Megan Darby
Deputy editor at award-winning @ClimateHome. Interrogating the international politics of climate change. Born at 350ppm CO2. Available to break up man panels
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Climate a 'signature issue' as Ursula von der Leyen annointed EU chief
Lawmakers backed the German politician as European Commission president by a slim majority on Tuesday, after she met calls to strengthen climate ambition
Megan Darby
Climate played a decisive role in @vonderleyen's confirmation as EU Commission chief last night - @ChloeFarand reports
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Climate change could cause 29% spike in cereal prices: leaked UN report
Food supply chains will get disrupted globally, the study warns. Report to be officially released in August
Who are the next EU Commissioners?
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network.
Megan Darby
France's @pcanfin is interested in climate commissioner job and Poland wants energy portfolio, @EURACTIV reports
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Von der Leyen offers 55% CO2 cuts by 2030 in bid for EU top job
The German nominee for European Commission president has strengthened her climate ambition to win parliamentary backing from socialists and liberals
Used cooking oil imports may boost deforestation
Imports of waste oil from Asia, intended to cut carbon from transport, are linked to rising levels of deforestation
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I did not realise used cooking oil was a mass fuel commodity, much less that it could be driving deforestation
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Two million in Zimbabwe's capital have no water as city turns off taps
'The situation is bad, period', says spokesman for Harare council, as suburbs go weeks without water and cases of typhoid are reported
Can India make the transition to electric vehicles?
India has taken some baby steps but more needs to be done to improve demand and supply
Listen to the River: A Change Is Gonna Come
On the eve of Tropical Storm Barry’s landfall, a river levee breach seems less likely than it did on Wednesday, but the scare has given us an opportunity to take heed of the River’s warning and rea…
Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy - Team Warren
By Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren backs corporate climate risk disclosure. She would fit in nicely on the European centre-right
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Climate Home News launches African reporting programme
If you are an experienced African journalist, we want to hear your story ideas on the links between climate science and development
EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030
Ursula von der Leyen said Europe should become the world's first climate neutral continent, as she sought lawmakers' backing for the top job on Wednesday
UK told to close climate policy gap or 'be embarrassed' in 2020
The British government is off track for its 2050 net zero emissions target, advisors warn refusal to comply will end up with government in court
Russia to ratify Paris Agreement, Putin says wind power ‘shakes worms from ground’
Russia says it wants a seat at the climate negotiations table, but the president warned problems with renewable energy must be considered
UN fund removes veto power over climate projects
The Green Climate Fund changed its rules so no single country can block finance, as recently happened when the US intervened in a Chinese bid
Megan Darby
ICYMI - a good sign for the Green Climate Fund and climate finance, the glue that holds the Paris Agreement together
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Is it possible to disrupt a cow? - Seth Miller
Technology can save the climate, but we will have to think beyond the bun
Megan Darby
Lots of fascinating data in this from @seth8miller - among other things, explains why veal is a better guide than solar power to beef's future
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US-China trade war spills into Green Climate Fund
Global green fund gets back on track with $1bn splurge, but US vetoed a project that would have loaned $100m to China
Row over 1.5C science raises frustration with UN consensus model
Diplomats are losing patience with players like Saudi Arabia blocking progress at international climate talks, instead looking to other forums for action
Megan Darby
Our story from Friday - diplomats are losing patience with Saudis using UN consensus norm to block progress
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‘The system was broken’: How The Nature Conservancy prospered but ran aground
Persistent complaints of employee mistreatment have upended the mammoth environmental group's leadership.
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Great reporting by @zcolman on The Nature Conservancy's #MeToo reckoning. Links the NGO's "penis protection plan" (!) to its corporate greenwashing culture
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How India's Water Ends Up Everywhere But India
The country is the world’s biggest exporter through its crops, despite suffering shortages in urban areas.