Paris Agreement
Bolsonaro names climate denier as Brazil’s foreign minister
Ernesto Araújo, a relatively junior diplomat, accuses the left of using the environmental cause ‘to serve their political project of total domination’
Islands need support to face shocking impacts of 1.5C global warming
Last month’s landmark UN science report underlines why vulnerable countries must demand funding to cover their climate-induced losses
Bolsonaro in, Merkel out: the Paris climate gang is breaking up
In 2015, a group of countries banded together to shape the global climate pact, but political turmoil is pulling the alliance apart
Bolsonaro says Brazil will stay in the Paris Agreement
Ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, the frontrunner has said he will stay in the UN climate pact, as long as it does not threaten Brazilian sovereignty
EU lawmakers support 55% emission cuts as IPCC spectre lurks
MEPs are calling on the EU to bump its 2030 target in light of this week’s scientific report of 1.5C of global warming
Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM
The country won’t withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but it’s not obliged to follow UN recommendations either, Scott Morrison said
Bolsonaro has made grim threats to the Amazon and its people
Presidential favourite would abolish Brazil’s environment ministry, exposing world’s largest rainforest and its indigenous owners to criminal gangs of loggers and miners
Todd Stern: Remain faithful to the Paris Agreement
The deal moved away from the firewall between developed and developing countries; going backward would undermine ambition
Poland’s plan to leave its mark on UN climate talks
Declarations on forests, electric vehicles and the impact of climate action on coal workers will be a central legacy of this year’s talks in Katowice
‘Everyone was frustrated’: US-China stand-off holds up climate talks
A week of climate negotiations in Bangkok proceeded unevenly, as old fights about the firewall between rich and poor countries resurfaced
Bangkok Bulletin: All night climate party
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Armed with faded copies, four diplomats write the rules of the Paris Agreement
Climate Home News grabs the four sleepless negotiators who are leading talks on the rules of the global climate regime
Yvo de Boer: Heads of state must intervene to fix climate process
Former UN climate chief says trust underpinning global negotiations can only be restored at the highest political level
Australia joins Pacific to declare climate ‘single greatest’ security threat
Region of island states calls for the Paris Agreement to be upheld, with Australia joining despite recent political turmoil over climate policy
Bangkok bulletin: ‘We are not ready’
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In Bangkok, governments scramble to agree Paris climate rulebook
UN climate chief calls on nations to make decisive progress in last-chance talks in the Thai capital
Three things this week’s Bangkok climate talks must get right
As talks resume in Thailand, experts outline the game plan for a deal on the rules of the Paris Agreement
Polish climate chief calls on former presidents for back-up
Michał Kurtyka convened a meeting with French, Mexican and Moroccan heads of previous UN climate summits, in preparation for December’s critical talks
Green fund woes loom over upcoming climate talks
Difficulties within the UN Green Climate Fund will bleed into sensitive negotiations on climate change next week in Bangkok
Ousted Australian PM: This government cannot address climate change
Turnbull says party is captured by ideologues with views not based in ‘engineering and economics’. He is replaced by treasurer who brought lump of coal to parliament