Latest climate change news
Development banks promise to back climate action
NEWS: Six major funders say they have provided US$ 75 billion since 2011 and will increase cooperation on low carbon finance
After the floods, India investigates climate change links
NEWS: Poor planning blamed again as thousands in India and Pakistan are forced out of homes by intense rainfall
Jonathon Porritt: I have not sold out to the palm oil sector
INTERVIEW: Veteran UK environmentalist defends industry-backed study that will endorse some forest clearance
Finance finally on horizon for UN’s Green Climate Fund
COMMENT: Civil society observer says latest meeting of flagship green fund has left her cautiously optimistic
UN climate summit set for major carbon pricing announcement
INTERVIEW: World Bank’s Rachel Kyte tells RTCC global support for valuing CO2 will surprise many critics
“Specious and unhelpful” – Tory MP hits back at THAT poll
NEWS: Graham Stuart says survey saying over half of Conservatives are climate sceptic is misleading
How new EU climate chiefs can make a green energy union
COMMENT: An open letter to Alenka Bratušek, vice president for Energy Union, and Miguel Arias Cañete, European commissioner for climate action and energy
Ozone layer to recover by mid-century, say scientists
NEWS: Campaigners renew calls for HFC phase-out to build on ozone success and tackle climate change
Cocaine wars to climate crisis: can fortified crops save Colombia?
NEWS: The biggest threat to Colombian farmers used to be drug-related violence. Now it’s climate change – but biofortified crops offer hope
Which narrative will prevail at the UN’s climate summit?
COMMENT: Debate over the costs of action versus the costs of inaction is likely to dominate Ban Ki-moon’s high level gathering
UK Conservatives lean towards climate scepticism
NEWS: Nearly a fifth of Tory MPs believe global warming is “environmentalist propaganda”, finds Populus poll
Green Climate Fund lowers cash demands to $10bn
NEWS: Pressure rising on governments to back UN’s green bank ahead of Ban Ki-moon’s New York summit
Indian billionaire Ratan Tata leads calls for UN ocean treaty
NEWS: Heavy pollution and climate change are threatening long term health and productivity of high seas
Australia urged to halve power sector emissions by 2030
NEWS: Never mind the 2020 renewable energy target, Australia must slash its power emissions long term, says think-tank
Top EU climate jobs go to Slovenia and Spain
NEWS: Alenka Bratushek will be vice president for energy union, while Miguel Arias Canete gets climate action and energy brief
Antarctic sea levels rising faster than global average
NEWS: Researchers say around 350 billion tonnes of water from glaciers linked to rises of up to 8 centimetres
America’s heartland wilts under climate change onslaught
NEWS: Researchers say US southwest is expected to become steadily more arid as planetary temperatures soar
Climate risk and green growth underpin UK’s 2015 strategy
ANALYSIS: Business opportunities and economic potential central as climate secretary Ed Davey unveils Paris plan
UN climate chief says 125 leaders confirmed for NY summit
NEWS: UK prime minister David Cameron latest world leader to signal his intention to attend key meeting
UK calls on Australia, Canada and Japan to deliver “ambitious” CO2 cuts
NEWS: Climate change secretary Ed Davey warns developed countries against “backsliding” on commitments to UN climate deal