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UN General Assembly: time for leaders to deliver climate ambition
World leaders need to take more ambitious actions to confront the mounting threat of climate change
IPCC set to issue governments with tough climate change warning
The world must prepare for a strong message on climate change as leaders meet in Stockholm to finalise report
Will the USA’s new power plant pollution limits kill coal?
Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy today released proposals for electricity generators to be 40% cleaner than current coal plants
Ghana’s women set to engineer solar revolution in rural villages
Social Venture Africa’s pilot project in January 2014 aims to turn Ghanaian mothers into solar engineers and entrepreneurs
John Ashton: a winning climate coalition is waiting to be forged
Former UK climate envoy says low carbon industry and progressive politicians need to combine to build new political consensus on global warming
Gambia minister ‘frustration’ at sluggish UN climate process
In an interview with RTCC, Environment Minister Fatou Gaye pleas with developed countries to “act quickly” to help Gambia
Clean energy financing broke US$100 billion barrier in 2012
Development bank funding for low carbon projects broke landmark barrier last year according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Nordic countries join Obama in shunning dirty energy
President Barak Obama met with the Swedish king and queen to agree a move to low carbon technology
Lord Stern: Cameron’s claims of UK fracking boom ‘baseless’
Morning summary: leading climate economist says Prime Minister’s assurances shale exploration can bring down the price of gas are way off mark
Greater access to air conditioning leads to a warmer planet
US uses more energy to keep cool than all other countries in the world combined but India is slowly catching up
India’s new wind capacity falls by 61%
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced solar and wind generation fell in the last two months.
Comment: COP19 must discuss losses caused by climate change
COP 19 attendees should fund research on financial and human losses from climate change related disasters
India plans ‘green energy corridor’ to boost renewables capacity
India’s electricity grid needs US$7.9 billion investment to incorporate increasing use of wind and solar energy sources
Flooding could cost US$1 trillion a year by 2050
Damage from extreme weather to world’s biggest coastal cities expected to reach 0.7% of global GDP in 40 years
Elon Musk unveils 800mph solar powered ‘Hyperloop’ train
Morning summary: Telsa inventor says magnets and fans could shoot capsules floating on a cushion of air through a long tube
Bob Watson: IPCC must address slowdown in global warming
In the first of RTCC’s ‘Climate Leaders’ series, former UN climate science chief Bob Watson discusses forthcoming AR5 report and political implications
Comment: UN needs to work out a Plan B for climate change
Joy Hyvarinen from FIELD argues that Ban Ki Moon’s high-level political forum on sustainable development must tackle rising emissions as a priority
China to invest $277 billion to curb air pollution
Morning summary: China will make investments over the next five years to address a key source of social discontent
EU chiefs call for G20 decision on fossil fuel subsidies
Barroso and Van Rompuy letter to EU leaders calls for progress on oil and gas subsidies, climate finance and green growth policies
Coal-heavy South Africa eyes wind and solar sectors
South African’s main energy company Eskom is planning to add renewables to its coal portfolio with investments exceeding $1.8 billion