2008 Climate and Energy Feature Stories

Two weeks of United Nations climate talks, 189 governments, and a planet in peril. What did we end up with? Read more >

Oh no! More talks about climate change. And they’re not even on a tropical island like last year’s Bali conference. They’re in freezing Poland! Why should I care? Read more >

The global cost of coal reached a staggering €360 billion (around US$460 billion) last year, according to a new report by Greenpeace and independent Dutch Institute CE Delft. Read more >

How can we use the financial crisis to solve climate change? Yang Ailun, Greenpeace China Climate and Energy Campaign manager, looks to America's new President-elect Obama for the answer. Read more >

What do you get when you combine a giant man-made planet, a vast open coal pit in Poland and four 20-somethings from China’s so-called post-80’s generation? A new Chinese youth movement whose ideological battle isn’t political revolution but... Read more >

It’s a good day for action against climate change. Barack Obama is America’s new president. Read more >

China is the king of coal. It is the world's biggest producer and consumer but this reliance on coal is costing the country dear. For the first time top Chinese economists have calculated just how much this love affair with coal is costing the... Read more >

Climate change doesn't just mean a "warmer" world, it also means a "hungrier" world. A new Greenpeace report, released on the eve of World Food Day 2008, is warning that climate change is threatening China's food security. Read more >

Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, has started the Indonesian leg of its "Forests for Climate" tour, shining the spotlight on the rampant destruction of Southeast Asia's Paradise Forests. Read more >