Latest climate change news
Climate science and politics – where two worlds collide
Former UK climate diplomat John Ashton says climate scientists must actively communicate their findings – but under certain conditions
World Bank chief defends coal investments
Jim Yong Kim stresses importance of fighting climate change but says sometimes development and energy access must take priority
Methane and soot identified as sea level rise drivers
Climate and Clean Air Coalition could play a vital role in slowing sea level rise, research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research suggests
Brazil soya and beef exports driving 30% of deforestation emissions
Report into Amazon deforestation levels calls for greater focus on the role of global consumption in driving land degradation
National Trust launches 50% by 2020 renewables plan
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
EU climate chief promises to save emissions trading scheme
Guardian: Connie Hedegaard’s attempts to introduce longer-term reforms will face fierce opposition from a powerful business lobby
Climate change affecting global vegetation more than humans
Climate change is responsible for more than half the changes detected in the world’s vegetation, researchers say, and human activities for only about a third
New technology opens Europe up to Middle East solar power
As novel renewable energy technologies come of age, the prospect of a new relationship between Africa, the Middle East and Europe begins to emerge
MEPs in Twitter spat over EU carbon tax reforms
Figureheads of both sides of the debate resort to name calling after proposals were voted down on Tuesday
Is it time for the UK to account for ‘carbon omissions’?
Officially British and European greenhouse gas emissions are declining, but if you add in consumption based emissions, they rise dramatically
Governments must back carbon capture technology – IEA
Slow pace of clean technology investment jeopardises climate targets says Maria van der Hoeven
2°C climate target is nowhere in sight: India PM
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries worldwide
Severe land degradation is now affecting 168 countries across the planet, with associated costs of US$490 billion per year
US climate finance workshop branded a “dog and pony” show
Event was a “dog and pony show” for US private finance initiatives with no meaningful dialogue on solutions to the $5.7 trillion
Hedegaard, WWF, PwC react to EU carbon market vote
Ministers and campaigners react to the news that the EU’s flagship climate change policy will not be urgently reformed, leading some to write it off as “irrelevant”
European Parliament rejects carbon market reforms
MEPs in Strasbourg have vote against proposals to restrict supply of carbon credits in EU’s emissions trading scheme
Warming oceans hold key to 20th century climate puzzle
Recent slowing of atmospheric is warming could be explained by European research which suggests that the heat is going not into the air, but into the seas
US greenhouse gas emissions fall 1.6% in 2012
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
UN desertification chief bemused by Canada exit
UNCCD’s Luc Gnacadja tells RTCC he cannot understand why the Ottawa Government decided to quit the convention
Why does the EU carbon market vote matter?
MEPs will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to go ahead with plans that supporters say will save the bloc’s emissions trading scheme