COP21
Top 5 threats to a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: US Republicans, terrorism and even unruly activists risk derailing the delicate UN negotiations starting next week
Global climate march: Thousands set to show support for UN deal
NEWS: Organisers say over 2,300 events are planned worldwide to push countries to strike a strong climate deal in Paris
Weekly wrap: Paris preview, blocking coal and 2C controversy
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Sleepless but seductive: The life of a climate diplomat
ANALYSIS: They are the experts shaping a new UN deal. As COP21 starts, how do negotiators ride out the two-week roller-coaster?
Envoys aim to surf wave of optimism at Paris climate talks
ANALYSIS: Stars are aligning for UN pact as never before say top negotiators on eve of two-week summit to solve global warming
Bloc party: Here are the buddies of UN climate talks
BLOG: Cliques are the name of the game as countries seek power in numbers to drive shared interests. Here’s a rundown of the negotiating blocs in Paris
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
EU climate chief says US must consider binding Paris pact
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete turns screw on US counterpart Todd Stern, insisting COP21 must legally enforce national emissions cuts
Meet the envoys with a UN climate change deal in their hands
NEWS: These are the figures that will make or break a new global warming agreement. Get to know them as the ‘COP21’ game of chess begins
World headed for hottest year on record – WMO
NEWS: 2011-2015 was the warmest five-year period since measurements began, UN weather agency declares before Paris summit
Paris climate deal needs solidarity on loss and damage
COMMENT: The world must stand with the victims of global warming as well as those affected by terror attacks, writes Julie-Anne Richards
‘I’m going to Paris because I’m fighting for my home’
COMMENT: Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explains why she has decided to travel thousands of miles to France, and why she’s not leaving without an ambitious climate deal
Podcast: UN COP21 Paris climate change preview
Climate Home’s Ed King is joined by Globe International’s Malini Mehra and Stephen Cornelius from WWF-UK to look ahead to the Paris summit
Paris climate summit set to be greener than Lima
NEWS: COP21 is forecast to generate two-fifths the greenhouse gases of last year’s Lima talks, reveals French presidency
Inside Canada premiers’ climate science class before Paris summit
NEWS: Prime minister Justin Trudeau uses first meeting between provincial chiefs and Ottawa in 7 years to build bridges and buff up climate knowledge
Hollande, Ban head to Malta for final push ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: French president and UN chief to use Commonwealth heads of government bash to iron out differences before COP21 kick-off
Prince Charles: Climate change driving conflict, terrorism
NEWS: Drought, scarce resources and loss of vital ecosystems are contributing to conflict around the world, says heir to British throne
Business chiefs pledge to debunk climate sceptics
NEWS: CEOs at Microsoft, Nestle, Pepsi, Tata, Dow Chemical offer new set of climate pledges and say they will debunk those who doubt climate science
Super-rich Qatar delivers target-free UN climate pledge
NEWS: Qataris average earnings top US$140,000 a year but country wants free solar technology if it is make any carbon cuts at all
Republicans ransom US Green Fund pledge ahead of Paris climate summit
NEWS: GOP demands vote on White House $3bn pledge in gambit to weaken US authority at COP21