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Climate Live: Tokelau aims to be first solar powered nation, Floods leave North Korea in food crisis, UN addresses climate action balance
Tiny Pacific islands to wean themselves off diesel generators, UN report says North Korea needs urgent food aid, the UNFCCC looks to help under-represented nations make the most of its help.
One year on: Building resilience in the Horn of Africa
RTCC examines how to build resilience to drought in the Horn of Africa to protect communities from future dry periods.
Video: Highlights from the first Senate Committee on climate change in 3 years
The US Senate has held its first committee on climate change in three years with the debate not about climate change policy, but whether or not it exists.
Green Climate Fund sets first meeting as race to secure $100bn begins
UN finance body aims to raise $100bn a year to fund climate change projects by 2020.
A picture of Sustainability: What does green living mean for London?
New exhibition, part of London’s summer Pop Spot Festival, asks Londoners to capture their idea of sustainability in just one photo.
Oceans, forests and ecosystems continue to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, for now, say scientists
New research shows that while a slow down of carbon absorption of the planet’s ecosystems is projected, today they continue to keep up with the rising levels of emissions being released into the atmosphere.
Climate Live: Palm trees in Antarctica, IPCC chief works with new Schwarzenegger think tank
New research shows that palm trees were once supported in a tropical Antarctica and Texan power demand hits a new record in July as residents crank up the air conditioning.
Photo of the week #28: Thailand’s famous and endangered water lilies
This week’s IUCN photo of the week is of a water lily, which relies heavily on clean water and healthy ecosystems to flourish
Report: World’s air pollution could be as bad as China’s by 2050 without urgent action from governments
Research in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics journal suggests pollution and toxins in air could be ‘normal’ if new regulations are not adopted
Aviation battle lines drawn as first attempt at a global carbon deal turns sour
Groups including Oxfam and Greenpeace weigh in as politicians and lobby groups raise the stakes and trade increasingly bold accusations.
LANDSAT at 40: NASA’s Earth as Art gallery
40 years of the LANDSAT satellite celebrated in five iconic pictures. NASA’s prized satellite has been a key tool for climate scientists revealing deforestation patterns and the gradual disappearance of polar ice.
Climate Live: Facebook reveals carbon footprint, IEA warns of 6 degrees of warming, US criticised for blocking airlines’ climate action in EU
The lights are on but the jury is out as other nations join India in reassessing their energy security following the country’s massive blackout and the US-EU aviation row turns nasty.
UNFCCC Durban Ambition workshop calls for better emissions reporting and information sharing
Developed and developing countries must increase their levels of emissions reporting and information sharing, a review of the UN Bonn climate talks workshop on increasing ambition has concluded.
Crowdfunding: A new source of finance for sustainability and renewable energy
In an age of austerity and bank collapses could Crowdfunding provide a long-term and sustainable form of finance for renewable energy and other ‘green’ schemes?
US: Talks will discuss “aspirational” global deal to cut aviation’s contribution to climate change
State Department says an all encompassing emissions pact is the focus of meeting of countries opposed to the EU carbon trading scheme. Previous talks focused on countering the EU plans.
Climate Live: Calls to cancel US ethanol quota amid drought, Greenpeace sub finds coral near Shell drill site
Farmers concerned about this year’s harvest have called on the Obama administration to suspend the ethanol quota while a report by Deloitte finds 90% of businesses are unprepared for the green economy.
Youth Profile #5: Bangladeshi youth fight to give world’s second most climate vulnerable country a voice
In the fifth in RTCC’s youth series, Abdullah Al Razwan Nabin from the Bangladesh Youth Movement for Climate talks about building capacity in the world’s 2nd most vulnerable country.
Report suggests over 90% of big business not ready to make leap to the ‘green economy’
Deloitte research interrogates 65 leading companies in 10 industries but finds only six are ready to ‘radical steps to transform their industries’
Renewable energy helps Brazilian inmates get out of jail
Scheme allows prisoners to cut their sentences by generating power for nearby town on exercise bikes.
The price of climate change: How to temper volatile food prices
Severe weather variability has affected harvests around the world but the many of the tools to enhance food security are within our grasp.