Latest climate change news
European Parliament committee backs 30% emission cuts by 2020
Committee votes in favour of dumping existing emissions credits ahead of COP18 in Doha
USA election 2012: Why Obama or Romney is a vote for 6°C
Only a shift in public opinion and the growing clamour from big business for climate action can turn the US position around, regardless of who wins the election.
Indian monsoon may fail more often because of climate change
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Australian infrastructure not up to facing new climate reality, according to new report
Unmitigated climate change leaving country with annual infrastructure bill of A$9bn and rising.
Climate change will make fish smaller, warns report
Study finds aquatic species could shrink 10 times more than land-dwellers, as they adapt to a warming world.
Amazon deforestation halted through local action
Milton Nogueira Silva, Executive Secretary of the Climate Change Forum of Minas Gerais region in Brazil says positive action seen on deforestation in Brazil stems from community engagement
New York considers all options to make city safe following Sandy
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Why taxing shipping emissions is not all plain sailing
Good progress is being made towards a deal on shipping emissions, despite the conflicting ambitions of the International Maritime Organisation and UN climate change agency
World headed for 6°C of warming, says new study
PwC assessment of current efforts to reduce emissions finds that we are on a pathway to warming far greater than the 2°C recommended by the UN’s climate science panel, the IPCC.
RTCC podcast: Climate change and the USA
On this month’s pod John Ashton & Tom Burke discuss climate change and the US elections, the UK’s barmy energy policy, South Korea’s green revolution & China’s low carbon leadership
Greens must learn to talk like bankers says former Costa Rica minister
Talking to finance ministers in a language they understand, money, is key to driving action says Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Costa Rica’s former Environment and Energy Minister.
What a difference a storm makes
Next week Obama and Romney go head to head in the polls for the US presidency. Has Superstorm Sandy turned climate change into the deciding issue of the 2012 election?
CDM’s ‘nightmare’ bureaucracy slammed by inventors of Wonderbag stove
Founder of Natural Balance company tells RTCC she registered with Clean Development Mechanism in 2008 but has been unable to sell any carbon credits through the scheme
Mistrust and confusion holds back REDD+ finance
Global Canopy Programme’s Andrew Mitchell says breaking down complex language of REDD+ vital to ensure the scheme succeeds
Seychelles plan to give tourists green education
Islands’ Minister of Environment and Energy says tourists must start to appreciate the consequences of their actions
New York’s Bloomberg backs Obama on climate change
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WWF: Shipping emissions tax worth $10bn a year to the Green Climate Fund
Talks through the IMO make solid progress towards compromise following 15 years of discussions to tackle CO2 emissions from shipping.
Shell forced to abandon Alaska drilling without tapping any oil
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China’s farmers key to cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Cutting the use of nitrogen as a fertiliser by half in China could significantly decrease greenhouse gas emissions without affecting crop productivity, according to new research.
UN agencies target climate health impacts as extreme weather events triple in 50 years
World Health and Meteorological Organisations collaborate to improve early warnings for climate-related health threats as a result of extreme weather and climate variability.