Latest climate change news
UN climate row: a sign world leaders are paying attention?
Writing for RTCC, Greenpeace UK Political Director Ruth Davis argues this week’s collapse of talks at the UNFCCC indicates the process is alive and well
Global warming set to approach 4C by 2100
Current emissions and mitigation policies have left the world on a trajectory to warm by 4C by 2100, a new report by Climate Action Tracker warns
Europe must cut emissions 55% by 2030 – Ecofys report
Analysts Ecofys and Sandbag warn EU climate ambitions need urgent shot in arm, calling for new emissions reductions target
New York’s Bloomberg proposes $20bn climate adaptation plan
Morning Summary: New storm barriers, flood walls, levies and sand dunes proposed for NYC in response to damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012
Italy calls on business to embrace environmental reporting
Italian Government partners with Carbon Disclosure Project to boost sustainability awareness in country
UN climate talks collapse amid acrimony in Bonn
Session dealing with implementation fails to resolve agenda dispute and will close on Friday without having begun its work
Climate change could mean once a century floods every 10 years
New study finds some parts of the world will face frequent catastrophic floods by 2100 while other regions could get less hazardous
Analysis: is cleaner coal a climate change fix?
Scratch the surface of the World Coal Association’s answer to climate change, more coal, and it is clearly deeply flawed
Ban Ki-moon hails work of climate scientists
Morning Summary: UN Secretary General says issue has risen up the agenda due to their work as “facts don’t lie”
Russian climate negotiator brands UNFCCC rules row “nonsense”
Exclusive: Oleg Shamanov tells Olga Dobridova he should not be blamed for holding up UN talks in Bonn, saying it is vital decision making rules are clarified
China’s emissions outsourcing threatens climate goals
Consumption based emissions are high in rich coastal regions but industry is being concentrated in rural interior China
US and China HFC deal needs climate health warning
Agreement to cut potent greenhouse gases must be welcomed, but not at expense of efforts at UN climate talks to achieve binding carbon dioxide deal
History suggests bleak future for Russia’s climate ambition
Olga Dobrovidova on why a repeat of Russia’s indifference to the voluntary Climate and Clean Air Coalition could spell trouble for a binding UN emissions deal
IEA: World heading for 3.6°C of warming
New report recommends four energy policies that could keep world within the 2°C limit recommended by scientists
Enter the UN’s desertification photo contest!
Get snapping and you could win up to €3000 in the 2013 UNCCD photo contest – find out how to enter today
EU must switch flood tactics to cope in climate change era
Current focus on flood defence instead of prevention is inadequate according to flood resilience expert
Canada tar sands threatening biodiversity of Arctic circle wilderness
Mackenzie River Basin at great risk from climate change and a catastrophic oil spill according to a panel of nine Canadian, American and British scientists
Arctic warming linked to spread of diseases
Arctic compared to ‘Heathrow airport’ in terms of bird, seal and other migration patterns and linked to ways that disease is spread
Google buys output of Swedish wind farm for 10 years
Morning Summary: Guaranteed buyer allows developer to fund wind farm that will power Google’s Finnish data centre
US and China agree deal to cut HFC greenhouse gases
United States and China agreed on Saturday to cooperate to phase down the production and use of the potent greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons