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Climate adaptation projects are not working, says African expert
NEWS: Funders, not communities, set the agenda for projects to boost resilience to increasingly extreme weather in poor countries
EU to take carbon market decision the size of Cambodia
NEWS: The difference between two options on reforms to key climate policy is 153 million tonnes CO2, say analysts
Greening Africa’s deserts could stem tragic tide of migrants
NEWS: Initiatives like the Great Green Wall can provide livelihoods in dry regions to support growing populations, say advocates
Leaked: EU confident plans for UN climate deal progressing
NEWS: China, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia set to deliver pledges by June; countries open to international ambition review
Slaughterhouse helps Maasai herders prepare for climate change
NEWS: Turning waste into fertiliser and energy improves prospects for East African pastoralists as region gets hotter and drier
BRICs group to expand environmental cooperation
NEWS: Leading emerging economies say they want to deepen ties on renewable energy and explore ways to finance green growth
How do US Senators’ climate convictions square with voters?
BLOG: Congressmen more likely to believe in man-made global warming if states they represent too back its existence, study shows
John Kerry urges climate focus, bids to avert Arctic melt
NEWS: Climate change to take centre stage as US assumes leadership of Arctic region’s governing body
Lampedusa tragedy shows need for humane climate migration plan
COMMENT: Climate change will result in more people crossing borders; they must be given a safe, legal route to do so
China’s electricity could go 85% renewable by 2050 – study
NEWS: Emissions will peak by 2025 if wind, solar and bioenergy are rolled out quickly, finds Chinese government report
Obama: Climate change can no longer be denied or ignored
VIDEO: US president says science on climate is clear in 2015 Earth Day address, calls for Congress support for clean energy and emission cutting policies
US envoy Stern urges Canada to deliver UN climate pledge
NEWS: Be more like Mexico, John Kerry’s lead diplomat tells North American neighbour as it errs in posting pollution-reduction targets
India considers twin-track climate plans towards UN deal
ANALYSIS: Insiders hint radical carbon cuts unlikely, with Delhi depending on global support to clean energy supply
India hostility to HFC phase-out thaws, submits plans to UN
NEWS: Analysts hail historic shift in tone as Modi government accepts need to radically cut use of “super greenhouse gases”
Obama climate plan comes under fire in Capitol Hill hearing
NEWS: Republicans, oil-funded think tanks and climate contrarian scientists tell Congress US carbon cuts should be stopped
France to invest two billion euros of climate-linked finance in India
NEWS: Leaders make joint pledge to ensure Paris climate summit later this year is a success, as countries deepen clean energy ties
Hillary Clinton to make climate ‘top of agenda’ for White House run
NEWS: Presidential bid could be first in US history to make global warming key election issue, highlighting differences with Republicans
Narendra Modi: Yoga can help the fight against climate change
NEWS: Prime minister says country is committed to climate challenge but will not be pressed on carbon cuts
US carbon pollution set for 2015 drop as coal plants close
NEWS: Analysts say decline of coal and rise of wind and solar will lead to significant fall in emissions this year
Modi promises to compensate Indian farmers hit by extreme weather
NEWS: Prime minister announces new package to protect rural communities, as March rains ruin crops in northern states