2009 Climate and Energy Feature Stories

It’s April Fool’s day and leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies are gathering in London for 36 hours of talks on how to solve the world’s worst economic crisis since the 1930’s. Kind of apt, really.

With less than nine months to go to crucial UN climate change talks, Greenpeace launched its Countdown to the Copenhagen climate meeting with a stunning light projection on an ancient city gate in Beijing.

Belgian police arrested hundreds of Greenpeace volunteers who had set up a human barricade around the conference centre where EU finance ministers were meeting to discuss funding options to tackle climate change.

Hundreds of music fans packed Beijing's Mao Livehouse last Saturday for Greenpeace China's Make Some Noise climate concert. Six great bands. One great cause.

We’re hoping it’s not bad news for China’s forests, but the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) posted a worrying statement today on paper giant APP’s Chinese subsidiary, Gold East Paper.

He may have dropped his Velvet Underpants, but Hugh Reed still has the edge in comedy infused rock’n’roll. If you are in Beijing this Saturday you would be a fool not to join Greenpeace, Hugh and five other great acts at Mao Livehouse in a...

If the world was a bank then it would have been saved by now. For the price of a €1.30 (about 11 renminbi) bus ticket per EU citizen per week from now until 2020, the European Union could fund a Green New Deal and save the climate.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting with top Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss Sino-US relations. We were keen to see some tough talk on climate change. What did she say?

Greenpeace China took advantage of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Beijing to give her a small gift reminding her how crucial it is for the US and China to lead a global solution to climate change.