Latest climate change news
India PM Modi targets “saffron” revolution for solar energy
NEWS: Government plan offers prospect of solar boost, but gas, coal and oil likely to remain part of long-term energy mix
MPs agree on ‘blueprint’ for UN climate deal in 2015
NEWS: Domestic laws should be ‘at the heart’ of Paris agreement, say 400 lawmakers from 80 countries
Venezuela urges civil society to boost “boring” UN talks
NEWS: Caracas government to focus on social impacts of climate change ahead of UN Lima conference
Chinese ‘carbon cap’ unlikely to reduce emissions
NEWS: Rumoured peak in Chinese emissions would still be insufficient to put China on 2C pathway
Peru UN climate talks chair admits time running out for deal
NEWS: Incoming president of Lima conference warns that countries must be “realistic” about UN climate deal
EU climate deal in balance as row simmers over 40% CO2 target
NEWS: Poland remains opposed to 40% target, saying it would leave poorer nations compensating for over-ambition
Finland reveals new climate change laws
NEWS: Parliament agrees to target 80% emissions reduction by 2050 and promote use of renewable energy
Why is civil society still engaged with the UN climate process?
COMMENT: It’s not the water, it’s the salt: why civil society campaigners are still in the UN climate negotiations
Climate campaigners tell leaders to ‘stand with us, or stand aside’
NEWS: Mass gathering of NGOs outside UN talks in Bonn highlights growing unrest over progress at high-level discussions
UN outlines criteria for 2015 climate deal pledges
NEWS: Guidelines for national contributions presented as countries start to formulate draft agreement
G7’s focus on energy security ‘at odds with’ climate goals
NEWS: Green groups slam G7 pledge on energy and climate targets, arguing it opens door for gas and coal
China sets target to slash potent ‘f-gas’ GHGs
NEWS: Beijing sets target to cut CO2 from refrigerant chemicals by 280m tonnes by end of 2015, defusing HFC ‘carbon bomb’
Letter to Obama: Gambian envoy calls for US climate leadership
NEWS: Pa Ousman Jarju to writes to White House asking President to directly engage with UN talks on a 2015 climate deal
Could the Middle East face further unrest without a green revolution?
NEWS: Gulf Research Center expert tells RTCC social injustice linked to fossil fuel heavy economy is driving regional anger
China set to launch Chongqing emissions trading scheme
NEWS: Country’s seventh carbon market could lay foundations for national ETS by 2018
What does China’s talk of a carbon “cap” really mean?
ANALYSIS: Writing for China Dialogue, Beijing-based Greenpeace campaigner says emissions will need to peak before 2030
Obama climate plan will deliver only a quarter of pledged 2030 cuts
ANALYSIS: New US proposals likely to be tip of new carbon cuts as country seeks to meet international targets
MPs to develop ‘blueprint’ for 2015 climate deal
NEWS: Domestic laws ‘central’ to Paris agreement says UN climate chief as lawmakers gather in Mexico City
China’s curbs on coal a rising risk for investors – report
NEWS: Carbon Tracker warns banks to be wary of lending to coal producers, citing the risk of stranded assets as China cuts CO2 emissions
Scientists discover three new global warming gases
NEWS: Comparison of air samples has revealed three new global warming gases – and the evidence suggests they are man-made