Latest climate change news
Oil industry can be ‘solution’ to climate change says Figueres
NEWS: Top UN climate official calls on fossil fuel executives to lead transition to cleaner forms of energy
UN considers biennial climate summits post 2015 deal
NEWS: Global negotiations could take place every two years as UN body focuses on implementing decisions
World Bank boosts Solomon Islands adaption efforts with $9.1m grant
NEWS: World Bank funds will go towards early warning systems and community projects in vulnerable island nation
UN climate panel answers 11 key questions on its latest report
BLOG: Scientists working on the IPCC’s latest study answer questions on adaptation, positives from warming and timeframes
Kill the cheeseburgers to stop global warming – report
NEWS: Scientists say public must stop eating so much meat and dairy produce, citing rising levels of carbon pollution from industry
US, China and EU agree to cooperate on UN climate treaty
NEWS: High-level meetings at the EU see world’s three largest emitters agree to strengthen discussions on 2015 Paris treaty
China’s Hubei province launches carbon market
NEWS: China’s sixth regional carbon market prepares further ground for a national carbon market
Rajendra Pachauri: adaptation only works alongside carbon cuts
INTERVIEW: Chair of UN’s IPCC science panel tells RTCC calls to focus exclusively on coping with climate change are misplaced
Do governments need clearer climate messages from the IPCC?
ANALYSIS: UN climate panel only reports ‘facts’, but is it time to make clearer the implications for policy?
BBC and UK government ‘failing public’ over climate change coverage
NEWS: Damning report from MPs says BBC should adopt clear editorial guidelines around climate coverage
Paris 2015 climate summit blow as key minister resigns
NEWS: Pascal Canfin resignation “a loss” to UN climate process say observers, as new government forms
Carbon market ‘hot air’ undermining EU’s climate strategy
NEWS: carbon credit surplus hindering Europe’s emissions trading scheme from operating effectively, say analysts
Exxon Mobil dismisses climate change risks to future growth
NEWS: Fossil fuel giant says ‘stranded assets’ are not a risk to the company, as the world needs all its oil
California rewards energy users with ‘climate credits’
NEWS: Bill payers will receive a welcome bank account boost this month, as state’s carbon policies start to pay off
IPCC: specific costs of climate change impacts still unclear
NEWS: placing a dollar cost on potential climate threats proved hard for IPCC scientists and economists
Marshall Islands President first to commit to Ban’s climate summit
NEWS: Christopher Loeak confirms he will bring “bold actions” to UN Secretary General’s September meeting
Marshall Islands President: Future will be ‘like living in a war zone’
COMMENT: Leaders must put aside polished negotiating positions and look each other in the eye, says Christopher Loeak
Yvo de Boer: It’s time to measure the ‘true value’ of business
COMMENT: What if cost of environmental damage caused by businesses were subtracted from their profits?
How much worse is a 4 degrees world?
ANALYSIS: risks linked to warming above 2C likely to be unpredictable and dangerous, says IPCC report
IPCC report: Kerry and Hague call for tough climate action
NEWS: John Kerry and William Hague say latest UN science study is evidence global deal on climate is required