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Figueres: 2015 climate deal must kickstart green growth
UN climate chief tells RTCC agreement must be the start of a transformation of world economy to cleaner technologies & renewable energy
Masdar offers welcome boost to UK Green Investment Bank
UAE state funded energy investor to provide much needed stimulus to Britain’s low carbon lender
Climate change making Bangkok sink as floods worsen
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Comment: EU climate policy at a crossroads
Joe Curtin from the IIEA asks if the rejection of EU ETS “backloading” is a minor hiccup or the beginning of the end?
UNEP warns of emissions link to mobile phone demand
UN body says rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation linked to metal production must be urgently addressed
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
Fossil fuel subsidies: the addiction Egypt just can’t kick
Fossil fuel subsidy cuts have been targeted by the World Bank, G20 and climate campaigners. While Iran is setting an example, Egypt struggles to cut the cord
UAE funds Africa’s largest solar power plant
Abu Dhabi based energy institute Masdar builds $32m solar farm in Mauritania that will add 10% to the country’s electricity generation
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
Governments must back carbon capture technology – IEA
Slow pace of clean technology investment jeopardises climate targets says Maria van der Hoeven
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.
Fracking poses minimal earthquake risk – report
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Australia could run on 100% renewables by 2030 – report
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
China and Russia lead work to establish World Bank rival
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Summer melt increasing on the Antarctic Peninsula
Region warming faster than the rest of the continent as meltwater speeds glacier advance and encourage iceberg break up
EU set to announce 2030 emissions reduction target
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
China pulling away from EU in low-carbon competitiveness race
Climate Institute report reveals Asia is on track to replace Europe as the world’s largest clean energy investment region
UK govt faces backlash at plans to cut climate education
RTCC’s daily round-up of the top climate change and green economy stories from around the world
Comment: State Department review does not back Keystone XL
If you look more closely, the State Department’s draft review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is far from a glowing endorsement, writes Susan Casey-Lefkowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council
Report: Renewables missing out on $71trn investment pot
Study finds unshackling big instuitional investors could contribute 25-50% of renewable energy funding till 2035