Sri Lanka commissions first solar power plant
Will provide electricity to 3,000 rural families
World’s two biggest polluters-China and US-strike deal to cut carbon emissions
Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment warns the deal will push the world to catastrophic increase in average global temperature
UN climate talks: Brazil proposes discussions on historical responsibility for emissions
Will principle of equity find place in climate negotiations?
G20 nations subsidise fossil fuel exploration by $88bn a year: study
Study carried out by US and UK experts is the “most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies”
One step forward, two steps back
Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …
Developing countries say act now for ambitious climate deal
Developed countries face increasing pressure to take action in the pre-2020 period
Health leaders call for concerted action on climate change at Lima summit
Climate change puts the health of people at risk, both directly and indirectly, say health professionals
AOSIS proposal for focus on renewable energy welcomed
Need for integrated approach to adaptation and mitigation raised; parties call for Warsaw COP to address finance
Mount Everest glaciers melting rapidly, says study
Everest region has undergone a 0.6°C increase in temperature since 1992
Blame bankers, not oil, for climate impasse
Antarctica shrinking much faster than thought
The hockey-stick curve
The problem of and solutions to climate change. The imperatives of transition on the eve of the Bali meet
Are humans increasingly responsible for extreme weather events?
Weather extremes are often so overwhelming that it is hard for us to imagine that we may actually be increasingly responsible for at least some …
Did climate change cause cyclone Nargis?
Flat in 20 days
Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …
Lima climate summit: Commitment to deal with ‘Loss and Damage’ weakens
Least Developed Countries and civil society organisations call for an explicit inclusion of ‘Loss and Damage’ in the climate …