Latest climate change news
Coal blow as major European bank cuts funding
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to limit funding of coal projects and boost investment in renewables and energy efficiency
Ban Ki-moon: leaders must bring solutions to 2014 climate summit
UN chief says he wants bold announcements and action at the climate leaders meeting he will host next September
Changing UK climate targets ‘strategic mistake’ say business leaders
Supermarkets, insurers and multinationals call on government to accept advice of official climate advisors
Russia enlists Gazprom to drive down transport pollution levels
Kremlin aims to cut rising pollution and emission levels by investing in gas-powered cars, buses and lorries
Obama appoints Keystone opponent Podesta as climate advisor
Wednesday’s top five: Obama appoints John Podesta, coal exports threaten Great Barrier Reef, John Kerry to visit Philippines city of Tacloban
World’s largest investors blind to climate risks – report
Group monitoring how funds manage the risks of climate change says many are exposing their investors to future losses
Naomi Klein: climate movement needs radicals like Mandela
The fight against climate change needs to be as bold as the battle to bring down apartheid, said Canadian author in London today
UK should consider tougher climate targets, advisors say
Committee on Climate Change cites ‘clear economic benefits’ of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and investing in low carbon growth
EU Parliament backs carbon trading rescue plan – in tweets
Relief, anger and calls for reform as MEPs support measures to boost region’s cap-and-trade scheme
China outlines climate change adaptation plans
Leading planning agency calls for more resilient infrastructure, warning global warming cost country $32.9 billion since 1990
Canada outlines plans to claim north pole
Tuesday’s top five: Race for Arctic heats up, anger at China smog, Blackrock invests in wind, green buses ‘bad for health’
Climate targets ‘impossible’ unless rich cut emissions 10%
Tyndall Centre scientist argues that radical emissions reductions are required to keep within safe warming limits
Leonardo DiCaprio adds star quality with Formula E team entry
Environmentalist actor Leonardo DiCaprio joins with Venturi Automobiles to launch final team for new electric car race
Greenpeace enlists stars for Arctic Christmas card series
Raymond Briggs, Vivienne Westwood and Jarvis Cocker among artists highlighting threat of melting Arctic
UK outlines new investment in carbon capture technology
White Rose project on north east coast given crucial backing, with hopes emissions could be injected under seabed by 2018
Open doors of high street shops are costing the planet
Close the door for happier customers and more environmentally friendly Christmas shopping, campaign group tells UK stores
Protests halt Chevron fracking operations in Romania
Monday’s top 5: Chevron postpones fracking operations, Australian fire service warned it should double numbers, and Japan signals return to nuclear
Reducing sunlight unlikely to cool earth – scientists
Idea that we can address global warming by engineering the atmosphere rebuffed by scientists in USA and Germany
KPMG: world’s leading firms not taking climate risks seriously
Consultancy says oil and gas sector leading in assessments of environmental and social risks
Water ‘batteries’ can ensure constant clean energy supply
Energy from surplus wind power can be used to pump water uphill and will provide “battery” power to even out energy supply and demand, researchers say