Ed King
Ed previously worked as a Producer on BBC Radio 5 Live. He holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising in global energy and climate policy.
National climate plans could face 2018 review under UN deal
NEWS: Fears that emission reductions could drop off the agenda post Paris are driving support behind an early assessment of global carbon cuts
Polish president vetoes Kyoto Protocol, pending new analysis
NEWS: Andrzej Duda says he wants to see impact of treaty’s second phase on economy in decision that sparks anger in developing world
US considers Bikini Atoll climate refugee claims
NEWS: Decades after a nuclear bomb uprooted a small group of Pacific islanders, global warming could make them homeless yet again
Podcast: What did we learn from last week’s UN climate talks?
Finance, fireworks and a text: Ed King, WWF’s Tasneem Essop and former BBC environment correspondent Richard Black discuss the recent Bonn negotiations
No secret Paris climate deal in making, stresses Tubiana
NEWS: Plan B does not exist says France’s top climate diplomat, urging envoys to accelerate work on new text for global pact
UN to reveal scale of challenge facing Paris climate summit
CRIB NOTES 26-30 OCT: Berlin to host INDC review launch, Figueres heads for London, Obama talks tough, Poles vote for coal
UN calls for ministers as climate talks head for Paris
NEWS: As fraught final round of interim talks ends, diplomats turn to their political masters to land an elusive global deal
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: It’s (not) all these negotiators are asking
SKETCH: Venezuela’s Claudia Salerno drops the C-bomb (no, the other one) after climate talks session starts without her in Bonn
Green Climate Fund chief confident US will stump up
NEWS: US will deliver the US$3 billion promised to help poor countries go green despite Republican opposition, says top official
Life or death: G77 demands climate finance guarantee
NEWS: Developing countries are pulling together at interim climate talks in a last push before December’s Paris summit
Paris climate deal unlikely to need Senate approval, says US envoy
NEWS: Todd Stern tells Capitol Hill committee new UN climate deal will be crafted under existing treaties, bypassing requirements for lawmaker approval
Pathway to $100bn emerging ahead of Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: Cash demands from developing countries reinserted into text during UN talks in Bonn, as World Bank official hails progress
Disney, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s back White House climate drive
NEWS: Leading multinationals sign up to Obama climate pledge as president braces for GOP showdown over plans for COP21 Paris deal
UN climate text swells as G77 flexes muscles in Bonn
ANALYSIS: Developing countries add more than 50 elements to UN’s draft Paris deal, complaining of bias towards richer nations
Loans or grants for climate finance?
COMMENT: Confusion reigns over the right format for cash to tackle climate impacts. Resolve this quickly, or the UN-backed Green Climate Fund will falter
Bonn set for fireworks as UN climate talks resume
ANALYSIS: Developing countries cry foul ahead of week of negotiations in Germany – claiming finance, loss and damage have been wiped from draft deal
Weekly wrap: Tubiana outlines Paris goals, oil CEOs front up, 2C at risk
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Green Climate Fund directors warn it faces staffing crisis
NEWS: Poor pay and remote location in South Korea are driving away potential employees says GCF, as it prepares to sign off on first funding projects
Saudis to deliver climate plan by Paris, says Tubiana
NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
Methane, flaring targeted in oil major climate pledge
NEWS: Total, Statoil, BP, Saudi Aramco, Pemex, Sinopec, Eni and Repsol are to reveal carbon-cutting plan in Paris on Friday