Will 2015 be the year the world finally agrees a historic climate deal?
2015 represents the best opportunity world leaders have had to date to secure a global climate deal.
Joss Garman
Joss Garman writes on the environment. He is a climate and energy campaigner for Greenpeace and a co-founder of Plane Stupid. Joss is blogging in a personal capacity.Today’s EU climate deal means it will be harder for Westminster to blame Brussels for rising energy bills
One positive effect of today’s European deal is that it should be more difficult for MPs to deflect attention onto the faceless bogie-man that is ‘Brussels’.
Beijing and Washington’s assertiveness on carbon pollution exposes Europe’s dithering
Climate has become such a low priority for European leaders that they see the horse-trading over jobs in the Commission as a bigger deal than efforts to avert climate change.
Why Labour’s new pledge on cleaning up export finance matters
Chuka Ummuna’s statement last night puts pressure on the coalition to stop taxpayers’ money being used to fund fossil-fuel energy, writes Joss Garman.
Ed Davey’s power station numbers don’t add up
The risk remains that the UK’s efforts on climate change could still be sabotaged by too much fossil fuel burning, and not enough renewable energy.
Author of new climate sceptic report was set to receive $1000 a month from oil lobby group
Joss Garman reports on climate sceptic report author Indur Goklany, who is linked to a number of oil industry funded US lobby groups.
Leaked documents expose multi-million dollar climate disinformation campaign
Joss Garman exposes the million dollar links between climate sceptic scientists and the oil companies
Cameron ditches “Vote blue go green” and tells BP: ‘Drill, baby, drill!’
David Cameron drilled a further nail in the coffin of the ‘greenest government ever’ myth, with his support for BP’s North Sea oil drilling plans, reports Joss Garman.
Tory Right’s “deregulation zealots” threatening UK’s green growth
The people dubbed “deregulation zealots” and “right wing ideologues” by energy secretary Chris Huhne have seemingly won another battle inside government.
Cameron deserves praise for overruling Osborne on climate change targets
Joss Garman reports on David Cameron’s intervention in the row between the Treasury and DECC on the UK’s climate change carbon emissions targets.