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France ready to step in if climate talks stall, says Tubiana

NEWS: Chief French climate diplomat says hosts of COP21 will take lead if countries fail to deliver new text by August

NEWS: UN health body adopts “landmark resolution” to tackle toxic particles from sources like coal plants and diesel engines

NEWS: Prime minister appoints Sunday Times columnist and green growth advocate Camilla Cavendish to head up policy unit

NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets worth some US$50 billion worldwide, says report, with interest growing ahead of Paris climate pact

NEWS: White House report stresses national security dangers posed if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise

NEWS: French President’s remarks chime with other business leaders at conference six months before Paris hosts crunch UN talks

NEWS: Developed countries must cut carbon deepest and deliver finance pledge, say emerging economies central to crunch summit

NEWS: Hungary’s president boosts plan to collect a billion-signature petition aimed at pressuring politicians ahead of Paris summit

NEWS: European heavyweights say global economy must be decarbonised by 2100, back carbon markets to deliver cuts and growth

NEWS: Reactions to university rejection of coal and tar sands range from “great leadership” to handing back degrees in disgust

NEWS: President of 2015 climate summit says he’s encouraged by countries backing calls to radically cut CO2 emissions in second half of century

NEWS: Harper government says plan is “fair and ambitious”, but critics point to reliance on carbon credits and inaction on tar sands

NEWS: Amid mixed results for fossil fuel divestment campaigns, Oxford alumni are threatening to hand back their degrees

NEWS: Developed countries must lead emissions curbs and make good on finance pledge say major emitters key to climate pact

INTERVIEW: Foreign minister Tony de Brum has maritime emissions in his sights in the latest bid to safeguard his country’s future

NEWS: Arvind Subramanian says Delhi’s record on climate change is far more impressive than developed countries give it credit for

NEWS: A Marshall Islands plea for climate action fell on deaf ears at IMO, leaving CO2 to rise unchecked

NEWS: Executive secretary of UN climate convention rejects notion carbon curbs will slow growth, admits 2015 deal will not be a “silver bullet”

NEWS: Energy chiefs say group of industrialised countries are in consensus over urgency of “deep” greenhouse gas cuts

NEWS: Allowing oil giant to search for more fossil fuels denies the “meaning” of scientific warnings, writes 350 campaign founder