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Turkey coal push wrecks ‘inadequate’ climate pledge – analysts
NEWS: Planned dirty power plants will wipe out clean energy gains, says Climate Action Tracker, jeopardising an already weak emissions target
What game theorists predict for a Paris climate deal
NEWS: Academics expect weak language on compensating victims of global warming, but agreement on a long-term global emissions target
7 climate change data tools and what they tell you
BLOG: Interactives from the likes of NASA, WRI and the Financial Times open up hours of fun for the global warming watcher
Indonesia climate pledge hazy on deforestation – analysts
NEWS: Jakarta is fudging future emissions from tree-cutting and stripped peatland amid a coal spree, says Climate Action Tracker
US, EU ‘avoiding fair share’ of climate effort
NEWS: Developed world should deepen emissions cuts five times or more by 2030, say civil society groups, plus support poor countries
Saudis to deliver climate plan by Paris, says Tubiana
NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
India ex-climate minister lays out ‘minimums’ for Paris deal
NEWS: Tool to both verify countries’ carbon cuts and ratchet them up in the future vital to summit’s success, says Jairam Ramesh
Paris climate talks ‘not a north-south fight’
NEWS: Developing countries are owning their climate plans, say experts on Climate Home panel, as national interests drive low carbon engagement
UN to quiz Saudi Arabia, Qatar over missing climate plans
NEWS: Secretary General’s advisor says his office will be on the phone to those countries yet to deliver greenhouse gas slashing proposals
Bolivia vilifies capitalism in ten climate commandments
NEWS: South American country proposes ‘structural solutions to the climate crisis’ in belated pledge towards UN deal
Morocco summit told carbon-cutting rate must double
NEWS: National climate pledges cut emissions 3% a year for each unit of GDP, analysts say, but 6.3% needed to meet 2C goal
Bolivia dash for oil undermines ‘Mother Earth’ summit
NEWS: Analysts dismiss South American rebel’s climate gathering next week as a publicity stunt, amid weak environment record
India poised to overachieve ‘cautious’ emissions target
NEWS: Clean energy policies put country on track to outperform carbon-cutting aims for 2030, says Climate Action Tracker
Pakistan PM delays climate pledge over provincial rivalries
NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom
OPEC chief defends members over missing climate pledges
NEWS: Petropowers like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria should only submit carbon-cutting plans if they are “win-win”, says Abdalla Salem El-Badri
Hall of shame: Who hasn’t pledged yet to UN climate pact?
ANALYSIS: Nearly 50 countries missed the UN deadline for carbon-cutting plans. Whether due to limited means, sloth or belligerence, here are the big ones not playing ball
9 things we learned from national climate pledges
ANALYSIS: Almost 150 countries covering 90% of world carbon pollution submit timely plans to UN in unprecedented global exercise
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal
India targets 33-35% emissions intensity cut by 2030
NEWS: Hotly anticipated climate pledge from New Delhi needs an estimated US$2.5 trillion of international support
Climate pledges overshoot 2C target but emissions gap narrowing
NEWS: If fully enacted, national plans will hold warming to 2.7C by end of century, analysts say on UN deadline day