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Africa’s leaders need to be vocal on climate urgency – Ban Ki-moon
NEWS: Climate vulnerable nations need to take leadership role or face severe impacts says UN chief
Rhode Island signs off new climate change law
NEWS: East Coast state targets 80% greenhouse gas emissions cut below 1990 levels by 2050
Greenland ice sheet reveals past vulnerability
NEWS: Greenland ice melt caused sea levels to rise several metres some 400,000 years ago, at temperatures expected this century
Does carbon capture and storage need a makeover?
ANALYSIS: CCS has few powerful supporters, neglected by green groups and fossil fuel companies
EU climate costs warning as leaders meet for Brussels summit
NEWS: Region faces €190 billion bill by 2080s if nothing is done to arrest temperature rise, says official report
Sustainable development goals face $2.5 trillion funding shortfall
NEWS: UN report says climate, poverty and health targets will require huge cash injection from private sector to succeed
Climate change threatens US business warn Bloomberg and Paulson
NEWS: Climate change could halve crop yields and submerge property worth $500 billion this century
US wind headed for dismal year as carbon emissions rise
NEWS: Expiry of tax credits blamed as wind power installations slow, while coal makes inroads into gas
North Carolina air pollution cuts ‘saved lives’
NEWS: Improving air quality linked with fewer deaths from lung disease and pneumonia say scientists
May 2014 hottest on Planet Earth since 1880
NEWS: Average temperatures 0.74C higher than 20C average say US government scientists
World Bank: Climate policies could generate $2.6 trillion a year
NEWS: Smart policies in US, EU, China, India, Brazil and Mexico would add trillions to global wealth
Evidence grows that warming Arctic may cause extreme weather
NEWS: A warming Arctic may change the weather for hundreds of millions of people
Catholic university divests from fossil fuels
NEWS: University of Dayton is largest endowment fund to completely reject fossil fuel investments so far
UN: Forest policy must focus on human benefits
NEWS: Governments must consider the billions of people depending on forests for food, energy and shelter, says FAO report
US cap on coal sector emissions “carbon crumbs” – Hansen
NEWS: US power sector is already halfway to the EPA’s 2030 carbon cap
US water stress may drive shift to renewable power
NEWS: Thermoelectric power including gas, coal and nuclear responsible for 40% of US water use
Smart meters are poor value, find 10 EU countries
NEWS: Nearly half EU countries will miss 2020 target to install digital electricity meters
Russia failing to reap benefit of oil and gas – IEA
NEWS: Russia risks falling oil production without foreign investors, more efficiency
Republicans tell Congress to act on climate
NEWS: Republicans serving under Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush tell Congress to step up on climate action
Canada approves tar sands pipeline
NEWS: Northern Gateway gets government go-ahead, despite protests from environmentalists and indigenous people