Latest climate change news
Bangladesh, India & China at ‘high risk’ from natural disasters
Leading emerging markets lack resilience to cope with natural disasters and extreme weather events according to risk analysts Maplecroft
Climate deal in 2015 would ‘honour memory’ of Chavez
Venezuela’s lead climate negotiator Claudia Salerno tells RTCC recently deceased President wanted ambitious and fair treaty
China to impose emissions cap on big city polluters
Installations from six industries spread across 47 cities will ultimately be closed down if they fail to meet new regulations
Broken EU carbon market has limited climate impact – report
Report finds EU carbon trading has reduced emissions of those taking part by 2-4%, but planned reforms must go ahead to ensure future reductions
Will Arctic oil and gas ever be commercially viable?
Future of pristine environment rests on the price of gas and oil as opposed to climate change and pollution concerns
Energy shortages depriving one billion from healthcare access
Report from NGO Practical Action calls for investment in small-scale renewables and off-grid technologies to be increased
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez on climate change
Read Chavez’s 15-minute speech at the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009, where he blamed ‘imperial dictatorship’ for the state of the planet
Canada to send tar sands oil to India and China
RTCC’s morning round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Ferrari and McLaren launch electric hybrid supercars
Carmakers tip hat to low carbon future with launch of supercars incorporating hybrid technology
10 Downing St wins green building award
Britain’s Prime Minister’s praised for energy efficiency improvements by BREEAM ratings system
Australia summer heatwave linked to climate change
Climate Commission’s ‘Angry Summer’ report warns record-breaking temperatures and intense rainfall likely to become more frequent
North Pole sea lane open for business by 2050 say experts
Melting sea ice caused by global warming set to offer shipping companies opportunity to exploit new Arctic route
Palm oil: green fuel or rainforest killer?
British campaigners are trying to stop Government plans to allow palm oil to be burnt in power stations to generate electricity
Obama appoints McCarthy as EPA chief, Moniz as Energy Secretary
RTCC’s morning round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Splits emerging in UN climate deal agreed in Doha
Divisions over plans to develop a global climate deal appear after two influential groups of developing nations accused rich countries of undermining negotiations
Nepal aims to go smoke-free by 2017
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai says the government aim is to reduce use of traditional biofuels for domestic cooking and promote alternative energies
Keystone XL pipeline analysis criticised by Sierra Club
RTCC’s morning round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Volcanoes can hide ‘lost’ global warming
Team led by University of Colorado-Boulder suggest emissions from erupting volcanoes could mask the effect of greenhouse gases and keep temperatures low
Can Climate Week 2013 save the UK’s decarbonisation target?
Campaign organisers call on government to re-introduce target as IPPR research shows it need not increase UK energy bills
Antarctic ice cores back CO2 and temperature link
Reduced uncertainty shows synchronised increase in CO2 and warming at the end of last ice age