‘National Energy Agreement’ aims to help government meet EU 2020 targets and accelerate green growth
Comment: rapid economic changes in China offer the hope of falling global emissions, years ahead of schedule, making it much easier to achieve the 2°C target.
Morning briefing: Russia ramps up accusations against activists; EU is set to meet its carbon targets; and UK minister suggests renewable subsidies are “still too high”
Head of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says concerted action from rich nations is urgent
Leading financial institutions agree that immediate action must be taken on climate change while world waits for global deal
Morning summary: New research accuses Bangladeshi authorities of corruption; ICAO rejects EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme; UK nuclear power plant deal is in the offing
Green University nominations for the inaugural RTCC Climate Change Awards, due to be presented at UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw
Green City nominations for the inaugural RTCC Climate Change Awards, due to be presented at UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw
HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, RBS and Lloyds, underwrote bonds and shares in fossil fuel companies worth £170 billion between 2010 and 2012
Figures from DECC show renewables production increased by 56% and coal, natural gas and oil decreased this year compared to 2012
Nine synthetic gas plants approved by Chinese government would produce seven times more emissions than conventional plants
Morning summary: UK leader of the opposition promises green jobs; Global Challenges Day to hold governments to account; EU ETS to be challenged by business lobby group
UN’s host city faces unique challenges posed by rising sea levels, and is responding with green investment
Report released at UN land degradation summit in Namibia calls on governments to place economic value on soil, water, and trees
Morning summary: In the first airing of Obama’s climate action plan, the Environmental Protection Agency asserted its right to pass laws without Congress
Government says it needs new power stations, but doubts remain over potential costs and whether that much power is needed
Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire says strong coalition required to achieve global emissions deal in 2015
Morning summary: WWF says ICAO has made virtually no progress over the last 16 years to agree a global deal for aviation emissions
Existing technologies hold the key to managing electricity demand says Jane Burston from the National Physical Laboratory
Proposed legislation governing charity campaigns heavily criticised by MPs, NGOs and green groups