Comment
Climate challenge needs radical policies and technologies
ANALYSIS: Latest IPCC report highlights level of ambition required to slash carbon emissions 50% by 2050
Cutting CO2 emissions saves money, says UN climate panel
ANALYSIS: Costs of global transition to clean energy sources smaller than expected, and could offer huge benefits
IPCC report: we have the tools, now it’s time for a tough UN climate deal
COMMENT: Bangladesh climate envoy says world has opportunity to avoid dangerous levels of global warming
IPCC report: Gas just a short term fix to cut CO2 levels
ANALYSIS: Shale gas can help address climate change say UN panel, but will have to be cut substantially by 2050
IPCC WG3: Reaction as UN launches third climate report
NEWS: Views from John Kerry, Christiana Figueres, Ed Davey plus leading NGOs and business groups
Confusion over climate costs undermined IPCC message
ANALYSIS: Image of scientists bickering with Richard Tol weakened public perception of consensus within IPCC
400ppm: the milestone that puts Earth in the “danger zone”
FEATURE: The Earth entered uncharted territory when CO2 levels hit 400ppm for the first time. So what does the milestone mean?
Latin American climate policy weakened by Chinese business deals
COMMENT: China’s hunger for Latin American resources is strengthening dirty industries and curbing enthusiasm for climate treaty
IPCC’s latest report can galvanise political action on climate
COMMENT: UN climate science study surprised few, but warnings of serious impacts could drive UN talks forward
Public-private collaboration essential to tackle climate challenge
COMMENT: Stronger links between business, academia and the public sector are essential to thrive in a warming world, writes Climate-KIC’s Mary Ritter
How can developing nations close the climate finance gap?
COMMENT: Cash flows from rich to poor remain slow, but developing nations aren’t wasting time waiting
Do governments need clearer climate messages from the IPCC?
ANALYSIS: UN climate panel only reports ‘facts’, but is it time to make clearer the implications for policy?
Marshall Islands President: Future will be ‘like living in a war zone’
COMMENT: Leaders must put aside polished negotiating positions and look each other in the eye, says Christopher Loeak
Yvo de Boer: It’s time to measure the ‘true value’ of business
COMMENT: What if cost of environmental damage caused by businesses were subtracted from their profits?
How much worse is a 4 degrees world?
ANALYSIS: risks linked to warming above 2C likely to be unpredictable and dangerous, says IPCC report
US Senate’s 66 votes should not shape global climate talks
COMMENT: Climate realists say a legally binding UN deal won’t work – but they’re on the wrong side of history says E3G’s Liz Gallagher
UN climate leaders reflect on 20 years of talks
COMMENT: past UN climate chiefs reflect on the negotiating process, and outline where they see progress
Growth in China’s carbon emissions has halved
ANALYSIS: new data indicates country’s coal pollution could be on a long-term, downward trajectory
Green Climate Fund’s future threatened by old divisions
ANALYSIS: UN climate deal hangs on the launch of a new green fund – but splits at board level could see this delayed
Do Europe’s leaders fear Brussels more than Putin?
Comment: The EU needs to break its dependence on Russian gas, but seems incapable of formulating a clear strategy