Latest climate change news
US deep freeze sparks fierce climate change exchanges
Donald Trump and Republicans use sub-zero winter temperatures across the US to mock global warming
Fracking ‘bad for babies’ claim could fuel fight over shale
New research from Colorado links gas drilling to birth defects as focus grows on industry in USA and Europe
Are the economics and ethics of fossil fuel divestment aligning?
Divestment movement needs to target fund managers’ fiduciary duty and explain why fossil fuel investments will end in financial disaster
UK must prepare for more floods says government climate advisor
Monday’s top five: Sir David King calls for climate action, US states confirm fracking pollution, thousands of bats killed by Queensland heat
Figueres warns world is “running out of time” to agree climate treaty
UN climate chief confident political will is growing to cut global carbon emissions, but warns of tough challenges ahead in 2014
UK suffers the stormiest December since 1969
Storms blast through the UK with renewed vigour, causing flooding and transport problems across the country
USA likely to blow 2020 emission target without Climate Action Plan
State Department submission to UN highlights how far behind curve country is on meeting emission goals
Australia’s scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?
Last year was Australia’s hottest since records began. Graphs from the Bureau of Meteorology show how the temperature’s rising
Ford unveils C-MAX Energi Solar concept car
Ford’s latest hybrid electric vehicle powers itself through solar panels on its roof
Abbott urged to rethink climate policies after Australia’s hottest year
Friday’s top 5: Australian PM urged to keep carbon pricing, Chinese icebreaker struggles in Antarctic ice, and Ford displays new solar electric car
Carbon markets shrank 38% in 2013
Decreased carbon trading in 2013 reflects continuing trend of problems, even as Chinese markets open for business
Aviation industry set to expand 5% per year
“Insatiable” desire for travel bad news for climate change as airline passenger numbers grow faster than fuel efficiency improvements
China solar capacity boosted by 1GW plant in Xinjiang
Trina Solar unveil plans for a huge solar PV installation with the same capacity as a Nuclear power plant
Breaking news: there is ice in Antarctica
Sceptics may laugh at the irony of climate scientists getting stuck in ice, but it still doesn’t disprove climate change
January 2014: a huge month for global climate ambition
Five events taking place through January will shape how the world talks about climate change in 2014 and beyond
Coal ‘largest contributor’ to Beijing’s deadly smog
Thursday’s top 5: Fossil fuels cause 69% of Beijing haze, Chinese helicopter reaches Antarctic ship, and North Dakota train fire fuels Keystone debate
Earth on course to warm 4C by 2100
New study suggests warming temperatures will mean fewer clouds, leading to more sunlight heating the planet’s surface
Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
The world’s emissions of the main greenhouse gas produced by human activities, carbon dioxide, in 2013 are expected to be nearly two-thirds higher than in 1990
Warming winters send Florida’s mangroves north
Mangroves are colonising new areas in northern Florida, moving up the coast because the frequency of very frosty days is falling
UK’s chief climate scientist honoured by government
Tuesday’s top five: Julia Slingo appointed Dame, Abbott advisor cans climate science, New York City slashes emissions