UN climate talks
India faces climate ‘isolation’ warns ex minister
NEWS: Prime Minister Modi may have to make concessions and agree emission cuts at UN talks if old alliances breaks down
‘Minilateral’ approach could spare UN climate talks gridlock
NEWS: Negotiations among 194 countries are unlikely to succeed warn analysts, arguing for radical shake-down to avoid 2C warming
Can Peru deliver a successful UN climate summit?
ANALYSIS: Expectations are high for the COP20 meeting in Lima, but success will require clever diplomacy from hosts
UN climate veteran confident 2015 summit won’t echo Copenhagen
INTERVIEW: Deputy chief Richard Kinley says intensive diplomacy from world’s major carbon polluters could pay off in Paris
UN considers biennial climate summits post 2015 deal
NEWS: Global negotiations could take place every two years as UN body focuses on implementing decisions
US Senate’s 66 votes should not shape global climate talks
COMMENT: Climate realists say a legally binding UN deal won’t work – but they’re on the wrong side of history says E3G’s Liz Gallagher
Russia inches closer to revealing 2030 climate target
NEWS: “Tough” policy option could see Russia’s 2030 carbon emissions stabilise at around today’s levels
Formal talks on UN climate change deal will ‘start in June’
Pressure from developing countries forces officials to agree to accelerate 2015 climate deal talks
Smog will drive China climate action, says France foreign minister
Laurent Fabius says Beijing knows it must take “bolder action” to cut pollution, expects cooperation on UN 2015 deal
UN climate talks: the toughest negotiations on planet earth
Diplomats involved in creating a global emissions reduction treaty explain why it’s such a tortuous process
China demands rich countries make 40% carbon cuts by 2020
Aggressive statement demands rich make savage carbon cuts and raise billions in climate aid by end of year
Least Developed Countries say science must drive UN climate talks
Nepal’s Prakash Mathema tells RTCC opportunity to address climate impacts is ‘closing fast’
EU releases proposals for UN 2015 climate deal
Criteria for submitting pledges for proposed global emissions reduction deal tops agenda for bloc
US outlines plans for ‘durable and ambitious’ UN climate deal
Early submission to UN reveals White House support for flexible deal involving developed and developing nations
US plans for tougher carbon pollution cuts gather pace
Reports from Washington DC suggest Obama Administration has held series of meeting to discuss possible climate strategies
Rich – poor divide ‘main question’ at UN climate talks says Korolec
Current head of international negotiations says developing nations will need to deliver emission reduction plans by 2015
Nuclear key to UN climate deal say France and UK
Joint statement says atomic power will play “critical role” in cost-effective low carbon transition
Snowden NSA files reveal US spied on diplomats at UN climate summit
Documents from whistleblower reveal extensive intelligence operation at 2009 UN meeting in Danish capital
Political pragmatism could stifle ambition of 2015 UN climate deal
Focus on legal nature of global warming treaty replaced by need to ensure any agreement is ‘meaningful’
Concrete emissions pledges ‘not a priority’ for 2015 climate deal – UN official
2015 climate deal unlikely to demand specific reduction pledges, and will cut emissions ‘bottom-up’, says top UN official