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RTCC 2013 Climate Change Awards
Awards, to be presented at COP19 in Warsaw, will celebrate the achievements of the leading businesses and individuals from across the green economy
Brazil at climate change crossroads – Carbon Tracker
Government faces tough decisions over whether to back expanding renewable energy sector or increase investment in its huge deep-water oil reserves
IRENA: carbon markets cannot support renewables alone
International Renewable Energy Agency says there’s no need to rely on carbon trading with countries using other incentives enjoying success
National Trust launches 50% by 2020 renewables plan
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Hedegaard, WWF, PwC react to EU carbon market vote
Ministers and campaigners react to the news that the EU’s flagship climate change policy will not be urgently reformed, leading some to write it off as “irrelevant”
Why does the EU carbon market vote matter?
MEPs will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to go ahead with plans that supporters say will save the bloc’s emissions trading scheme
Rising sea levels could cost UK “billions”
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Latest reaction: EU 2030 climate targets
A selection of comments and analysis on the EU green paper: “A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies”
Green Climate Fund must clear the path for climate finance
The GCF can act now to create the right conditions for money to quickly find its way into low carbon projects, writes Louise Brown of the World Resources Institute
Libya solar potential six times larger than oil reserves
Research suggests that if 0.1% of Libya were covered with solar panels it could produce the equivalent of seven million barrels of crude oil per day in energy
Hedegaard hails Obama commitment to climate change
EU Climate Commissioner delighted that ‘science’ to form backbone of US policy on global warming
Obama to target climate change with or without Congress
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
Branson plans to use Necker as island incubator for renewables
Virgin chief Richard Branson plans to use the tiny Caribbean island he owns to test the effectiveness of renewable energy systems for small island states
EU presidency seeks quick fix for carbon market
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
Climate change laws in the USA
What is the world’s biggest historic polluter doing to cut national carbon emissions and promote renewable energy?
OECD: Subsidies to oil and gas companies falling in Global North
Subsidies increased by 30% globally to $523bn but industry’s share is dissipating among richer nations with subsidies to consumers driving the bulk of the growth
10 ways Barack Obama can address climate change
The President placed the climate on the agenda in his inaugural address on Monday – but how can he achieve his goals?
Abu Dhabi sets 2020 target for renewable desalination
Plans for a series of desalination plants in the Middle East powered by renewables have been announced by leading clean energy research institution Masdar
Countries plan Kyoto walkout after Doha climate change talks
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0830-1700 GMT
California ramps up climate change action as state-wide carbon trading begins
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0830-1700 GMT