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Top emitters head to Morocco to discuss Paris climate plans
NEWS: EU-convened meeting offers chance to discuss how inadequate carbon cuts can be accelerated after 2015 climate summit
Prakash Javadekar: rich countries are on a climate vacation
NEWS: India’s environment chief say he wants more pre 2020 carbon cuts from wealthy countries, and is not happy with a draft UN climate agreement
Bolivia dash for oil undermines ‘Mother Earth’ summit
NEWS: Analysts dismiss South American rebel’s climate gathering next week as a publicity stunt, amid weak environment record
Climate vulnerable states despair of rich, launch finance plan
NEWS: V20 coalition launched in Lima this week says it will raise funds for climate adaptation projects and develop a collective insurance scheme
Indonesia urged to declare national disaster as haze worsens
NEWS: Forest fires are harming public health, diplomatic relations and could push CO2 emissions to an 18-year high, experts warn
India poised to overachieve ‘cautious’ emissions target
NEWS: Clean energy policies put country on track to outperform carbon-cutting aims for 2030, says Climate Action Tracker
There is a point to BBC Editorial Guidelines after all
COMMENT: BBC apology after complaints about irreverent radio show generated cheering in climate-sceptic circles, but ultimately own goal for backers
Pakistan PM delays climate pledge over provincial rivalries
NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom
Climate change migration is ‘genocide’, says Marshall Islands minister
NEWS: Spectre of lost traditions as low-lying islands become inhabitable cause for climate action, says top envoy, Tony de Brum
Conservative UK climate chief defends green cuts
NEWS: Energy secretary Amber Rudd says rollback of clean energy subsidies not borne of ideology but faster way to cut emissions
Germany offers India €2 billion in solar, clean energy funds
NEWS: Leaders Modi and Merkel agree renewables finance package and to cooperate on plans for global climate deal in Paris
Hall of shame: Who hasn’t pledged yet to UN climate pact?
ANALYSIS: Nearly 50 countries missed the UN deadline for carbon-cutting plans. Whether due to limited means, sloth or belligerence, here are the big ones not playing ball
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal
India targets 33-35% emissions intensity cut by 2030
NEWS: Hotly anticipated climate pledge from New Delhi needs an estimated US$2.5 trillion of international support
Netherlands enters appeal against climate ruling
NEWS: Government will challenge facts of groundbreaking verdict that demanded steeper emissions cuts, after parliamentary debate
Philippines emissions target hinges on loss and damage
NEWS: Manila plan to cut carbon 70% by 2030 banks on rich countries footing natural disaster bill
Ukraine ‘using Russia conflict as excuse for climate inaction’
NEWS: Kiev says it will revise pledge on restoration of annexed Crimea, as it sets 2030 target paving way for emissions hike
Europe launches bid to protect Congo rainforest
NEWS: Norway first to fund UN initiative to slow tree-cutting and boost incomes in crucial carbon sink
Lebanon posts climate pledge amid Syria crisis pressures
NEWS: Beirut lays out green plan ahead of Paris summit as it grapples with an overwhelming refugee inflows and wobbling finances
Pacific states face volatile seas as warming intensifies El Nino
NEWS: Scientists warn greenhouse gas emissions will cause bigger swings in ocean levels, threatening vulnerable coastal communities