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Bad weather now reliably linked to climate change
15 Mar 2016
A new study shows it's now possible for scientists to confidently measure the influence of climate change on some extreme weather events, such as heat waves.
Carbon emissions our biggest problem, says China
14 Mar 2016
China’s energy sector leaders believe that cutting carbon emissions is the biggest issue they face, a new World Energy Council report shows.
Nature’s hidden wealth is conservation’s missed opportunity
14 Mar 2016
Australia has one of the worst extinction records in the modern world. Since European settlement, a third of the country’s native mammals have disappeared. How can we stem the losses?
February so hot it baked Alaska
14 Mar 2016
How hot was it last month globally? It was so hot that the famed Iditarod sled race in Alaska brought in extra snow from hundreds of miles away by train.
Argentina to boost consumption of clean energy
14 Mar 2016
Argentina is poised to approve the final details of a new law designed to give a boost to renewable energy as President Mauricio Macri steps up his efforts to fight climate change.
French palm oil tax angers producers
14 Mar 2016
French plans to place an additional tax on palm oil as part of its biodiversity bill have angered Malaysia and Indonesia.
Electric car racing series to debut next year
14 Mar 2016
Ten teams will compete in the inaugural Electric GT World Series next year. So far, the only electric car that fits the racing criteria is the Tesla Model S, which has a range of about 240 miles.
How climate denial gained a foothold in the Liberal Party
11 Mar 2016
It seems the Liberal Party is still having trouble letting go of climate denial, judging by the New South Wales branch’s demand that the Turnbull government arrange a series of public debates on climate science.
US and Canada vow to lead world to low-carbon economy
11 Mar 2016
The US and Canada declared they would help lead the transition to a low-carbon global economy on Thursday, in a dramatic role reversal for two countries once derided as climate change villains.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops deforestation firms
11 Mar 2016
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has dropped 11 companies for their connections to deforestation.
Conservative to bankroll clean-energy Republicans
11 Mar 2016
A conservative entrepreneur has pledged to bankroll Republican candidates who support clean energy on Tuesday in an attempt to break down the party’s wall of climate denial.
Is the wind industry still a safe bet for investors?
11 Mar 2016
For investors who seek long-term low-risk investments, the 20-year lifespan of an onshore wind farm is an attractive prospect
If planners understand it's cool to green cities, what's stopping them?
10 Mar 2016
Cities are getting hotter, more crowded and noisier. Climate change is bringing more heatwaves, placing pressure on human health, urban amenity, productivity and infrastructure.
JP Morgan: Coal investment like child labour
10 Mar 2016
Investing in coal is now on par with sanctioning child labour, according to JP Morgan Chase, one the world’s largest banks.
Carbon counting: tracking emissions in a post-Paris world
10 Mar 2016
As the Paris climate deal requires developing countries to monitor their emissions, organisations are using online courses to train a new breed of green accountants capable of the complex task.
Tata joins RE100 clean energy movement
10 Mar 2016
Tata Motors is aiming to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewables as part of the RE100 initiative of international organisations transitioning to clean energy.
Satellite will get trees to tell carbon secrets
10 Mar 2016
In 2018, America's space agency is going to send a laser into the galaxies to assess the world's trees. And the data will reveal how much carbon forests store.
Las Vegas casinos seek to power bright lights
10 Mar 2016
Ambitious plans by MGM Resorts, Wynn, and Las Vegas Sands are overshadowed by an ongoing battle with regulators and the state’s biggest utility.
US and Canada about to join forces on climate
9 Mar 2016
Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau will commit to work together to fight climate change and protect an Arctic experiencing the mildest winter ever recorded, sources familiar with the initiatives said.
EU emissions trading scheme needs urgent reform
9 Mar 2016
The Paris agreement has shown that the EU’s proposal to decrease CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2030, from 1990 levels, was the most ambitious pledge at the summit. Other industrialised countries, such as the US and Australia, as well as emerging powers, notably China and India, are lagging behind Europe.
Electric car sales in China up 223% in 2015
9 Mar 2016
Sales of electric vehicles in China increased by 223 per cent last year and made up a 1.4 per cent share of the country's total auto market in December.
Obama pays out $500m to climate change project
9 Mar 2016
The Obama administration has made a first installment on its $3bn pledge to help poor countries to fight climate change – defying Republican opposition to the president’s environmental plan.
Pentagon makes 'climate change' official
9 Mar 2016
The US Department of Defense has long acknowledged the threat to global and national security posed by climate change. But last week, it officially included "climate change" in its official glossary for the first time.
How climate helped to trigger the fall of Angkor Wat
8 Mar 2016
Scientific evidence is growing that the decline of once-mighty Angkor, the famed temple site in modern Cambodia, was in large part due to abrupt climate change.
China's emissions may have peaked, says Stern
8 Mar 2016
Carbon emissions may have peaked already in China, years earlier than its leaders pledged, according to a study co-authored by the renowned economist Lord Stern.
IMF chief calls for end to fossil fuel subsidies
8 Mar 2016
Fossil fuel subsidies should be cut as part ofthe global effort to combat climate change, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund.
EU open to increasing 2030 carbon target
8 Mar 2016
Europe’s chief climate negotiator has said he is open to increasing the EU’s carbon target for 2030, in a backdown by the European commission.
Plenty of room to store carbon, study finds
8 Mar 2016
Geological sites suitable for storing carbon dioxide emissions are available in most parts of the world, according to data collated by an industry body.
Who's looking after the planet ... and who isn't
8 Mar 2016
The 2016 Environmental Performance Index ranks 180 countries according to their performance in safeguarding ecosystems and protecting human health from environmental harm.
