Climate politics
EU: US climate plan could put 2°C goal at risk
Proposals by the US for nations to set their own greenhouse gas targets could fail to close the gap in ambition the EU’s top climate change negotiator has said
EU has already hit Kyoto target: claims
Sandbag claims bloc is 21.4% below 1990 emission levels, surpassing the 20% goal set in 2008
EU denies climate policy hinges on German election
Campaigners argue German election could alter EU position but bloc’s top climate change negotiator says Germany will always aim for “pole position” on climate
EU greenhouse gas emissions lowest since 1990
Latest data release from European Environment Agency (EEA) shows fall of 3.3% in 2011
Ban Ki-moon could oversee climate target debate
EU suggests UN meeting of world leaders could host debate to set emission reduction targets by end of 2014
Panama’s forest tribes want UN carbon projects scrapped
Indigenous people say the REDD scheme is ignoring their concerns
Ashton: Help Obama sidestep Congress and sign UN climate deal
Efforts by the US to impose a voluntary global deal must be resisted, former UK climate ambassador John Ashton warns
EU: 2030 climate policy must address global UN deal
Tentative 40% emissions reduction goal suggested, full policy package to be put forward before 2014
Indian MP: UK should ditch fossil fuel subsidies
Kalikesh Singh Deo praises the country’s climate legislation but says low targets and fossil fuel subsidies blot its record
Comment: Business needs a carbon budget to hit 2°C target
Switching focus from greenhouse gas cuts to budgeting those we emit, will be more effective, writes Japan’s former climate ambassador Yoshi Nishimura
China to cap carbon emissions by 2016
Plan to impose a ceiling on greenhouse gas emissions will be enforced to speed up progress on a national carbon market
Ban Ki-moon: World on course to run out of water
Writing to mark International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN secretary general says water security and biodiversity are mutually reinforcing
Crime and corruption threaten Congo rainforest
UN backed REDD+ scheme to protect forests has struggled in the DR Congo but a new report says that could change
Ecuador reveals plan for OPEC to save the Amazon
Oil levy to be proposed next week could be used to compensate countries to keep oil in the ground
WWF: EU must hold nerve on aviation climate deal
Bloc must stand by its threats as global system to cut emissions nears moment of truth
John Ashton: No UK political party serious about climate change
Former top British climate diplomat says none of the country’s major political parties is serious about the climate change issue
EU carbon credit surplus doubles in 2012
Emissions from power generation and industry fell 2% but overshadowed by the growing surplus of credits
Arctic Council decision leaves region open for oil and gas drilling
Pledge from Arctic states to “take action” to address the causes of climate change has been dismissed as meaningless by observers
EU fast start finance claims ‘misleading’ say observers
Climate finance experts tell RTCC European Union claims it has fully funded FSF commitments between 2010-2012 are inaccurate
Kerry: US must do more on climate change
Secretary of State says country’s response has been inadequate