Latest climate change news
China launches fifth carbon trading zone
Plans for seven pilot schemes by 2014 on course, as government ramps up efforts to cut pollution
Warming climate could push Amazon region into further poverty
Peru’s efforts to reduce poverty are at risk from the effects of climate change, one example of the problems facing the wider Amazonia region in a warming world
Drought will be 20% more frequent by end of century say scientists
Research team says many more people will go short of water as the world warms, but who and where, remains uncertain
Amazon forest loss threatens Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Ecudaor
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say
Rich nations could face climate compensation legal challenge
Monday’s top five: Huhne warns of loss and damage threat, China eyes Amazon oil, UK set for country’s largest solar farm
2013: the year the divestment campaign took flight
If climate change had a catwalk, divestment would be this year’s Naomi Campbell. RTCC takes a look at 2013’s hottest emerging trend
Former Norway and Ghana leaders appointed UN climate change envoys
Ban Ki-moon names former President of Ghana John Kufuor and former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg to fill the roles
Climate change denial funded by ‘dark money’ – report
Guardian: Study focuses on groups opposing US political action. Author: ‘I call it the climate-change counter movement’
Scientists dismiss solar link to medieval ‘Little Ice Age’
Solar activity unlikely to have caused historic climate change, say University of Edinburgh scientists, who pin changes on volcanic activity instead
Coldplay back climate change awareness campaign
UK Foreign Office-backed Odyssey 2050 animation aims to educate children of threats posed by global warming
US scientists convert algae into crude oil in under an hour
US scientists have succeeded in producing crude oil from algae in under an hour – a technical triumph, but one that’s still a long way from commercial exploitation
Climate change could crush East Africa’s agricultural economy – report
Periods of prolonged drought will mean there will be less food for Africa’s rapidly expanding population, says a new report
Why 2014 is a critical year for the politics of climate change
High level summits in New York and Lima expected to deliver roadmap towards global deal in 2015
West Antarctic ice loss has accelerated over past four years
Rate of ice loss from West Antarctic has accelerated sharply, European scientists say, causing global sea levels to rise by 15% more than previously thought
EU and US scientists call for tar sands embargo
Monday’s top 5: Top EU and US scientists urge EU to legislate on polluting fuel, $210million to jumpstart New York Green Bank, and Australian government threatens Tasmanian forest
Energy efficiency: the gift that keeps on giving
Taking care of the amount of energy you use makes economic and environmental sense, says the Carbon Trust’s Jeff Beyer
Putin promises to toughen stance on Arctic protests
Friday’s top 5: Greenpeace response is a warning says Russian president, Australia gets ready for its Direct Action Plan, and renewable energy in Scotland reaches new high
MIT scientists design ‘solar funnel’ to capture energy from sun
Scientists from MIT think that using an elasticated thin film will mean more of the sun’s light wavelengths can be used to create power
Will REDD+ be the saviour of the world’s rainforests?
RTCC speaks to five REDD+ experts to see what the rainforest preservation scheme has achieved, and where it goes from here
2014 Climate Change Calendar
Key dates for your diary in 2014, a year where the scale and ambition of a UN global warming treaty will be determined