World
Latin America needs stronger climate pledges – analysts
NEWS: Brazil and Peru get a “medium” rating, while Chile and Argentina emissions targets are “inadequate”, says Climate Action Tracker
India PM proposes solar power alliance with Africa
NEWS: Climate change and security cooperation key themes of Narendra Modi address to 41 African heads of state in New Delhi
Brazil minister calls out emerging economies over weak climate pledges
NEWS: Izabella Teixeira describes Singapore, South Korea climate plans as ‘inexcusable’ compared with ‘ambitious’ Brazil proposal
Australia PM Turnbull stands by coal amid moratorium calls
NEWS: Recently annointed prime minister is defending mine expansion plans, to the ire of Pacific neighbours and climate campaigners
Video: Jairam Ramesh talks up India’s climate progress
New Delhi has taken controversial steps to reduce emissions intensity and push solar power, says former environment minister
Indonesia’s Jokowi cuts short US trip to fire-fight at home
NEWS: President Joko Widodo ends state visit as forest fire crisis engulfs new administration, but wins new US aid
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
US and Japan strike deal to cut coal finance
NEWS: Obama administration reportedly gets Japan on board to phase out controversial coal export credits
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
US considers Bikini Atoll climate refugee claims
NEWS: Decades after a nuclear bomb uprooted a small group of Pacific islanders, global warming could make them homeless yet again
Video: Monica Araya on rich-poor climate relations
Developing countries are not just victims of climate change, says former Costa Rican negotiator and founder of think tank Nivela
Persian Gulf faces ‘intolerable’ heat on current emissions trends
NEWS: It is in the interests of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to back global action on climate change, study shows
UN land restoration pact boosts Paris climate summit
NEWS: Diplomats strike ‘breakthrough’ deal to halt degradation of world’s terrain from 2030, but US$30bn price tag looms large
Video: Pete Ogden talks US climate politics and COP21
Pope Francis and Xi Jinping are raising the profile of climate change in Washington, says ex White House staffer and Center for American Progress senior fellow
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
Sri Lanka makes compensation plea in UN climate pledge
NEWS: Island off tip of southern India wants reimbursing for the $420m it plans to spend by 2025 on warding off extreme weather
United Arab Emirates submits renewables goal to UN
NEWS: Middle Eastern petropower aims for 24% clean energy by 2021, but sets no emissions target in climate pledge
Paris climate deal unlikely to need Senate approval, says US envoy
NEWS: Todd Stern tells Capitol Hill committee new UN climate deal will be crafted under existing treaties, bypassing requirements for lawmaker approval
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
Indonesia climate pledge hazy on deforestation – analysts
NEWS: Jakarta is fudging future emissions from tree-cutting and stripped peatland amid a coal spree, says Climate Action Tracker