Latest climate change news
Beijing to ban coal use by 2020 – Xinhua
NEWS: Government announces Chinese capital to quit coal in attempt to reduce toxic air pollution
Why effective climate policy needs women – and vice versa
COMMENT: Climate change will increase inequality between men and women without action, says Finland’s former climate chief
France approves green energy law
NEWS: Hosts of 2015 climate summit adopt targets to cut fossil fuel use and boost the renewables sector
Obama promotes Africa energy links at White House summit
NEWS: US president Barack Obama champions electricity for Africa and insists business leaders accept climate change
Tol v Ackerman: Debating the costs of climate change
INTERVIEWS: Leading economists speak to RTCC about the brewing row over how to account for global climate impacts
Robert Rubin: Costs of ignoring climate change are catastrophic
NEWS: Failure to factor immediate action on climate change into American policies will lead to havoc, warns former US Trade Secretary
Pakistan poorly prepared for climate impacts says former minister
NEWS: Evidence of shifting weather patterns has failed to stir the government into preparing for disaster management, say experts
Christiana Figueres: Climate deal must bring gender equality
INTERVIEW: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says a climate deal must create an equal economy for men and women
Pacific Islanders call for tougher UN ocean laws
NEWS: Declaration from 16 states to be presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during September climate summit
US officials push India to target tighter carbon cuts
NEWS: High level Delhi negotiations end with agreement to boost clean tech cooperation and efficiency standards
“Climate change is killing our Mother Earth”
INTERVIEWS: In their own words: indigenous people from Canada, Finland, the US, Guatemala and Peru tell their climate stories
Leading climate economist accused of “distorting” research
NEWS: Frank Ackerman says 2013 paper by Richard Tol, used by IPCC, minimises economic risks of climate change
IMF: Hike fossil fuel taxes and reap benefits now
NEWS: National governments should not wait for a global climate deal to address underpricing of fossil fuels, says leading financial body
UK slashes climate diplomacy budget
NEWS: Deep cuts to the foreign office’s climate spending shatters the UK’s image of global leadership
India and US pledge “active cooperation” on climate change
NEWS: Indian environment minister calls for cooperation and technology sharing with US ahead of UN talks
Kyrgyzstan revives pre-Soviet traditions for climate adaptation
ANALYSIS: Efforts to revive traditional knowledge in Kyrgyzstan are safeguarding its wild walnut forests for future generations
Climate resilient seeds offer hope to Nepal’s farmers
NEWS: Frequent droughts and late monsoons are wearing down the ability of Himalayan growers to maintain crops
Sheldon Whitehouse on climate denial in US Congress – full speech
TRANSCRIPT: US Senator takes issue with Congress sceptics who blocked a resolution acknowledging climate change
Brazil tribe teams up with tech company to save rainforest
NEWS: Indigenous people and San Francisco start-up are using old smartphones to monitor illegal logging
University of London’s SOAS freezes fossil fuel investments
NEWS: UK student campaign against oil, gas and coal holdings gathers pace with two universities considering divesting