Darkening Greenland ice sheet melts faster
NEWS: Soot and re-frozen ice makes snowpack less reflective, in feedback loop that could accelerate sea level rise
Climate change could make growing these crops in African regions impossible
NEWS: Farmers advised to swap beans, bananas and maize for hardier staples in face of hotter continent in new study
Hotter planet spells harder rains to come – study
NEWS: Planners told to boost flood defences especially in dry regions as global warming intensifies water cycle
Scientists trash ‘myths’ of green aviation technology
NEWS: Don’t believe the hype, say reseachers: the industry’s miracle solutions aren’t addressing the climate impact of flying
No shortage of storage space for captured CO2, study finds
NEWS: China, North America, Europe’s North Sea and Australia have some of the best understood geological sites, says Global CCS Institute
Germany, Austria call for higher EU 2030 climate ambition
NEWS: Environment ministers criticise ‘very weak’ European Commission response to Paris climate pact – but other states defend existing target
Green Climate Fund urged to ditch links to HSBC, Credit Agricole
NEWS: Civil society groups say potential partners are coal-friendly and have chequered past, but finance experts say it needs help from major institutions to leverage green billions
Intense heatwaves could become ‘annual events’ by 2075
NEWS: Researchers warn that more areas of the world will swelter more often in potentially lethal heatwaves unless greenhouse gas emissions are drastically curtailed
Nanotechnology trial shows route to carbon negative cars
NEWS: Carbon dioxide can be used to make batteries for electric vehicles, US scientists have shown
Climate change slows health gains from eating better – study
NEWS: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could save half a million lives in 2050, researchers find, by preventing food crop damage
Alarm as DR Congo considers opening rainforest to loggers
NEWS: NGOs warn Kinshasa proposal threatens world’s second largest tropical forest, undermining climate commitments
EU plans no change to climate target before 2030
NEWS: Weak Commission proposal undermines Paris deal and hard-won trust of vulnerable countries, campaigners warn
Bin Laden urged Obama to tackle ‘climate catastrophe’
NEWS: Al Qaeda leader called on Barack Obama to ‘save humanity’ from climate change, declassified documents show
Canada delays new climate plan as provinces rebel
NEWS: Trudeau and McKenna to update strategy on Thursday as implementing tougher carbon cuts proves troublesome
Ocean acidification is slowing coral reef growth – study
NEWS: Experiments in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show destructive impact of carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater
Extreme cyclones hitting the Philippines are on the rise – study
NEWS: Rising trend seen in powerful storms hitting island nation since 1970s, report finds
100 ‘fire-free villages’ take on Indonesia’s haze hazard
NEWS: After 2015’s devastating fire season, local authorities in South Sumatra are determined to end slash-and-burn and restore peatland
Morocco climate summit faces funding drought due to EU spat
NEWS: Brussels is withholding €12m contribution to COP22 in a diplomatic row over Rabat’s claim on Western Sahara
NYC, Paris eclipse poorer mega-cities’ spend on climate defences
NEWS: Protection against sea level rise globally prioritises capital over people, suggests review of ten metropolises
China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records
NEWS: Carbon pollution declines for second year on falling coal consumption, says statistics agency