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G8 set to discuss climate change
Queen’s Speech confirms climate change will be discussed at forthcoming summit, despite reports UK had blocked issue from agenda
Framework of global climate deal starts to emerge
Last week’s round of UN climate change talks in Bonn offered an insight into what a binding emissions treaty could look like
Mapping global climate action through word clouds
Climate change policies of the USA, EU, China and poorer nations unravelled in Adopt a Negotiator’s innovative word clouds
Australian businesses ignoring climate change
Though Australia is considered one of the countries most vulnerable to a changing climate, few in the corporate sector pay much attention, says a new report
UAE to invest £1bn in UK green energy fund – report
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
UN climate process primed for final tilt at global emissions deal
Warnings from science grow louder but climate finance and emission ambition remain festering sores at international negotiations
Why childrens’ climate concerns should inspire politicians
Kids in the UK worry about the impact of climate change at home and in poorer countries, politicians should take note, writes UNICEF’s Jazmin Burgess
Work on 2015 climate deal set to start in Bonn
UN negotiations start in Bonn on April 29 amid warnings from scientists that greenhouse gas emissions are rising too far, too fast
EU carbon trading reform could face second ballot in June
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
EPA faces ocean acidification legal challenge
US Clean Water Act could be used to combat the growing threat posed by ocean acidification, caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide
US climate finance workshop branded a “dog and pony” show
Event was a “dog and pony show” for US private finance initiatives with no meaningful dialogue on solutions to the $5.7 trillion
Attenborough slams plans to cut climate change from UK curriculum
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
UNICEF: Climate food crisis a disaster for children
Dwindling harvests will create a food crisis for urban and rural poor with children hit hardest, write UNICEF’s Natasha Adams.
Q&A: Least developed countries chief on UN climate talks
Least Developed Countries chair Prakash Mathema tells RTCC world’s poorest plan to be the loudest at the UN climate change negotiations
G8 ministers highlight climate change security threat
Foreign Minister’s meeting in London arrange additional brainstorming session for officials to evaluate risks
Fossil fuel subsidies dwarf green investment – report
Developing countries are spending 75 times more on fossil fuel subsidies than they receive to combat climate change according to a new report by the Overseas Development Institute
Can private finance really fill the Green Climate Fund?
Karen Orenstein from Friends of the Earth argues the track record of the private sector in development investment does not stand up to scrutiny
Climate finance could fail those most at risk – report
Tearfund research warns public money needed for adaptation as US State Department defends donor meeting next week that will focus on private funds
Afghanistan joins Kyoto Protocol
Rare good news for climate treaty as Kabul becomes 192nd capital to ratify Protocol
South East Asia food basket facing ‘shocking’ future
One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of climate change