Coronavirus crisis underscores small islands’ climate vulnerability
The pandemic is a new setback for island states already suffering from climate change and storms such as Cyclone Harold and Hurricane Dorian
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Coronavirus: investors and policymakers must shift to increase resilience
Incentives for long-term sustainability, an end to fossil fuel subsidies, more telework are all needed to make the global economy resilient to shocks like Covid-19
Next UN climate science report to consider lessons from coronavirus
UN climate science reports due in 2021 will examine the links between pandemics and human pressures on the natural world to guide policymakers
Japan sticks to 2030 climate goals, accused of a ‘disappointing’ lack of ambition
Japan has reaffirmed its 2015 goal to cuts emissions by 26% by 2030 despite UN plea for far tougher action this year to tackle the climate crisis
Russia’s plans to tighten 2030 climate goal criticised as ‘baby steps’
Russia’s revised draft plan would allow greenhouse emissions to rise to 2030, defying UN calls for sharp cuts in the coming decade
Electric cars help limit climate change despite blackspots in India, Poland
Study shows it makes sense to drive an electric car in most of the world including in China and the US rather than stick to petrol, diesel engines
Youth activists urge African governments to do more to curb climate change
Africa emits only 5% of world greenhouse gas emissions yet is most at risk from worsening heatwaves, droughts and floods
Locusts lay eggs as plague worsens in Horn of Africa, UN warns
The FAO has called for ‘urgent efforts’ to prevent the number of locusts from growing over fears of new swarms
China should consider increasing Paris climate pledge early – government thinktank
Influential agency recommends China, which is likely to beat its 2030 target for cutting carbon, revisit the pledge it made to the UN deal
‘UN reformer’ Guterres must do more on climate change
Climate change risks are global and intersecting, so why doesn’t the UN do more to treat them that way?
Now really isn’t the best time to talk about climate change
Experience shows extreme weather is a poor catalyst for changing minds about climate change, the conversation needs to begin before times of distress
Climate change threatens survival of the River Jordan
New research finds worsening droughts will sap the biblical waterway, which is already under pressure from agriculture and a growing population
High and dry: South African drought leaves Lesotho parched
Water-rich Lesotho has long lubricated South Africa’s burgeoning population, but when drought struck in 2016, it was the residents of Katse village who suffered
Insurers worth $1.2tn tell G20 to stop funding fossil fuels by 2020
Climate change is the “mother of all risks” says Aviva CEO, and hundreds of billions in annual government assistance to oil, gas and coal is “simply unsustainable”
Visitors rush to the Great Barrier Reef to catch it “before it’s gone”
Survey finds that 69% of visitors to the world’s largest coral reef system are motivated by the fear that it might disappear
Solar: The biggest winner from Paris climate talks?
ANALYSIS: The standout winning technology from a climate conference in Paris this week may be renewable energy, and in particular solar power
G7 stresses climate risks to fragile states
NEWS: Bloc of world’s top developed nations sets up working group to examine climate change’s potential to destabilise weak countries
UN climate talks: Countries urged to build bridges
NEWS: With just over a year to reach a global climate deal in Paris, negotiators are struggling to get past old conflicts
Bonn climate talks: Four steps to support the world’s most vulnerable
ANALYSIS: What are the key issues with which negotiators will be grappling during this round of UN talks in Bonn?
Extra $800bn needed per year to avert dangerous climate change
NEWS: Diverting fossil fuel subsidies into low carbon technology could bridge the green investment gap, say researchers
US cap on coal sector emissions “carbon crumbs” – Hansen
NEWS: US power sector is already halfway to the EPA’s 2030 carbon cap
Vermont’s maple syrup threatened by climate change
NEWS: First US state-level climate assessment says maple syrup production will decline as weather warms
Obama appeals to health benefits of acting on climate
NEWS: President believes cutting pollution levels and deaths from car and power emissions could mobilise public support
US proposed carbon cap nears EU climate ambition
ANALYSIS: Proposed EPA rule on power sector emissions gets closer to EU climate ambition