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Pablo Solon: Climate migration central to Doha debate
COP18: Former Bolivian Ambassador to UN argues that global community has an obligation to ensure people are not forced to migrate as a result of climate change
Qatar facing dose of climate reality at UN talks
COP18: Hosting the latest round of UN global warming negotiations is another feather in Qatar’s cap, but it cannot ignore the real message from the climate talks forever
Historic Doha march heaps pressure on Qatar to make carbon cut pledge
COP18: Country’s first legal protest urges Arab governments to put emission reduction pledges at UN climate talks
Jon Snow: Has the ‘North’ learned anything since Copenhagen?
COP18: Writing for RTCC, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow ponders why the level of focus on climate change that existed before the Copenhagen summit has not returned
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.
Comment: Why Russia’s position on the Kyoto Protocol is a mystery even to its own ministers
In her latest blog for RTCC, RIA Novosti Environment and Energy news editor Olga Dobrovidova asks if Russia’s team at COP18 really know their country’s position on the Kyoto Protocol?
COP18: Arab nations must lead on ambition in Doha
Writing for RTCC, the Arab Youth Climate Movement’s Ahmed Younis says it is time the Middle East shows leadership at the UN negotiations
Al Attiyah: Climate change is Qatar’s biggest long-term challenge
Writing exclusively for RTCC, COP18 President His Excellency Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah explains why global warming is a subject close to his heart
How are Pacific Islanders coping with life at climate change ground zero?
Youth Profile #20: Krishneil Narayan from Project Survival Pacific tells to RTCC about how important education is for people living on the frontline of climate change
Why India’s green growth dream is turning into a nightmare
A battle between environmentalists and industrialists is raging at the heart of India’s government, and as Alok Gupta explains, it’s hard to work out which side everyone’s on
Why water must be at the heart of China & India’s future plans
Soaring populations, ambitious infrastructure projects and the effects of climate change will all combine to put pressure on the most precious resource of all – water
40 million people at high risk from climate change in China
The 5th annual risk atlas from analysts Maplecroft finds five of China’s major cities at ‘high risk’ and warns multi-national companies operating in most Asian cities could face spiralling environmental costs.
Poverty and prosperity are the two greatest polluters, says Indian NGO
Manoj Kumar, CEO of the Naandi Foundation in India tells RTCC that conservation efforts must help lift people out of poverty to be successful.
The new group taking the green world by storm – meet the Arab Youth Climate Movement
Youth Profile #19: As part of RTCC’s youth profile series we spoke to the AYCM about why Arab countries must take the lead on climate change as Qatar host this year’s UN conference.
Survey shows 77% of Americans think climate change is a priority
New poll shows turning tide in US attitudes to climate change and clean energy with overwhelming majority saying it should be on Congress’ to do list.
Why pacific island migration must be considered at the COP18 climate talks
COP18 focus: As effects of climate change are increasingly felt across world, can world’s most vulnerable wait for a comprehensive mitigation deal?
Climate action in the US: 5 Reasons to be cheerful
Forget the stalemate at the UN climate change talks, back home the US is making more climate change progress than its partisan politics would have you think.
Planet 6°C: Will climate change turn Planet Earth into Mars?
More and more scientists warn that the world could see global average temperatures rise 6°C by 2100. What would this mean for the planet?
The young African scientists linking modern research with indigenous wisdom
Youth Profile #18: Thabit Jacob tells RTCC how young scientists across Africa are using research to highlight the role of indigenous knowledge in tackling climate change.
Sri Lanka’s electric rickshaws spearhead latest UN climate campaign
UNFCCC’s latest Momentum for Change campaign highlights initiatives in Sri Lanka, China, Uganda, Peru & Kenya ahead of COP18 summit