Latest climate change news
US wind headed for dismal year as carbon emissions rise
NEWS: Expiry of tax credits blamed as wind power installations slow, while coal makes inroads into gas
North Carolina air pollution cuts ‘saved lives’
NEWS: Improving air quality linked with fewer deaths from lung disease and pneumonia say scientists
May 2014 hottest on Planet Earth since 1880
NEWS: Average temperatures 0.74C higher than 20C average say US government scientists
Solar thermal has a future as low carbon, back-up power
NEWS: Solar thermal power has a role alongside wind and solar PV, in a low carbon world
World Bank: Climate policies could generate $2.6 trillion a year
NEWS: Smart policies in US, EU, China, India, Brazil and Mexico would add trillions to global wealth
Evidence grows that warming Arctic may cause extreme weather
NEWS: A warming Arctic may change the weather for hundreds of millions of people
Catholic university divests from fossil fuels
NEWS: University of Dayton is largest endowment fund to completely reject fossil fuel investments so far
New cities will set energy supply and use for decades – PwC
Capital spending now will set 21st century energy supply, consumption and CO2 emissions
UN: Forest policy must focus on human benefits
NEWS: Governments must consider the billions of people depending on forests for food, energy and shelter, says FAO report
US cap on coal sector emissions “carbon crumbs” – Hansen
NEWS: US power sector is already halfway to the EPA’s 2030 carbon cap
US water stress may drive shift to renewable power
NEWS: Thermoelectric power including gas, coal and nuclear responsible for 40% of US water use
Smart meters are poor value, find 10 EU countries
NEWS: Nearly half EU countries will miss 2020 target to install digital electricity meters
Russia failing to reap benefit of oil and gas – IEA
NEWS: Russia risks falling oil production without foreign investors, more efficiency
China completes rollout of pilot carbon markets
NEWS: China to decide on national carbon market, after completing regional pilots
Seven EU countries demand binding energy efficiency target
NEWS: Most EU countries still on the fence or oppose binding efficiency target in 2030
Republicans tell Congress to act on climate
NEWS: Republicans serving under Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush tell Congress to step up on climate action
Canada approves tar sands pipeline
NEWS: Northern Gateway gets government go-ahead, despite protests from environmentalists and indigenous people
Satellite data could drive low-carbon shipping sector
NEWS: Shipping industry is ducking its share of carbon emissions cuts, study says
Small islands must take the helm on ‘loss and damage’
COMMENT: Small island states were excluded from the UN’s ‘loss and damage’ committee; it’s time they are invited to the table
US fracking boom threatens water supplies
ANALYSIS: Campaigners in the US warn that fracking is seriously depleting or contaminating water supplies