Climate news/2018

• Climate change talks lead to heightened pledge to cut emissions, Dec 12, 2018^[1] EU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries to keep global warming below 1.5C
• Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO, Dec 5, 2018^[2]
• With a Green New Deal, here's what the world could look like for the next generation, Dec 5, 2018^[3]

Bristol to Brooklyn, Paris to Pittsburgh: restless cities act themselves on climate crisis, Dec 1, 2018^[4]

November[edit | edit source]

Climate change: Australian students skip school for mass protest, Nov 30^[5]

CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years, Nov 27^[6]

Young people are about to utterly transform climate politics, in the UK and US, Nov 21^[7]

Communities lead governments on climate action, Nov 14^[8]

My IPCC take-away: Imagine. Take Action. Repeat. Rob Hopkins, Nov 8^[9]

October[edit | edit source]

South Bronx teens get creative about climate change, Oct 23^[10]

Fracking protesters walk free after court quashes 'excessive' sentences, Oct 17^[11]

Top climate scientist blasts UK’s fracking plans as 'aping Trump’, Oct 13^[12]

A City That Takes Climate Change Seriously: Paris, Oct 10^[13]

Dutch appeals court upholds landmark climate change ruling, Oct 9^[14]

Final call to save the world from 'climate catastrophe', Oct 8^[15]

The planet is burning - and you know it. How should you behave with family, friends, fellow citizens? Oct 1^[16]

August[edit | edit source]

California Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote, Aug 29^[17]

July[edit | edit source]

Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals, Martin Lukacs, Jul 17^[18]

May[edit | edit source]

Balearic Islands bank on their sun to kickstart power drive, Adam Vaughan, May 4^[19]

April[edit | edit source]

New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of 'carbon-neutral future', Apr 12^[20]

March[edit | edit source]

The environmental case for keeping the clocks on summer time – all the time, Mar 28^[21]

Helsinki unveils plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2035, Mar 21^[22]

UK carbon emissions in 2017 fell to levels last seen in 1890, Mar 7^[23]

Cape Town’s water crisis shows the reality for cities on the front line of climate change, Mar 1^[24]

February[edit | edit source]

Why the world is looking to the Philippines for climate justice, Feb 22^[25]

Spain: Balearics launch pioneering plan to phase out emissions, Feb 15^[26]

Talking climate, taking action – a quest for belonging, Feb 12^[27]

See also[edit | edit source]

• Climate news (current), 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2009-15
• Climate action
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