2010

July

19 Britain trails China in dash to low-carbon economy, warns Tim Yeo (The Guardian). Tim Yeo calls for Personal Carbon Trading.

15 Joint EU climate change article by Chris Huhne, Dr Norbert Röttgen and Jean-Louis Borloo (DECC). See also Huhne makes European push on climate change (DECC press release, 2010-07-15).

June

29 UK must take radical action to meet climate change targets, watchdog warns (Daily Telegraph). See also Emission cuts threatened by economic recovery (The Independent, 2010-06-30) and Advisors urge new UK climate policies (BBC News, 2010-06-29).

28 The electrifying pace of wind power development in China (RenewableEnergyWorld.com).

25 The Clean Development Mechanism projects in the Philippines: costly, dirty, money-making schemes (Focus on the Global South).

14 CDM critics demand investigation of suspect offsets (New York Times). See also UN issues false carbon credits, says CDM watchdog (NewNet, 2010-06-14).

May

26 EU stops short of recommending 30% cut in emissions by 2020 (The Guardian).

11 Climate guru: US bill or not, the green economy is on track (EurActiv).

6 Leading scientists condemn 'political assaults' on climate researchers (The Guardian).

5 Carbon calculator reveals Labour and Tory policy as science fiction (The Guardian, George Monbiot). Import emissions and construction not counted.

April

27 Cash from EU green plan 'to fund dirty coal plants' (The Independent).

24 People’s agreement of Cochabamba (World Peoples' Conference on Climate Change).

15 Study: Half of warming heat missing (MSNBC). 'Will come back to haunt us,' researcher says.

13 Europe’s energy in 2050: Cutting CO2 by 80% no more expensive than business as usual (Financial Times).

9 Climate change treaty 'more urgent than ever' (BBC News).

March

31 Government kick-starts renewed push for global climate deal (press release from DECC). The report may be downloaded via Beyond Copenhagen: the UK Government’s international climate change action plan (PDF, 1.4 MB).

23 Nicolas Sarkozy under fire after carbon tax plan shelved (The Guardian).

18 Deutsche Bank’s Koch-Weser urges redesign of UN carbon market (Business Week).

16 UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations (The Washington Post).

15 Energy bills to go up with tough EU clampdown on greenhouse gas emissions (The Times).

11 China unsure on warming cause, to stick with CO₂ cuts (Reuters).

10 EU to tackle CO₂ loopholes (Planet Ark).

10 China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal (Planet Ark).

8 UK import emissions are the highest in Europe, figures show (The Guardian). See also China's increasing carbon emissions blamed on manufacturing for west (The Guardian, 2009-02-23) and UK's official CO₂ figures an illusion - study (The Guardian, 2007-12-10).
5 Steel, cement to cash free emission permit billions (Euractiv). See also The carbon rich list: the companies profiting from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (PDF, Sandbag).

5 Methane releases from Arctic shelf may be much larger and faster than anticipated (Science Daily).

4 The wrong kind of green (The Nation). Corruption in "green" NGOs.

3 EU carbon trading windfalls under fire from Lord Turner (Daily Telegraph).

February

23 CLEARing the Air (ISN). US developments with Cap and Dividend.

12 Climate change sceptics 'playing Russian roulette with planet' (Daily Telegraph). See also Climate sceptics ‘are playing Russian roulette with planet' (Daily Express, 2010-02-13), Climate change Russian roulette (The Guardian, 2009-12-03, Mikhail Gorbachev), 'Climate sceptics are playing Russian roulette with own children' – Prince Charles (The Scotsman, 2010-02-05).

9 World's first personal carbon credit earns $17 cashback for one tonne of carbon dioxide (The Guardian).

8 The case for climate action must be remade from the ground upwards (The Guardian).

8 MPs propose carbon tax to boost green investment (The Guardian).

7 Branson warns that oil crunch is coming within five years (The Guardian).

7 End tax breaks for polluters to cut budget deficit, thinktank urges (The Guardian).

7 Climate scepticism grows among Tories (The Observer).

7 Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers (The Independent).

3 Imports mean UK emissions are up not down (New Scientist).

1 55 countries send UN their carbon-curbing plans (BBC News).

January

30 Climate: the long and winding road after Copenhagen (The Independent).

25 Don't let the carbon market die (The Guardian, Oliver Tickell).

14 UN should be sidelined in future climate talks, says Obama official (The Guardian).

1 Government must 'green economy and create jobs' FSA chief says (The Guardian).

2009

December

27 Copenhagen has given us the chance to face climate change with honesty (The Observer, James Hansen).

22 How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room (The Guardian, Mark Lynas).

21 Munich RE’s CEO, Nikolaus von Bomhard stunned by Copenhagen outcome (Munich Re press release).

20 MONDAY VIEW BY SAM LAIDLAW: Cutting carbon emissions needs the right climate (Daily Mail).

20 David King: There is a way ahead after Copenhagen (The Independent on Sunday). "In my view we need a fully global cap and trade scheme that puts a single, high price on carbon's head." - but still in a "downstream" framework.

20 China stands accused of wrecking global deal (The Independent on Sunday).

18 Climate negotiators tackle issue of aviation, shipping emissions (Los Angeles Times).

18 Copenhagen negotiators bicker and filibuster while the biosphere burns (The Guardian, George Monbiot).

18 'Meaningful' deal reached at Copenhagen climate summit (BBC News).

17 From Copenhagen: renewable energy gets boost as climate talks stall (RenewableEnergyWorld.com).

16 Loopholes in climate deal could render it useless (New Scientist).

16 OPEC opposes carbon taxes -Algeria oil minister (Forbes.com).

15 In Copenhagen, ‘To be elaborated’ is a stalemate (The New York Times).

15 US pledges $85m to support developing nations' clean tech projects (BusinessGreen.com).

14 Copenhagen stalls decision on catastrophic climate change for six years (The Times).

13 Wind farms for security not the climate, says E.ON Renewables chief executive Frank Mastiaux (Daily Telegraph).

8 Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak (The Guardian).

7 US to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (BBC News).

3 Big savers got us into this mess, as well as big spenders (The Guardian).

2 Copenhagen climate summit (The Guardian).

1 Global emissions exceeding 'carbon budget', PwC study finds (The Guardian).

November

29 Climate change denier Nick Griffin to represent EU at Copenhagen (The Observer).

9 Carbon ration account for all proposed by Environment Agency (The Times).

7 Lifting the lid on climate change talks (The Guardian).

5 Carbon traders deny sub-prime crisis brewing (Daily Telegraph).

October

31 Methane’s impact on global warming far higher than previously thought (The Times). Comment: if methane is more significant than previously thought, this argues in favour of schemes like Kyoto2 which provide for the control of all greenhouse gases, and are not simply restricted to CO₂.

September

30 $100bn a year for climate safety (BBC News). This is about a World Bank report.

18 The world's future is being decided this weekend (The Observer). Article by Nicholas Stern.

May

26 Focus on the dreams, not the nightmares (The Times, Anthony Giddens). Describes "Giddens Paradox" and the need to focus on the positives rather than the negatives of climate change. Describes politicians' preference for rhetoric over action, especially on short timescales.