Latest climate change news
US military to spend $2.4 billion on electric vehicles by 2020
The military is forecast to purchase nearly 100,000 non-tactical electric vehicles to meet its targets
UK and South Korea agree to collaborate on tackling climate change
UK strikes deal with South Korea to join forces on developing nuclear power and emissions trading scheme
Netherlands take Russia to international court over Greenpeace dispute
Morning summary: Moscow refuses to attend international tribunal on Greenpeace activists; Australia will have no government minister at UN climate talks; and levels of greenhouse gases in atmosphere reach record high
Fossil fuel subsidies equal $112 per adult in rich countries
Report from the Overseas Development Institute shows fossil fuel subsidies undermine EU carbon pricing
Carbon budget row risks UK influence at UN climate talks
Changes to UK’s fourth carbon budget could undermine efforts at EU and UN to secure effective emissions reduction deal says Climate Change Committee
Nick Clegg: senior Tories are blocking UK climate policy
Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister says Coalition partners are ignoring climate change in the face of scientific evidence
Is Poland’s coal and climate summit outrageous or irrelevant?
World Coal meeting set to discuss future, but has science already sealed the polluting fuel’s fate?
National Trust launches UK emissions cutting network
This ‘organic’ network of charities, landowners and business will trade best practice ideas to combat climate change
Intensive diplomacy central to success of 2015 climate deal – report
Unless national governments hone the art of influence, international negotiations are likely to suffer severe setbacks, warns E3G report
Salt Lake City faces water shortages as planet warms
Science review: engineers debate climate impacts, NASA starts ice survey & warming links to dwarfism explored
Climate warming gases hit record high in 2012 – WMO
WMO says 2012 a record year for greenhouse gas concentrations, and that the trend continues to accelerate
Norway’s $800bn sovereign fund could ditch coal investments
Opposition party says country’s vast sovereign wealth fund must consider negative impact coal has on the environment
EU climate chief demands action to address “emissions gap”
Morning summary: EU climate chief calls for action on cutting emissions; China’s corn harvest set to decline after flooding and drought; and Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund could divest from coal
Renault-Nissan and Mitsubishi announce electric car venture
The manufacturers signed a letter of intent last month to share technologies relating to electric vehicles
Is the rise of Islamic finance good news for the environment?
Economic and ethical focus of fast expanding Islamic banks could be good news for green investments
REDD+ mechanism could be too late to save world’s rainforests
Governments in Brazil, Congo, Indonesia and Mexico can act now to protect forests says new study
China willing to be “flexible” at UN climate talks
Morning summary: China calls on rich nations to offer more finance at COP19, OECD says carbon taxes best way to address climate change, Microsoft boosts wind holdings
UNEP: efforts to slow global warming are failing
Deep cuts to global greenhouse gas levels required by 2020 says UN, but says avoiding 2C of warming is still possible
Beyond the false widow: seven creepy crawlies for a warmer world
The false widow is old news. Here is RTCC’s selection of creatures you should be worried about as the world warms up
Clean cookstoves can save lives and slow climate change
World Bank report says deaths from cookstove emissions are higher than the toll of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined