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President Obama breaks his climate silence on MTV
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Pakistan passes draft climate change law
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Carbon trading officially under way in Australia as nation ramps-up climate action
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Bill Clinton backs green business to drag USA out of economic blues
Former US President hits out at Republican plans aimed at protecting coal industry, saying environmental and economic advantages of clean tech sector make it vital part of USA’s future
Climate Live: BASIC members meet in Brazil to thrash out COP18 position
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST.
Climate Live: Hedegaard says EU aviation emissions trading not off agenda
The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Climate Live: Australia to join EU carbon trading scheme, Arctic sea ice reaches historic low
Planned Australian emissions trading platform will be integrated with the EU system; Predicted low in sea ice cover observed during the weekend.
What a Romney-Ryan era could mean for climate change
As the Republican names austerity mastermind Paul Ryan as his running mate, where might their administration take the world in 2015 and how does that differ from Obama’s plans?
Climate Live: July 2012 hottest month on record for USA, Kerry compares Iran’s ‘Nukes’ to climate change and tea prices set to soar
New data from NOAA shows that July 2012 was the hottest month on record for the US
Does Todd Stern have a point over 2C climate change target?
US climate envoy was heavily criticised for suggesting 2C target should be flexible – but maybe flexibility on all sides of UNFCCC negotiations could help move process forward.
Climate Live: MPs call on UK to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, EU takes action against emission trading surplus & NASA reports ‘extreme melt’ in Greenland
Today’s top headlines: MPs call on UK to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, US official says cutting air pollutant could ‘buy time’ in fight against climate change, and extreme melt event in Greenland.
Climate Live: EU commissioner says bloc should “take more risks” in pursuit of oil and gas
Energy commissioner praises US for exploiting tar sands and Gulf of Mexico, New study backs “iron fertilisation” of the oceans as a way to store carbon in the seas, Mixed results from US climate change opinion polls.
A week in climate change: Five things we learnt
In a Rio+20 special, we take a look back over at the news over the last seven days from both the Earth Summit negotiations and beyond to find out what we can learn from events this week.
Rio+20 Day 6 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
Follow all the latest news and events from Rio+20 with the RTCC team on site.
John Ashton: We can use China to drive global clean-tech growth
The Foreign Office’s chief climate change official urges private sector to use China as an ‘incubator’ for clean-technology development.
A week in climate change: five things we learnt
RTCC summarises five of the biggest ideas on climate change, energy and clean development that emerged this week.
EU Parliament votes on binding 2030 renewables target
The European Parliament has voted in favour of setting a binding renewable energy target for 2030. No decision appears to have been made on what a new target could be.
UPDATED: Solar industry lobby to march on UK parliament as legal action looms
Group plans to march on UK Parliament five days before COP17 to protest against cuts in solar feed-in-tariffs.
Momentum grows towards 2050 zero carbon shipping target
Nigeria, Chile and Vietnam are among countries now backing a stronger climate goal for international shipping, but cost concerns remain
AIIB finds gas plant in Bangladesh compatible with Paris goals
AIIB’s fast-tracking of a 600MW LNG plant could set a precedent for more development finance to fossil gas projects, campaigners warn