show they are ready to make good use of climate cash
Europe spends €10bn a year on coal subsidies
NEWS: Coal is expensive when subsidies and climate change costs are factored in, shows European Commission analysis
Climate change is like Ebola – World Bank chief
NEWS: Slow response to both climate change and Ebola is killing people, warns Jim Yong Kim
Private sector backing could transform UN’s Green Climate Fund
COMMENT: Vital meeting of GCF board this week in Barbados could build on significant climate finance progress in last month, says IETA’s Katie Sullivan
Ex-environment minister declares war on UK climate policy
NEWS: Owen Paterson will call for the Climate Change Act to be scrapped in a speech to sceptic think-tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation on Wednesday
World of clean energy is possible by 2050 say scientists
NEWS: World could double electricity supply by 2050 while actually reducing air and water pollution, according to new research