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Comment: it’s time to make the UN climate talks more accessible
International negotiations are often long, complicated, difficult to understand – but Joy Hyvarinen from Field argues it doesn’t have to be this way
EU pledges €150,000 to relieve drought in Marshall Islands
As world leaders prepare to discuss climate threat facing the Pacific Islands, EU pledges to provide water to 6,400 islanders
Climate change forcing crop pests to flee towards poles
Organisms which can threaten food and other crops are moving towards the poles to escape increasing heat where they live at present
EU faces dilemma as aviation climate deal stays grounded
Analysis: Europe’s attempts to impose a global aviation emissions trading scheme look isolated – it now has to decide how much it wants to pursue this policy
Pacific Islands to push for climate ambition at Majuro summit
Pacific leaders will be joined by delegates from United States, China, and the EU to discuss measures to address rising levels of carbon dioxide
World’s top banks to penalise businesses that damage nature
43 leading financial institutions including World Bank plan to cut credit for companies which rely on them but fail to value them
Aviation industry unlikely to agree emissions reduction deal until 2016
Draft text to be presented at ICAO Council meeting next week suggests decision on global deal will be delayed
Antarctic glaciers sensitive to climate change, research shows
Research suggests enormous East Antarctic ice sheet advances and retreats with climate change more than scientists had realised
Art installation in Washington gives flower power a solar boost
Five flowers, 33 foot tall, are being used to teach the public about the benefits of solar energy
Landmark solar project begins construction in Leeward Islands
Experts have forecast the Caribbean to have installed 500MW of PV by 2016, powering 400,000 homes
China’s emissions could peak by 2023 with introduction of ETS
If an emissions trading scheme is introduced, Chinese pollution could peak by 2023 as country moves towards cleaner energy
Adapting to climate change brings stability to war torn countries
Building resiliency to climate change in Central African Republic establishes infrastructure that helps bring peace after civil disruption
Ban Ki-moon puts sustainability at heart of post-2015 UN agenda
In a report ahead of talks on Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary General highlights importance of sustainable development
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise set to defy Russia polar ban
Greenpeace ship denied entry to the Northern Sea Route by the Russian authorities, but campaigners say they could still proceed
Planet Earth’s natural resources in ‘overdraft’ warn campaigners
By 20 August 2013, humanity had exhausted the earth’s bank natural resources for the year – and the date is getting earlier and earlier
Anger and frustration as Ecuador’s Yasuni dreams die
President Correa blamed funding shortfall for initiative’s failure, but wider problems with Yasuni persist
Flooding could cost US$1 trillion a year by 2050
Damage from extreme weather to world’s biggest coastal cities expected to reach 0.7% of global GDP in 40 years
Ben Goldsmith: it’s possible to be green and conservative
Co-founder of sustainable investors WHEB says business is leading a green revolution in the UK
UN scientists 95% certain on causes of climate change
Draft of IPCC AR5 report seen by Reuters says experts are sure of global warming causes
New Zealand commits to 5% emissions reduction target
Critics say weakened target is another example of the current government’s climate change ‘coma’