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George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?
COMMENT: UK chancellor has taken an axe to country’s green policies in lead up to UN’s climate summit. His March 2016 budget will be an early chance to see if COP21 has worked
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
UK scraps £1bn carbon capture fund in blow to green credentials
NEWS: Cutbacks to clean energy support undermine British climate leadership ahead of Paris summit, experts warn
EU climate chief says US must consider binding Paris pact
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete turns screw on US counterpart Todd Stern, insisting COP21 must legally enforce national emissions cuts
UK climate diplomats face axe after COP21 Paris summit
NEWS: Network of envoys working on low carbon strategies and climate vulnerability in developing countries likely to shrink after Foreign Office cuts
UN climate chief praises UK pledge to axe coal by 2025
NEWS: ‘Kudos to the UK’, says Christiana Figueres as country eyes nuclear and gas-fired power stations expansion to replace coal
France promises ‘enhanced’ COP21 security after terror attacks
NEWS: Climate summit will go ahead but foreign minister Laurent Fabius indicates policing levels will be increased as a result of IS assault
UK, India agree £3.2bn low carbon deal ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: Cameron and Modi sign off trade package to boost India’s green economy, but doubts persist over UK’s domestic commitment to tackling climate change
Mattias Soderberg: Europe has missed its chance on climate finance
COMMENT: With no concrete commitments to scale up cash, EU position will fail to win developing country allies at Paris COP21
CEOs to the rescue: Can business save the world from climate change?
NEWS: PwC says private and public sector has tools to limit warming to below 2C danger zone, if COP21 in Paris delivers green investment framework
China, France agree Paris climate deal must deliver regular reviews
NEWS: French president signs declaration with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping backing a long term goal and five-yearly assessments of national climate plans
Polish president vetoes Kyoto Protocol, pending new analysis
NEWS: Andrzej Duda says he wants to see impact of treaty’s second phase on economy in decision that sparks anger in developing world
Poland can break coal chokehold, says clean power body
NEWS: Country can loosen fossil fuel’s grip on energy system by quintupling share of renewables to 38% by 2030, says IRENA
Don’t bet on a Polish EU climate policy revolt – analysts
ANALYSIS: Opposition bid to renegotiate bloc’s 2030 package dismissed as ‘posturing’ as voters set to dump government, analysts say
Japan bucks trend as G7 quits coal
NEWS: Bloc seen phasing out dirty fuel driven by United States, but Japan remains stubborn advocate says report
Climate takes low profile as Xi Jinping visits UK
ANALYSIS: Britain is wooing China’s president for contentious investment in nuclear plants, but the real opportunities are elsewhere
Norway’s oil-rich capital first to divest from fossil fuels
NEWS: Oslo “takes responsibility for climate” in ridding $9 billion pension fund of coal, oil and gas investments say surging Greens
Brexit: what impact on the climate?
ANALYSIS: Britain is to vote in a referendum on its membership of the EU by 2017. Where could that leave its climate policy? We asked five experts
Who’d buy a coal mine? Two very different bids
ANALYSIS: X2 Resources and Greenpeace have their reasons for acquiring coal assets amid low commodity prices and climate concerns
Paris: a once-in-a-century deal, says EU climate boss
NEWS: Ambition of carbon-cutting pledges show new UN approach is working, but mechanism to ratchet up actions vital for road ahead