Climate Change News

Floating wind farms could provide EU with 40GW by 2020

European Wind Energy Association report says 145 million households could benefit from offshore electricity by 2030

Government wants to construct 500MW of solar power plants in future to secure electricity supplies

World likely to smash remaining ‘carbon budget’ by 2030 despite positive signs for global clean energy sector

Morning summary: China will make investments over the next five years to address a key source of social discontent

Ice loss has been “even faster than usual” according to records from the USA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center

Methane emitted from Arctic sea ice thaw could have catastrophic effects on global economy say UK researchers

3D Holographic Radar can separate wind turbines from planes, making air traffic controllers’ jobs easier and reducing safety fears

New regulations rule out new coal or lignite power plants from EIB investments, following similar move from World Bank last week

Barroso and Van Rompuy letter to EU leaders calls for progress on oil and gas subsidies, climate finance and green growth policies

Morning summary: Saudi Arabia is looking to generate two thirds of its electricity supply from solar and wind in the next 20 years

Competition aimed at technologies for everyday vehicles that will be affordable for general public to buy and operate

US states say they will require insurance companies to reveal how prepared they are to cope with risks related to climate change

New research shows that Large stretches of ice along the polar coastlines could fall into the sea faster than originally thought

University of Cambridge team aim to push cells to hit 36% efficiency during World Solar Challenge race, beating the current record of 29.1%

The world’s leading economies have indicated 2015 may be too early for countries to agree on mitigation targets under a international treaty

UK Met Office say natural causes responsible for slowing temperature rise, but overall trends suggest we’ll still hit 2 degrees of warming

$UK fracking controls loosened to boost exploration$

Morning summary: Local communities are set to lose control over whether fracking can go ahead

270MW project latest step in South Australia’s quest to generate 33% of renewable energy by 2020

Desmond Tutu, Leymah Gbowee and Shirin Ebadi have written to Obama protesting the Keystone pipeline

Golf courses around the world could be facing a bleak future unless they move quickly to introduce climate change adaptation strategies