Climate politics
UK lawmakers make climate case for fracking ban
NEWS: Cross-party committee of MPs argues government dash for shale gas is incompatible with emissions goals
“I’m pretty optimistic” – lead US climate lawyer on Paris talks
INTERVIEW: Susan Biniaz talks to RTCC about six words that made the US-China climate pact and working towards a Paris deal
Development goals at stake in new UN disaster risk deal
INTERVIEW: Head of UN’s risk reduction body tells RTCC proposed deal will underpin climate treaty and sustainable development goal
Obama and Modi promise to back strong UN climate pact
NEWS: Leaders present cooperation package covering clean energy, nuclear, air pollution and Paris climate summit
Ban Ki-moon: Lack of focus on green investment “troubling”
NEWS: UN chief confident “robust” climate deal will be delivered in Paris but demands end to high carbon infrastructure projects
Hollande calls for global “solidarity” in fight against climate change
NEWS: French president calls for global alliance of political leaders, businessmen and NGOs ahead of UN Paris conference
UN ready to receive national climate plans for 2015 deal
NEWS: UN’s climate body launches website for countries to submit their contributions to Paris treaty
Modi to seek US backing for India clean energy development
ANALYSIS: Carbon cuts unlikely to be on agenda at key US-India meeting, but discussions will focus on access to green energy technologies
Queenslanders urged to ‘vote for the reef’ not coal
NEWS: Next week’s state election critical for Galilee Basin coal mines, the Great Barrier Reef and the climate
Climate still seen as niche issue at World Economic Forum
INTERVIEW: Debate over slashing carbon emissions is not breaking into wider economic conversations, warns World Bank climate chief
European lawmakers fail to approve carbon market reforms
NEWS: Future of the EU flagship climate policy remains uncertain after inconclusive industrial committee vote
US Senate agrees climate change is not a hoax, but split on causes
NEWS: Nearly half of all top lawmakers in Washington DC reject latest climate science and deny human link to warming temperatures
Fate of EU carbon market hangs in the balance
NEWS: European lawmakers vote on critical reforms to the emissions trading system on Thursday
Al Gore warns oil chiefs against climate denial
NEWS: At World Economic Forum in Davos, former US vice president accuses oil executives of “wishful thinking” on climate risk
Blocking climate action threatens child health, Obama tells Congress
NEWS: US president uses State of Union speech to mock climate sceptics and says green policies will help most vulnerable in society
UK political consensus on climate could crumble like Australia’s
NEWS: Senior Australian Labor Party MP says radicalisation of right could see low carbon policies quickly axed
Meet the unlikely climate allies bridging divides in UN talks
FEATURE: Mexico, Switzerland and South Korea form a small but influential group that could be critical in building a Paris deal
UN climate chief: Carbon bubble is now a reality
NEWS: Christiana Figueres says there is evidence that fossil fuel investors are already being hit as projects become unviable
India’s Modi calls for “paradigm shift” on climate
NEWS: Prime minister seeks solar solidarity ahead of US president Barack Obama’s visit
Ban Ki-moon appoints WWF’s Janos Pasztor as climate advisor
NEWS: WWF conservation and science expert will advise UN secretary general in approach to Paris talks