Climate politics
Figueres: 400ppm a sign leaders must address climate change
United Nations climate chief says news world has hit 400ppm CO2 target should encourage governments to boost emission reduction ambitions
How many decarbonisation targets does the EU need?
European Commission is consulting on how to maintain decarbonisation momentum, but will binding targets for renewables, efficiency and emissions work?
South Asian MPs visit UK to urge greater climate ambition
Parliamentarians from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh head to London to call for greater investment in renewable technologies
Post-2015 sustainability goals ‘should target consumption’
New group representing Least Developed Countries says post-2015 agenda should focus on role of rich nation in damaging environment
McKibben: 400ppm is a grim climate landmark
As world passes an atmospheric concentration of CO2 not seen for more than 3 million years, there are calls for politicians to pay more attention to the science
Canada wears climate pariah label “with honour”
Despite more pleas this week for Canada to reconsider its position on climate change, the Government’s commitment to its tar sands oil resources is likely to win
Is it time to abandon the 2 degree warming target?
Avoiding two degrees of warming is a key principle of the UN climate talks. But who decides how much warming is too much?
Rules to measure climate ambition could be agreed at UN summit in Warsaw
Climate Action Network says UN should host ‘equity review’ to establish indicators countries can use to assess climate ambition
Climate finance: the elephant that’s not even in the room
Lack of progress on climate finance flows could fatally undermine attempts to broker a global deal in 2015
EU carbon price crisis spreads to Australia
Tax cuts promised on back of carbon levy revenues postponed as low prices in Europe affect Aussie policy
G8 set to discuss climate change
Queen’s Speech confirms climate change will be discussed at forthcoming summit, despite reports UK had blocked issue from agenda
Berlin climate talks end with pledge to ‘inspire and enable’ action
Petersberg Climate Dialogue concludes with acknowledgement that world is on course to break 2 degrees Celsius barrier
Framework of global climate deal starts to emerge
Last week’s round of UN climate change talks in Bonn offered an insight into what a binding emissions treaty could look like
Ministers urge long term fix for EU climate policy
UK, German & French environment ministers demand July deadline for carbon market reform and warns inaction now could jeopardise longer term climate goals
EU to vote on carbon market reforms in July
Environment committee confirms new date for critical decision on future of EU’s climate change policy
Why legal form matters at international climate negotiations
Joy Hyvarinen from the FIELD asks if states act rationally when negotiating and ratifying treaties, and whether they have biases that can be predicted?
Mapping global climate action through word clouds
Climate change policies of the USA, EU, China and poorer nations unravelled in Adopt a Negotiator’s innovative word clouds
Political will to tackle climate change faces Petersberg Dialogue test
Ministers from 35 countries meet an influential Berlin summit to set agenda for main UN climate talks in Warsaw
Poland and France co-operating on 2015 climate deal
Next UN climate talks host already working with 2015 President France. Reassures issues within the EU will not affect its influence on the talks
Climate vulnerable states call for greater ambition at UN talks
Negotiators and civil society offer their reaction to a week of UN climate negotiations in Bonn