Climate politics
Binding CO2 cap would leave US on shaky legal ground
BLOG: US legal expert lays out criteria for Paris pact, warns administration should not over commit or it could face trouble in courts
Australia needs radical CO2 cuts to match US, EU
NEWS: Mind the gap: experts show scale of cuts needed to match pollution reduction targets of major world emitters
Will a Paris climate change pact have any teeth?
ANALYSIS: What requirements will a proposed 2015 global warming deal place on countries? It’s a question exercising top legal minds
Hollande calls for climate funds at Caribbean summit
NEWS: French president urges rich countries to help vulnerable states as top officials from Cuba to the Bahamas stake out common position for region
Why Canada’s provinces are fighting the Feds on climate
ANALYSIS: Leftwingers’ shock victory in oil-rich Alberta signals energy sector shake-up as anticipated carbon taxes defy PM Harper
Conservative majority increases UK climate influence – Barker
NEWS: Returning prime minister David Cameron will advocate for a strong climate deal in Paris, says his former envoy
Modi: India can offer “natural leadership” on climate change
NEWS: PM offers grand vision of green India but no clues on country’s possible contribution to global climate pact
New Zealand stresses costs of climate action, looks to carbon markets
NEWS: Government is playing up the challenges of emissions cuts in a consultation on its contribution to a global climate deal
Brazil’s climate plans stall as historic drought hits country
NEWS: Government has promised to deliver ambitious plan to UN, but critics say work on Paris contribution has slowed
2C warming goal is a ‘defence line’, governments told
NEWS: Target exposes world’s poor to “very high risk” and should be tightened as much as possible, concludes expert dialogue
EU, China set to announce climate pact late summer
NEWS: Carbon markets and green investment flows on agenda for economic superpowers ahead of Paris climate summit
Business eyes place at Paris climate summit top table
ANALYSIS: France’s offer to business and regions to provide solutions could be a game changer if hosts can get round to working out a plan
EU-Swiss carbon market link raises fears of diluted climate ambition
NEWS: Carbon Market Watch calls for safeguards as emissions trading pact sets precedent for China and South Korea tie-ins
Fear of floods and droughts dominate Pakistan climate plan
INTERVIEW: Climate minister says country will submit strategy to UN by September, warns it faces increase in future weather extremes
Philippines climate envoy urges Paris review of warming goal
INTERVIEW: High risk countries press for tougher carbon cuts, fearing 2015 deal would leave them facing series of disasters
Mexico uses climate threat to justify ‘slum clearance’
NEWS: Official plans to relocate residents of shanty towns braced for future landslides and floods spark human rights fears
Rethink 2C climate goal, urge world’s most vulnerable
NEWS: Twenty nations menaced by rising sea levels and severe droughts attack “inadequate” temperature target
Saleemul Huq: Ditching 2C warming goal will condemn millions
COMMENT: Moves are afoot to lower expectations ahead of upcoming Paris deal, with long term costs for the planet
Palestine faces grave climate threat, but lacks voice at UN talks
INTERVIEW: Envoy backs push for full membership of UN’s climate body, warning more droughts could exacerbate conflict
Japan accused of ‘sleight of hand’ in climate targets
NEWS: Tokyo’s proposal to use 2013 baseline makes 26% emissions cut by 2030 look more ambitious than it is, say analysts, as coal makes a comeback