Latest climate change news
Curt Stager: Decisions on climate now will last for 100,000 years
US scientist and author Curt Stager speaks to RTCC about future ice ages, the winner and losers of climate change and the Age of Humans.
Is climate change the real ticking time bomb in North Korea?
Already crippled by food and energy shortages, Kim Jong-un will also inherit increasing pressure from climate change on the country’s food supply.
Competition: Win an exclusive UN 2012 Calendar
We have 10 copies of Rio Conventions Calendar to give away, to get your hands on one just send us your answer to one simple question.
10 top gifts for an environmentally friendly Christmas
Books, bags, throws and rugs – we’ve done our homework to bring you ten top presents for all the family this Christmas.
New research: Canada would have made money if it had stayed in Kyoto
Government’s claims that pledges would have cost it $14bn rubbished by Cambridge University and Tyndall Centre study.
Arnie tells Republicans not to be “narrow minded” over Solyndra
Panel including Governator, Sir Richard Branson and IPPC chief Pachauri meets standing Californian Governor Jerry Brown to debate climate change.
A global deal: If not 2009, why 2015?
Hannah Ryder, senior economist with the UK’s Department for International Development and a former climate negotiator examines why a combination of science and economics could push a global deal on climate change over the line.
Police seize computers linked to ‘climategate’ email thefts
Equipment belonging to climate sceptic blogger taken as authorities look to trace source of data breach.
Facebook signs clean energy pact with Greenpeace
Web giant will pursue renewable power sources for data centres and ramp up research into energy efficiency.
Mixed results as REDD+ moves forward from Durban
With mixed results seen at COP17 regarding the REDD+ scheme, how do countries such as Tanzania who have already implemented pilot projects move forward?
VIDEO: One family’s 10 year commute to Durban
Dario-Andri Schwörer and his family tell RTCC about their 10-year journey around the world en-route to COP17, powered entirely by wind, sun and elbow grease.
NASA: Climate change to create huge ecosystem stress
Plant communities covering almost half of the Earth’s land surface could be fundamentally affected by climate change according to new research from NASA.
Durban Platform leaves world on pathway to 4 degrees
COP17 kept the UN climate negotiations alive, but has it achieved anything for the environment? Tierney Smith takes a closer look.
US: Canada’s Kyoto pull-out will have no effect on new global deal
Lead American negotiator Todd Stern says Kyoto was key to Durban Platform but is “more the past than the future”.
What can we learn from Kyoto as Canada walks away
Protocol’s future is up in the air for another year so what lessons can be learned as work begins on global deal?
Figueres expresses ‘regret’ at Canadian withdrawal from Kyoto
Confirmation of decision comes just two days after the climate treaty was given reprieve in Durban.
Speaking out on Durban: COP17 in quotes
Long after the talks were scheduled to conclude, the Durban Platform was finally agreed. RTCC looks at the results in the words of the delegates themselves.
COP17: Business “shrugs its shoulders” at Durban outcome
Business was looking for clarity from Durban. While the waters may have been muddied, a fragile framework to underpin global emissions trading and low-carbon economies has started to materialise.
Canadian Youth: ‘Durban Deal’ is a sham
Emilie Novaczek and the Canadian Youth Delegation says the ‘Durban Platform’ is a roadmap to devastation.
UKYCC: Post COP17 we’ll continue to fight for our future
UK Youth Delegate Luke Hughes reflects on the COP17 negotiations, the agreements made in the early hours of Sunday morning and a generation’s fight for their future…