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Pressure grows on COP President Al Attiyah to intervene in Doha stalemate
COP18: Qatari host urged to take charge of current deadlock in Doha and drive feuding parties towards a compromise.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 4 of Doha climate summit
Deadlock continues in Doha amid increasing tension, marathon finance sessions underway and Youth Groups meet COP president.
COP18: China negotiator warns 2015 global climate deal currently in balance
Lead negotiator Su Wei says that if talks on support for developing nations don’t agree on a future for the Long term Cooperative Action (LCA) track of negotiations, long-term deal to cut emissions will suffer.
COP18 UN climate talks ‘not about developing versus developed’
Negotiators tell RTCC new battle lines are between those pushing for action to cut global emissions and those content with status quo
Anger as Poland is selected to host next UN climate change summit
COP18: Greenpeace say Poland has to demonstrate true climate ambition if it is to be worthy of hosting next year’s COP19 talks
Ambitious carbon targets in Doha needed to energise carbon markets
COP18: Former chair of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism scheme says pledges on emission cuts, not slashing supply, needed to build demand for carbon credits.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 3 of Doha climate summit
Poland selected as host of COP19 and Kazakhstan trumps Australia with 10% emission reduction pledge.
COP18: Making the link between women’s health and climate change
Boosting women’s right and access to reproductive health services is better for them and for the planet, argues Isobel Braithwaite.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 2 of Doha climate summit
Egypt taregts regional climate action, Japan eyes carbon offsets as route to meeting post-nuclear obligations and Desertec calls for “climate bailout fund” in Doha.
COP18: Qatar emissions pledge could soothe climate talks tension
Anxiety at the UN climate change negotiations in Doha could be evaporated if the hosts made a pledge to reduce emissions, says Wael Hmaidan, director of the Climate Action Network International.
US backs UN climate change process following rumours of withdrawal
COP18: UN body irreplaceable says US Deputy Climate Change Envoy after reports that country was “more comfortable” to hold the talks in a different setting.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 1 of Doha climate summit
Conference opens and grouping of more than 100 vulnerable countries call for an ambitious new Kyoto commitment period.
COP18: EU says there will be no climate finance gap
Money will continue to flow into new projects despite end of current funding programme says bloc’s lead negotiator.
Will we meet the Copenhagen emission targets?
As the Doha climate change talks approach, Ajay Gambhir asks if the world’s biggest players are on track to meet their Copenhagen Accord pledges.
COP18: Who wants what from the Doha climate change talks
The top priorities for key nations and negotiating groups as they prepare to descend on Doha.
Five steps to fill the $100bn Green Climate Fund
COP18: We do the math to work out how measures already under development can fill the fund and ensure the real work can start in Doha
Ministers must put climate cash offers on the table in Doha
COP18: Pledges or at least indications of when these will come are a must to propel progress and trust in the 2020 climate change deal, says E3G’s Amal-Lee Amin.
The world’s carbon trading schemes mapped
The world’s carbon markets mapped, from California to Vietnam.
How the UN climate talks can glue together a global carbon market
COP18: Fragmentation of the carbon market spells trouble for the climate unless a way is found to make national and regional schemes in step with international efforts to reduce emissions.
UNEP: 2020 climate change deal is too late for drastic carbon cuts
COP18: Chief scientist Professor Joseph Alcamo tells RTCC ambitious CO2 reductions are needed now to stay within the 2°C limit of warming.