Latest climate change news
Climate deal must crack down on free riders – study
NEWS: Norwegian researchers warn the world is further from an effective climate treaty than it was 15 years ago, as countries try to duck their obligations
6 ways climate change threatens health – and one way it probably doesn’t
ANALYSIS: From dengue fever to depression, we look at the health risks from climate change
Nauru ambassador: moral voice of island states must be heard
INTERVIEW: Marginalised small island voices key for credible Paris deal, says Ambassador Marlene Moses
The end of civilisations: will climate change do for us all?
NEWS: History could repeat itself if global warming is left unchecked, leading to people abandoning once-fertile areas
What would a fair UN climate change deal look like?
ANALYSIS: New equity calculator says UK needs to cut emissions 94% by 2020, US by 73% and China just 9.4%
Human chain to protest coal mining in Germany and Poland
NEWS: Activists will form an 8km line between two villages threatened by opencast lignite mines, to highlight climate change risks
August’s climate thermometer: who’s hot, and who’s not?
BLOG: Who has shown some cool, green leadership this August… And who is heating up the planet?
Atlantic heat sink explains global warming “pause” – study
NEWS: Heat sinking into the Atlantic Ocean accounts for a slowdown in air temperature rises, scientists find
Leonardo DiCaprio narrates climate change series
BLOG: Actor calls for carbon price in new video on climate change
Banned chemical emissions mar ozone treaty’s success story
NEWS: NASA finds a banned ozone-depleting gas is still being emitted, in a blot on the Montreal Protocol’s record
Antarctic ice melt could boost sea levels 37cm by 2100
NEWS: Arctic warming faster than most of Earth, while Antarctica appears to remain locked in a frigid embrace
Architects from 124 countries make ‘zero-carbon cities’ pledge
NEWS: Architects unions have passed a Declaration spelling out their commitment to tackling climate change
Spain’s changing climate and economy fuels wildfire risks
NEWS: Climate change is gradually turning Spain into a fire zone – and a change in the economic climate is inflaming the situation
South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia lead Africa clean energy drive
NEWS: Renewables investments set to rise slowly on continent as countries explore potential for wind, solar and geothermal
Geoengineering creeps from sci-fi to reality
ANALYSIS: Scientists, artists and policymakers pondered whether to hack the planet at a meeting in Berlin this week
UN and World Bank ‘inefficiency’ blocking forest aid efforts
NEWS: Report from leading REDD donors Norway warns of ‘growing perception’ countries are missing out on millions
Australian opposition ‘unlikely’ to keep climate off G20 agenda
NEWS: Australia lacks gravitas to cast off climate talk, with US and China likely to put pressure on Tony Abbott
Ex-NATO chief: UN ability to tackle climate change has limits
NEWS: Veteran diplomat Javier Solana says real progress will only come at national level, hailing action in China, Uganda, Tuvalu
‘Clean coal’ advert banned by UK watchdog
NEWS: The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advert promoting “clean coal” as a solution to energy poverty
Into the Dragon’s Den: climate innovation gets competitive
SKETCH: Green start-ups can win big money in the EU-backed Climate-KIC competition. But are the judges after style or substance?