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China, EU to talk long term emissions goal – Canete

NEWS: Power brokers to home in on climate at 29 June meet, while China may unveil critical carbon-cutting pledge, sources say

NEWS: Proposal to sell off up to 70% of the Green Investment Bank will harm low carbon sector, say wide range of critics

NEWS: Syria crisis shows how climate change can lead to instability and conflict, experts say in call for cooperation

NEWS: Judges rule the Netherlands should deepen emissions cuts to at least 25% by 2020, in landmark legal decision

NEWS: Aboriginal elders and residents oppose Abbot Point port expansion as Unesco mulls “in danger” status for unique coral ecosystem

NEWS: EPA warns of severe penalties for undermining green transport policy, after 50-year-old runaway pleads guilty to charges

$UK political consensus on fracking for gas disintegrates$

NEWS: Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful latest to call for fracking ban, while Labour favourite and SNP also support moratorium

NEWS: Amazon country pins two-thirds of draft carbon-cutting target on halting deforestation, but critics question government’s resolve

ANALYSIS: Dependent on petrol exports, the South American country is fraught with contradictions as it resists overhaul of fossil fuels

NEWS: Destruction of nature is a “crime” says Pontiff in leaked draft of encyclical; official version due out on Thursday

NEWS: Democrat hopeful lashes out at sceptics and says she’ll back growth of solar, wind and other green energies

NEWS: Former US Treasury chief Hank Paulson leads call for US politicians to take global warming seriously

NEWS: Government set to maintain plans to slash emissions and boost clean energy use in UN pledge due on June 17

BLOG: Climate talks are like pregnancy, Ethiopia is more climate-forward than Australia and God is on the climate’s side

NEWS: Contribution to UN pact championed by European Commission represents a 15% rise in CO2 emissions

NEWS: Chairs of talks for a global emissions deal propose new “tool” that will synthesise and clarify discussions so far

NEWS: Christiana Figueres says Pope Francis will stress moral obligation to protect planet for future generations

NEWS: Report finds country “pocketing difference” from slower emissions growth while projections remain fixed

NEWS: Smaller and clearer plans for global deal expected this week, but doubts over progress linger among participants

NEWS: Sub-Saharan country eyes 64% emissions cut by 2030 on business-as-usual as it bids for carbon-neutrality in future