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Rajendra Pachauri: Science offers clear rationale for climate action
COMMENT: Chairman of UN’s IPCC climate science panel says governments must pay heed to warnings in latest AR5 report
US-China pact has shifted the dynamics of climate talks
COMMENT: India is looking for new allies, Peru wants to bring Latin Americans together and Europe needs to get its mojo back
Will Putin play hardball at the UN climate talks?
ANALYSIS: For Russian diplomats, a year of sanctions and conflict will provide the backdrop to Lima talks. Will this be payback time?
What’s the best way to enforce an international climate agreement?
COMMENT: A 2015 carbon cutting deal needs a legal basis, argues Sebastian Oberthür, but it’s not clear what could be politically acceptable
Why flexibility must lie at the core of any UN climate agreement
COMMENT: Country commitments to a global agreement should be based on their domestic strengths
How to rebuild trust at UN climate change talks?
COMMENT: Transparency and accountability must be at the core of any agreement in Lima and Paris, say World Resources Institute analysts
Lima challenge: cooking up a climate agreement
COMMENT: A global climate deal must take account of the needs of “climate takers” as well as “climate makers”, writes Greenpeace UK’s Ruth Davis
Can global warming be limited to 1.5C?
COMMENT: Scientists at Climate Analytics discuss the odds of avoiding temperature rises above 1.5C and 2C
India hints at new focus on consumption based emissions
ANALYSIS: India wants countries to take responsibility for pollution created abroad by imported products. Could this work—and is it fair?
Three reasons to be optimistic about climate finance flows
COMMENT: Latest data shows climate funds dropped $28 billion in 2013, there are signs for hope, argues Barbara Buchner
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Better information and more financial support essential for poor countries to prepare for future impacts, say IIED
Climate frontline: RTCC celebrates three years following UN talks
BLOG: Editor Ed King reflects on a lively 36 months at the helm, as countries edge towards agreement on tackling global warming
Is it time Taiwan took a seat at the UN climate talks?
ANALYSIS: International support and strong trading links could help Taiwan overcome the China block to UN representation
Climategate five years on: who won the war?
COMMENT: Claims of collusion and deceit within the scientific community caused a scandal in 2009, but to what effect, asks Richard Black
India must lead climate fight for developing countries at UN talks
COMMENT: US-China climate deal will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4C temperature increase pathway, writes Chandra Bhushan
Who’s to blame for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Scientists are starting to undertake the politically dangerous task of figuring out who can be blamed for extreme weather disasters
How big oil won Republicans power at the US mid term elections
ANALYSIS: GOP victory in the US midterms was paid for by big energy interests and could hold back Obama’s climate ambition
US China emissions pact could signal end of climate firewall
COMMENT: Synergies between climate action and top domestic priorities are driving leaders to back green economy, argues Per Klevnas
US-China climate pact tumbles barriers to a global deal
ANALYSIS: Beijing deal between world’s biggest carbon polluters signals thaw in relations, allowing UN talks to proceed more smoothly
“This is a matter of our race’s existence and extinction”
COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon