Climate politics
Five days to make history: What next at the Paris climate talks?
BLOG: Ministers have arrived from most of the 195 countries that are due to sign off a global warming pact at COP21 on Friday
India can accept 1.5C warming limit – if rich nations make the carbon cuts
NEWS: Chief negotiator tells Climate Home Delhi is open to more ambitious global goals, but warns it’s rich nations who will have to take up the slack
Exxon put on mock trial in Paris for ‘climate crimes’
BLOG: Oil major not found guilty – nor innocent – of deliberately denying global warming as celebrity judges leave audience to make up their own minds
Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
NEWS: Speaking at a side event of COP21, industry and observers warn the International Maritime Organization is letting key sector off the hook
Politicians face ‘difficult issues’ as UN releases draft climate deal
NEWS: China and India hold out against regular climate plan reviews as politicians prepare to thrash out compromise on pre and post 2020 climate finance
Top financial regulator turns up heat on polluting companies
ANALYSIS: It doesn’t guarantee transparency – think Volkswagen scandal – but Financial Stability Board initiative will force companies to disclose their carbon footprints
Soft power: Check out the Paris climate summit national pavilions
VIDEO: Over 190 countries are in Paris to save the world from dangerous global warming. But they’re also here to show off their latest gizmos and cut some juicy deals
Marshall Islands minister Tony de Brum loses election
UPDATED: International climate change advocate will leave government in January, after fighting for a UN deal at COP21 in Paris
Police and activists clash at Paris climate summit protest
VIDEO: Activists storm event bearing ‘climate solutions’ to criticise corporate sponsorship as UN talks near half-way mark
France calls on diplomatic cavalry as climate talks heat up
NEWS: Foreign minister Laurent Fabius urges speed as countries engage in rolling negotiations ahead of Saturday evening deadline for new draft climate deal
COP21 Podcast: Who pays for a global climate deal?
Ed King is joined by the World Bank’s Rachel Kyte to discuss the vexed issue of climate finance, the $100 billion goal and future investments in clean energy
COP21: Inside the Paris summit
VIDEO: Take a tour of Le Bourget conference centre where countries are crafting a new global warming pact
Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force
NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris
COP21 diary: Envoys meet in open, fearing rooms are bugged
Latest news, views and colour from the UN climate change summit in Paris
COP21: What sectors and products will benefit from a climate deal?
BLOG: Making Paris relevant to the real-world is a challenge – but it’s important; many of the targets and words here are just hot air without money
Saudi Arabia, India quash UN study warning of 2C dangers
NEWS: Island nations left distraught as major carbon polluters block report that suggested limiting temperature rises to well below 2C would be safer for millions
Podcast: A climate scientist’s first UN summit
Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, evangelical Christian and communicator, reflects on 2C, US Republicans and the “Pope effect”
COP21: Climate finance row burning bright as clock ticks on talks
NEWS: Negotiations heat up as developed, developing and emerging economies get cold feet over long term funding figures
Africa’s green belt gets greenbacks to halt spreading Sahara
NEWS: France’s Francois Hollande and donors put up $4 bn for band of trees stretching 7,100km from Djibouti to Dakar
Germany and France back 1.5C global warming limit
NEWS: Countries vulnerable to climate change impact welcomed show of support for tighter temperature goal at COP21 in Paris