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Lake Chad’s receding waters linked to European air pollution
After decades of blaming locals, scientists say pollution from Europe and North America responsible for shrinking lake
China’s emissions outsourcing threatens climate goals
Consumption based emissions are high in rich coastal regions but industry is being concentrated in rural interior China
US and China agree deal to cut HFC greenhouse gases
United States and China agreed on Saturday to cooperate to phase down the production and use of the potent greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons
Corals can take decades to recover from climate impacts – report
Coral can recover from periodic warming of the oceans, but the bad news is it might take too long
Dutch MEP: Europe set to end climate ambition ‘vacation’
Bas Eickhout says events in the second half of 2013 can help EU rediscover its climate ambition
USA and China intensify climate cooperation
Officials say issue could be a “highlight” of the nations’ relationship ahead of Xi and Obama’s first meeting
Davey condemns “blinkered, bloody-minded” climate sceptics
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
UNICEF: Children bear brunt of climate health impacts
Children are both more exposed to the impacts of climate change and less able to cope with them, writes UNICEF’s Jazmin Burgess
Figueres: US and China discussing carbon market link-up
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
New US energy secretary defends clean tech investments
Car manufacturer Tesla repays its Department of Energy loan nine years early as Ernst Moniz says only 2% of its $34bn portfolio has resulted in losses
EU vote could “end climate hysteria”
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Ban Ki-moon: World on course to run out of water
Writing to mark International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN secretary general says water security and biodiversity are mutually reinforcing
Climate change not simply an issue for the ‘left’
Political conservatives may resist making rational choices which claim to help the environment, researchers say. But the evidence is far from clear-cut.
New technology opens Europe up to Middle East solar power
As novel renewable energy technologies come of age, the prospect of a new relationship between Africa, the Middle East and Europe begins to emerge
Schwarzenegger warns of “looming” climate disaster
Former Governor of California says latest climate science is “sobering” and says he is concerned warnings are being ignored
Climate change threatens world’s fine wines
Climate impacts will make 20-70% of existing vineyards unsuitable by 2050 while attempts to adjust and relocating vineyards could disrupt ecosystems
Ban Ki Moon praise for Thatcher climate leadership
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Paint the town white to keep warming cities cool
Energy efficiency expert says painting roofs white in the world’s warm cities would have same effect as taking half the world’s cars off the road
Plankton twice as carbon hungry as thought
Climate models of the world’s oceans could need to be revised after it was discovered that plankton are far richer than previously thought
Obama to establish $2bn clean energy fund
Revenue from oil and gas licences to be diverted to research on more efficient vehicles and fuels as Obama takes first solid steps on climate change since election