Latest climate change news
Ernest Moniz: coal will play major role in US energy future
Morning Briefing: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said the president embraced traditional energy sources as well as renewables
UN moves closer to establishing drought reduction targets
Influential panel of experts call for world leaders to adopt goals to combat desertification, land degradation and drought
World Bank to stop financing coal projects
Funding will continue to coal projects in poor areas where “there are no feasible alternatives”
UK shale gas resources far greater than previously thought
Morning summary: New figures from British Geological Survey (BGS) suggest previous estimates were too low
Desert offers clue to species’ climate survival
Research into one of world’s oldest and driest deserts finds species have evolved to cope with the changes
Climate change to make India monsoons worse
Indian communities need to take matters into their own hands to put an end to disasters like the flooding in Uttarakhand
Glastonbury 2013: a celebration of waste or green thinking?
The environmental impact of Glastonbury causes concern before attendees even reach the gates
Obama Keystone XL caution piles pressure on State Department
President says tar sands pipeline will not be approved if it will increase greenhouse gas emissions as all eyes turn to the State Department
Russia: New UN climate deal could be ‘outdated’ from start
Negotiator Oleg Shamanov says new climate agreement will be half a century out of date if it repeats rich-poor divide of the Kyoto agreement
Tides swamp climate vulnerable Marshall Islands
Pacific islands experience record tides as Minister welcomes US response team with the words “welcome to climate change”
Comment: Obama raised expectations, now he must meet them
The President’s climate change speech ticked a lot of boxes but US will be judged on its actions inside and out of the White House
Electric car sets new world speed record
Morning summary: Electric car sets new world speed record
EU carbon market to ‘cancel out’ 700m tonnes of CO2 cuts
Excess credits after 2020 will allow extra emissions to undo GHG savings from other EU policies, warns campaign group Sandbag
UK on track to miss key 2022 carbon target: report
Latest update from government’s climate change advisors warns business as usual will mean exceeding 2018-2022 carbon budget
Obama climate change plan: latest reaction
Latest comment and analysis on President Barack Obama’s new climate strategy from WWF, Norton Rose Fulbright, IIED, Greenpeace & Conservation Hawks
Obama promises to ‘cut carbon pollution’ in new Climate Action Plan
Details of US climate plan revealed with emissions from both new and existing power stations targeted and plans for enough renewables to power 6 million homes
Obama climate plan set for court challenge
Morning summary: Obama could face legal challenges putting the fate of his climate policy in the hands of the courts.
Flint: Tory ‘game playing’ on climate affecting UK credibility
Shadow energy secretary says Britain’s reputation as a low carbon leader is being tarnished by Conservative ‘political game playing’
Least Developed Countries climate adaptation fund gets $200m boost
Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the USA offer nearly $200 million in climate adaptation investment to the world’s poorest countries
Arnie: Environmentalists should learn from my eco Hummers
Arnold Schwarzenegger says positive messages not guilt are key to selling climate policies