What the White House hopefuls think of new energy
7 Mar 2016
The long-term global transition away from fossil fuels will deliver many benefits, including jobs, reduced air pollution, lower greenhouse gas emissions and less exposure to the volatility and risks of extracting, storing and transporting fossil fuels.
An environmentally just city works best for all
7 Mar 2016
Melbourne’s population is expected to almost double by mid-century, overtaking Sydney as Australia’s biggest city. But all states are growing and the increases are concentrated in the capital cities.
Warming means unfair share for poor
7 Mar 2016
Climate change could seriously redistribute resources and reallocate wealth – but not in a fair way.
CEOs emerge unscathed by environment lawsuits
7 Mar 2016
Images of environmental damage caused by large corporations certainly stir public outrage; but new research shows that the chief executives of companies sued for environmental wrongdoing commonly suffer little reputational damage.
Why is 2016 smashing heat records?
7 Mar 2016
Yet another global heat record has been beaten. It appears January 2016 - the most abnormally hot month in history, according to Nasa - will be comprehensively trounced once official figures come in for February.
Cheap oil undermining nearly every climate plan
7 Mar 2016
The fate of what might prove to be the most important technology for solving global warming - carbon capture and storage - is floundering.
Canadians set outlines of carbon pricing deal
7 Mar 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has persuaded the country's 10 provinces to accept the concept of putting a price on carbon but agreed the specific details could be worked out later.
Proposal to define wood-burning as carbon neutral
7 Mar 2016
US federal legislation promoting wood-burning power plants as a “carbon neutral” way to make energy is drawing criticism from some scientists.
Trudeau, Obama set to sign climate pact
4 Mar 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to sign on to a continental environment and climate-change strategy with outgoing US President Barack Obama when the two leaders hold their first formal bilateral meeting in the Oval Office next Thursday.
Anti-insect paint could cut aviation costs
4 Mar 2016
Insects might not seem the most obvious problem to tackle when trying to make aviation more sustainable. But avoiding them on takeoff could help to cut airlines’ fuel bills and emissions by up to 10 per cent.
Congo plans to open rainforest to loggers
4 Mar 2016
The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to lift a ban on logging licences, to the concern of campaigners.
Recycled water could help to cut the food bills
3 Mar 2016
Australians eat a lot of water – the water that is used to produce food. New findings from the Foodprint Melbourne study estimate that more than 475 litres of water is used to grow each person’s food every day.
Canada delays new climate plan as provinces rebel
3 Mar 2016
Canada has delayed its promised climate strategy by six months as the government remains at odds with the country’s powerful provincial leaders.
UK solar developers lose case against cuts
3 Mar 2016
The UK Court of Appeal has dismissed claims against the premature closure of the Renewables Obligation support scheme, bringing to an end the long-fought dispute between UK solar developers and the government.
Oops! Google self-driver collides with bus
3 Mar 2016
One of Google’s self-driving cars has collided with a public bus in California, an accident report has revealed, in what appears to be the first example of one of the company’s prototype cars causing an accident.
Top lobbying group in green energy U-turn
2 Mar 2016
The UK’s biggest energy lobbying group has shifted its position on green energy and will start campaigning for low-carbon alternatives for the first time, in what environmental campaigners are describing as a watershed moment.
Al Gore's firm joins carbon pricing research push
2 Mar 2016
A partnership between Al Gore's Generation Investment Management and Ecofys aims to explore how carbon pricing can facilitate sustainable global economic growth.
Nissan gears up to install largest EV power system
2 Mar 2016
Nissan will soon be using its electric car technology to help power its new regional office in France, through the deployment of the world's largest grid-integrated electric vehicle system.
Biggest floating solar farm powers up near London
2 Mar 2016
On a vast manmade lake on the outskirts of London, work is nearing completion on what will soon be Europe’s largest floating solar power farm – and will briefly be the world’s biggest.
Cold light shines on Paris climate pledges
1 Mar 2016
New research finds signs that many countries are making serious attempts to stick to action pledges made at the Paris climate summit – but others are still lagging way behind.
Australia’s pollution rising while Canberra tinkers
1 Mar 2016
Federal government policies are making it harder for the electricity sector to swiftly transition to clean energy, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation, which has just released a report on the country's10 biggest climate polluters.
Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
Tue 16 Jun 2026
The world’s hottest years over the past decade have coincided with stagnant economic productivity, rising prices and geopolitical instability.
US judge orders halt to Trump administration's 'censorship' of park exhibits
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide because they "do not align with its preferred narrative."
China warns of risk of 'extreme floods' in desert regions
Mon 15 Jun 2026
China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and rapid glacier melt.
Climate change reshapes Spain's rockfall risk as frost weathering moves uphill
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Climate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according to new research that suggests warming temperatures are redistributing a key process responsible for breaking down mountain landscapes.
Millions of UK homes at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Millions of homes are at risk from climate-related subsidence, according to an analysis by the British Geological Survey.
Canada signs landmark LNG energy deal with Germany
29 May 2026
Canada has announced a landmark energy agreement with Germany that will see the first-ever long-term shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to Europe in the coming years.
Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief.
The Pacific made history in the courts – now we must do it in the negotiations
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Legal clarity alone will not lead to reduced emissions, more finance or stronger national climate plans – political will is key to meeting states’ obligations.
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’.
Aid cuts and climate change drive deadly malaria surge in Zimbabwe
29 May 2026
A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
26 May 2026
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Finance dominates discussions at Bonn climate talks
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Lack of progress on finance issues – including putting a number on the new goal to triple adaptation funding – is causing blockages across negotiating tracks at UN climate talks.
