Climate politics
UN General Assembly: time for leaders to deliver climate ambition
World leaders need to take more ambitious actions to confront the mounting threat of climate change
IPCC set to issue governments with tough climate change warning
The world must prepare for a strong message on climate change as leaders meet in Stockholm to finalise report
China responds to public anger with new pollution plan
Central government launches five year strategy to cut smog as Pew Research Center poll suggests 47% now unhappy with quality of environment
UN climate report set to establish ‘global carbon budget’
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change likely to detail figure of fossil fuels that can be burnt before 2°C warming limit is breached
Time for Angela Merkel to fill the climate leadership vacuum?
Angela Merkel is expected to win this weekend’s German election, but will a new coalition government be committed to climate and clean energy issues?
UK youth target COP19 UN climate summit sponsors
Campaigners say choice of BMW, Emirates and General Motors as COP19 hosts is inappropriate given poor pollution records
Concrete emissions pledges ‘not a priority’ for 2015 climate deal – UN official
2015 climate deal unlikely to demand specific reduction pledges, and will cut emissions ‘bottom-up’, says top UN official
California and China sign climate change pact
US state signs two-year agreement with Beijing, agreeing to work together to advance low carbon development
John Ashton: a winning climate coalition is waiting to be forged
Former UK climate envoy says low carbon industry and progressive politicians need to combine to build new political consensus on global warming
Costa Rica debates new climate change law
Bill could see creation of National Climate Change Committee and legally binding decarbonisation targets
Sir David King appointed UK climate change envoy
Former Chief Scientific Advisor takes key Foreign Office post two years ahead of proposed UN emissions reduction deal
Will Norway’s climate ambition continue under Erna Solberg?
New centre-right government takes charge of climate progressive country, but questions remain over commitment to cutting domestic emissions
UN targets global land degradation deal in 2015
UNCCD chief Luc Gnacadja says land degradation is now a “critical” issue with huge economic and social implications
Gambia minister ‘frustration’ at sluggish UN climate process
In an interview with RTCC, Environment Minister Fatou Gaye pleas with developed countries to “act quickly” to help Gambia
UK political parties accused of ‘weak leadership’ on environment
Report by WWF, RSPB, Greenpeace and Green Alliance claims all three parties have failed to take decisive stance on environmental policy
Analysis: UN climate finance talks lay foundation for Warsaw summit
A series of UN-sponsored long term climate finance talks concluded today in South Korea. E3G’s Amal-Lee Amin explains what we have learnt
UN bids for leadership role in ‘age of sustainable development’
New report claims UN is only organisation able to implement Sustainable Development Goals that are set to guide economic thinking until 2050
Barroso promises EU climate policy framework by end of 2013
European Commission president uses final State of Union speech to promise policy action on climate change and rebuke climate deniers
South Korea pledges $40 million to Green Climate Fund
Fund hosts say this will ensure developing countries have the capacity to use the UN-backed low carbon bank
Direct Action: should we give Tony Abbott’s climate plan a chance?
Anthony Hobley from Norton Rose Fulbright asks if the new Coalition’s Direct Action Plan is an end to Climate Action or simply a case of clever re-branding?