Latest climate change news
Pakistan launches national climate change policy
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
Coral bleaching could hit 74% of world’s reefs by 2045
New research suggest warming oceans will lead to annual bleaching events for majority of world’s reefs
Climate change and extreme weather linked in new research
Extreme weather is often the result of climate change, says scientists in Germany, who claim to have found link between GHGs and changes in weather patterns
Minister says Russia climate doctrine could cover meteorites
Minister tells Olga Dobrovidova country’s climate doctrine should include focus on risks and challenges posed by meteorites and asteroids
Uncertainty as EU carbon market vote cancelled
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
Ecuador finalising OPEC oil tax plans
OPEC asked to consider a tax on oil exports that will be used to finance Green Climate Fund
Tea Party prepares for last stand against climate action
Activists group together as EPA looks to close next round of regulations on coal power stations
UN launches new climate technology network
Industrial scale transfers of low-carbon technologies to developing world a step closer after UNEP wins bid to host Climate Technology Centre and Network
Machine networking vital to meet climate targets
New report from Carbon War Room claims efficiencies gained from machine to machine networking could cut 7.2 Gigatonnes of CO2 by 2020
Tackling climate change can help end poverty – report
A United Nations scheme intended to guarantee everyone access to clean energy could help to keep global temperature rise below 2°C say researchers
Black carbon blamed for 30% of Nepal glacier melt
Researchers suspect soot from fires in India and China ‘probably’ responsible for a third of glacial retreat in Himalaya
New York could be as hot as Bahrain by 2200
Working output could be reduced by 20% in USA if high end predictions of global warming become reality
Saudi Arabia issues roadmap for 54GW solar energy investment
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
UN food chief labels Quinoa ‘climate friendly’
José Graziano da Silva joined by Ban Ki-moon in hailing resilient crop’s potential to bolster food security and put world on zero hunger path
India and Nepal face struggle over water resources
Water scarcity in the world’s ‘third pole’ could be exacerbated by climate change
Putin’s new climate taskforce debates Russian policy options
Interministerial working group on climate change holds first meeting in sign Kremlin may be planning new push on climate change
Afghanistan faces twin threats of war and climate change
Droughts and land degradation exacerbated by climate change could further destabilise the country, an Afghan government official tells RTCC
Pablo Solon: we need a new strategy at UN climate change talks
Former Bolivian Ambassador to United Nations calls for a discussion on how campaigners can be more effective at global negotiations
China’s emissions won’t peak above EU levels, says official
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
UN climate talks host Poland to accelerate shale gas push
Environment ministry cuts red tape but says shale gas is essential for affordable EU climate policy