Climate politics
EU calms Kyoto Protocol ratification storm
Lead negotiator assures nations at UN climate talks second commitment period will be ratified by member states in 2013
Why you should be angry, and why anger isn’t enough
Former UK climate diplomat John Ashton calls on young people to re-engage in politics and find their “collective voice as a generation”
EU leads new push to ban HFC greenhouse gases
Proposal to tackle HFCs outside of the UN’s climate process finds wide support as nations look for quick cuts to global emissions
Figueres: 2015 climate deal must kickstart green growth
UN climate chief tells RTCC agreement must be the start of a transformation of world economy to cleaner technologies & renewable energy
Pablo Solon: everyone must accept binding climate commitments
Former Bolivian Ambassador to United Nations says ‘pledge and review’ climate deal recommended by USA will not solve emissions crisis
Who is to blame for soaring levels of carbon dioxide?
US and EU historic emissions are vast but growth in China and India has tipped balance
Saudi Arabia isolated as UN climate talks make progress
Oil producer’s objections to climate deal ignored as nations line up to back low carbon growth
EU uncertainty likely to affect global carbon markets
CDM Executive Board chief Peer Stiansen says it’s vital EU emissions trading scheme is backed by governments
Rich countries blamed for setting climate talks ‘back a decade’
Group of developing nations says failure to take responsibility has set back UN process making current negotiations the last chance
EU carbon market reform unlikely – report
Thomson Reuters Point Carbon revises its carbon price estimates and assumes that there will be no short term fix for Europe’s struggling cap and trade system
Small island states issue climate compensation warning
Pacific nations say push for damages incurred from climate change will cost more than taking early efforts to cut emissions
UN climate process primed for final tilt at global emissions deal
Warnings from science grow louder but climate finance and emission ambition remain festering sores at international negotiations
Comment: EU climate policy at a crossroads
Joe Curtin from the IIEA asks if the rejection of EU ETS “backloading” is a minor hiccup or the beginning of the end?
Obama’s climate credentials face test at UN talks in Bonn
US President talks big, but will his team demonstrate commitment to multilateral process at next round of negotiations?
China, EU, USA & India outline global climate deal positions
As governments prepare to meet in Bonn to discuss a proposed 2015 climate treaty, RTCC looks at the opening positions of the USA, EU, China and India
UN climate fund risks becoming ‘a closed bank’, warns NGO
The UN’s $100bn Green Climate Fund could become ineffective and lose trust if it does not open up, writes Transparency International’s Alice Harrison
Canada’s oil chief Joe Oliver slates climate expert James Hansen
Guardian: Outspoken politician says US scientist should be ‘ashamed’ of his ‘exaggerated rhetoric’ on exploitation of tar sands
China ends production of HCFC greenhouse gases
Agreement will see the production of potent gases linked to global warming phased out by 2030
Progress on strict car emission limits offer EU good news
Draft law putting a 95g per km limit on new cars by 2020 approved by committee
Saudi Arabia blocks climate change from UN poverty goals
Group of oil producing nations looks to keep clean energy targets out of new sustainable development poverty framework