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Figueres: Lima conference set to ‘write history’
Opening the two-week United Nations climate conference in Lima, Peru, the senior United Nations climate official has declared the international community “must write history” on climate action....
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Huge Norway fund targets $3bn green investment
The Chief Executive Officer of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Yngve Slyngstad, has signalled the world’s largest such fund will invest almost US$3 billion into green technology stocks next year....
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Germany adopts broad green economy plan
Germany’s coalition government cabinet has approved a wide ranging plan to slash carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in order to meet its ambitious climate targets. However, environmental groups criticised...
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IEA: EU will struggle to raise decarbonise cash
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) the European Union will struggle to finance the decarbonisation of its economy and keep power and gas prices low enough to retain energy-intensive...
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UN warns Paris climate pledges not enough
The United Nations has warned government pledges due in 2015 to cut rising world greenhouse gases will be too weak to avert the worst of global warming. As a result the UN says the pledges will merely...
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Poll: almost 90% support renewable energy target
According to new polling by environmental lobby group WWF almost 89 per cent of Australians want the Renewable Energy Target (RET) increased or kept the same. The polling is designed to shore up Senate...
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China slams Australia on climate aid failure
The head of China’s delegation at United Nations climate talks has strongly criticised rich nations’ pledges of almost US$10 billion to a green fund to help poor nations cope with global warming as...
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India may join US, China in setting emissions limit
The United Nations climate summit under way in Lima, Peru, has received a boost as further details emerged of talks between India and the United States about a potential emissions goal for the emerging...
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UN says climate aid hits $650bn a year
A United Nations agency has revealed that finance for projects aimed at limiting global warming has reached at least US$650 billion but that figure will need to double to protect the planet from...
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Labor again ‘prepared to negotiate’ to save RET
Despite walking away from talks with the conservative Liberal-National government last month the Labor opposition now says it is prepared to again discuss the future of Australia’s Renewable Energy...
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UN: Climate adaptation may cost $300bn a year
Even if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to the level required to keep global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius this century, the cost of adapting to climate change in developing...
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Rift widens among greens over CCS as climate fix
A rift is widening among the world’s biggest environmental groups over a little-tested technology for burying carbon that might help cut the cost of fighting climate change. A report by the United...
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Solar energy world first for Australian scientists
Australian scientists have set a new record in increasing the efficiency of solar panels, which they hope could eventually lead to cheaper sources of renewable energy. In what the University of New...
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Poll shows Australians worried by climate change
According to a new poll six out of 10 of Australians think the Australian government’s Direct Action policy has left the country with an inadequate policy response to the problem of global warming. The...
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Australia worst developed nation in climate report
Australia has continued its decline into international pariah status on the issue of climate change, with a new report ranking as the worst performing developed country on climate-change action....
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EU pressure opens rift at UN climate talks
A rift has opened at United Nations climate talks as the European Union insists on a right to challenge nations about their plans for fighting climate change, in the run-up to a UN summit in 2015. The...
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US solar jumps 41% as home systems lead
Third-quarter solar installations in the United States jumped 41 per cent from a year earlier, including a record number of residential systems, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association....
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Scientists: Climate change threat lower but still severe
It is the sort of information that sends entirely the wrong message to those sceptical about climate change but a new study shows the world’s climate is on track to rise three degrees above the average...
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Bishop defends about face on climate change fund
The Foreign Minister in Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government, Julie Bishop, has defended using money from the foreign aid budget to contribute to an international climate change fund....
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No India energy pledge, but renewables splurge
India, the world’s third-largest polluter, will spend at least US$100 billion on climate-related projects but is not ready to follow China and the United States, the top two emitters, in promising to...
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