25 April 2016: Over the past few days, announcements supporting carbon pricing and clean energy have been made. Ten leaders have issued a joint vision statement

Source: Outlook on Green Finance: Impetus Grows for Carbon Pricing, Clean Energy | Climate Change Policy & Practice | IISD Reporting Services

Winners of Goldman Prize from two of world’s deadliest countries for environmental activism

Source: Winners of Goldman Prize from two of world’s deadliest countries for environmental activism | Global Witness

The oil industry’s leading pollution-control consultants advised the American Petroleum Institute in 1968 that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels deserved as much concern as the smog and soot that had commanded attention for decades. Carbon dioxide was “the only air pollutant which has been proven to be of global importance to man’s environment on […]

Researchers believe that bleaching, which they attribute to heat stress compounded by climate change, is threatening more than a third of the planet’s reefs.

Source: Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists – The New York Times

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A record number of more than 130 countries will sign the landmark agreement to tackle climate change at a ceremony at U.N. headquarters on April 22, the United Nations said Thursday. Secretary-General…

Source: UN: Over 130 countries will sign climate agreement April 22