Climate politics
UN asks: What does Paris climate agreement mean for you?
BLOG: Climate body launches social media campaign to raise profile of global deal ahead of April ceremony
Nepal targets 80% renewables as fuel blockade bites
NEWS: Landlocked nation plans hydropower and solar rollout in belated submission to UN climate deal, citing energy security concerns
Scientists pour cold water on ocean geoengineering idea
NEWS: Fertilising algae with iron filings is no easy climate fix, study finds, as benefits in one region will be offset elsewhere
Top lobbyist says coal needs its own ‘Mission Innovation’
INTERVIEW: Despite climate concerns, hundreds of coal plants are being built worldwide. The World Coal Association argues governments should stump up for cleaner technology
France plans renewed climate diplomacy blitz to protect Paris deal
INTERVIEW: Laurence Tubiana says maintaining momentum from COP21 summit is vital as governments prepare to work on finer details of historic pact
Ban Ki-moon urges leaders to sign climate pact in April
NEWS: 2015 landmark climate agreement open for signature on April 22 in New York, coinciding with Earth Day, says secretary-general
Maldives is trashing climate legacy, says ousted president Nasheed
NEWS: Represented by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, former leader wins release from prison and speaks out against successor
India, France switch on global solar alliance
NEWS: Modi and Hollande inaugurate New Delhi HQ of 122-strong coalition following announcement at Paris climate summit
NGO sorts climate leaders from the laggards
NEWS: Oil companies Total and BP don’t live up to green rhetoric while Unilever and Iberdrola are ‘true leaders’, says Influence Map
UK fracking furore will fizzle out says shale chief
INTERVIEW: Protests are the norm with onshore energy projects – but let industry address ‘fears and myths’ to prove benefits, says top natural gas lobbyist
Shift beyond oil ‘unstoppable’ post Paris, says UN climate chief
INTERVIEW: With Middle Eastern governments accepting hydrocarbons’ days are numbered, Christiana Figueres says progress on decarbonising economy is inevitable
What new climate measures are G7 members taking after Paris deal?
ANALYSIS: A month after COP21 summit, club of major economies weighs policy tweaks to meet tough global warming goal
Climate communicators told: Don’t use protest pictures
NEWS: Most people don’t identify with environmentalists, surveys show, so react cynically to images of demonstrations
Cameron: Criticism of UK climate policy is ‘nonsense’
NEWS: British prime minister dismisses concerns raised by investors, businesses and Al Gore about bonfire of green regulations
Laurent Fabius: Climate finance, transparency rules priorities for 2016
NEWS: President of UN climate talks insists he will see out tenure despite reshuffle rumours, says COP21 deal means move from fossil fuels is now irreversible
Obama to spotlight climate legacy in final State of Union
CRIB NOTES: US president looks forward not back; Trump slams EU plane fine, Snow business in Swiss ski industry
Bush recognised climate as a ‘real problem’ reveal Clinton-Blair calls
NEWS: Incoming Republican presidential candidate saw global warming as a threat, but three months later he killed Kyoto Protocol
UN climate summit sponsor EDF rapped for ‘greenwashing’
NEWS: Advertising watchdog sides with anti-nuclear campaigners against French utility’s claim 98% of its electricity is carbon-free
Climate denial is alive and kicking say scientists
NEWS: Study mines 16,000 documents from conservative thinktanks for insights into how they “manufacture doubt” on climate change
The next generation of climate influencers
BLOG: COP21 was a watershed moment as the UN climate body came of age. Here are six entrepreneurs, activists and lawmakers that could take it into its next phase