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Women and under-30s most concerned about climate change
Survey of 700 global experts offers intriguing glimpse into risk perception in latest World Economic Forum study
India to open new Environmental Protection Agency
Autonomous body will have power to block new coal or hydro power plants deemed polluting or unsustainable
Europe’s floods trump Haiyan as the costliest natural disaster of 2013
Natural catastrophes in 2013 incurred an overall bill of US$ 125bn says leading insurer
Warming climate could push Amazon region into further poverty
Peru’s efforts to reduce poverty are at risk from the effects of climate change, one example of the problems facing the wider Amazonia region in a warming world
Former Norway and Ghana leaders appointed UN climate change envoys
Ban Ki-moon names former President of Ghana John Kufuor and former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg to fill the roles
2014 Climate Change Calendar
Key dates for your diary in 2014, a year where the scale and ambition of a UN global warming treaty will be determined
2013 in review: a year of fracking, wacky weather and soaring CO2
The RTCC team reflect on a year which broke records, stunned climate experts and left Russell Brand steaming
ADB approves $900m loan for Pakistan coal plant – but will it be the last?
Asian Development Bank support critical for construction of new power station, raising questions over funder’s climate change strategy
Green Climate Fund: will it deliver a ‘paradigm shift’?
UN’s green bank has been talked up, but few know exactly when, or how, it will really open for business
Nine US states call for Obama to back national carbon market
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative members say cap and trade is cost-effective and efficient way of addressing climate change
UK backs offshore wind, cuts support for onshore and solar
Wednesday’s top five: UK cuts wind subsidies, US fracking regulations attacked, Nepali flowers offer climate change guide
Figueres hails opening of Green Climate Fund in South Korea
GCF expected to channel large chunk of US$100 billion a year rich countries committed to deliver by 2020
UN Green Climate Fund opens, concerns remain over finance drought
Flagship green investment bank will be ‘unveiled’ in South Korea, but cash machines expected to be empty till late 2014
Beijing’s carbon trading scheme goes online
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Almost 80% of US citizens believe climate change is man-made
Stanford University reports majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions
RTCC 2013 Climate Change Awards: official presentation
Coverage from the inaugural RTCC Climate Change Awards, held at the UN 2013 climate summit in Warsaw, Poland
Finance central to UN climate talks, as UK calls for more pledges
Climate minister says other developed nations should aim to equal UK pledge to deliver $6 billion by 2015
Unilever to source 100% sustainable palm oil by 2014
Global food and consumer goods giant currently purchases around 3% of the world’s total production of palm oil
Is Poland’s coal and climate summit outrageous or irrelevant?
World Coal meeting set to discuss future, but has science already sealed the polluting fuel’s fate?
Is the rise of Islamic finance good news for the environment?
Economic and ethical focus of fast expanding Islamic banks could be good news for green investments