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Rich countries ‘trying to turn climate funds into World Bank’
The rich are ‘renegotiating’ the Paris climate deal by trying to limit access for middle income countries to climate finance, it has been claimed
China flexes its muscle as climate talks end with slow progress
At the first climate talks of the Trump era, a coalition of developing countries, with China at its centre, won small but significant victories
Fight over finance threatens end of climate talks
As climate talks head into their final hours, a disagreement over how rich countries will report their plans to finance climate action could boil over
Four overlooked issues at the Bonn climate talks
Oceans, adaptation and loss and damage among issues countries say have drifted into obscurity at UN talks
Call for polluters to pay ‘climate damages tax’
Disappointed by slow progress at UN talks in Bonn, 50 organisations and individuals demand a fossil fuel levy to compensate victims of climate change impacts
‘Sometimes I get intimidated’: first-timers at UN climate talks
Three young people share their impressions of international climate negotiations in Bonn, their hopes and fears for the future
Marshall Islands president says shipping registry supports climate action
The Pacific island nation and world’s second largest flag registry is pushing for immediate measures and a tough long term target to tackle shipping’s climate impact
Indigenous peoples given a voice at UN climate talks
Often persecuted, indigenous people have now been accepted into the climate process and a space made for their voices to be heard
Your greatest hope against climate change is standing beside you
As COP23 marks Climate Justice Day, the right to participation holds the key to turning the tide on climate change, writes the former Irish president
Macron: France will replace US funding for UN climate science
French president said Europe must step into the leadership role the US had abandoned, while Angela Merkel struggled with Germany’s political uncertainty
Video: Palau to raise Adani coal mine with Australia
“The future of our planet cannot tolerate us continually burning coal,” said the minister for environment of the tiny Pacific state
Green Climate Fund simplifies application process for small projects
UN-backed fund aims to make it easier for developing country institutions to access cash for sustainable development and resilience projects
China, India policies improve global warming outlook: analysis
Climate Action Tracker expects 3.4C warming by the end of the century, based on the sum of national policies, compared to a 3.6C prediction last year
Developing countries win concessions on early climate action at UN talks
A row over the promises rich countries made on climate action before 2020 has been resolved at negotiations in Bonn, with several wins for developing countries
No finance plan for climate change victims in draft UN decision
Efforts to raise cash for those hit hardest by global warming were deferred to 2018 in “loss and damage” text adopted by negotiators in Bonn on Tuesday
Trump’s ‘top priority’ at climate talks: protecting an Obama legacy
In Bonn, Trump adviser George David Banks says the US will fight Chinese efforts to reintroduce a division between rich and poor countries into the Paris deal
It’s war in the Amazon, says Brazil’s top environmental law enforcer
Local politicians are colluding with gangs to undermine rainforest protection, Luciano Evaristo tells delegates at UN climate talks in Bonn
Trump’s climate official: ‘I actually don’t know what 2C means’
The US came to sell fossil fuels as a solution to climate change, but were interrupted by protests as the divided US arrived in Bonn
Germans deny Erdoğan’s desire for climate finance
Turkey has threatened not to ratify the Paris climate deal, but a German proposal refused to grant its wish to access the Green Climate Fund
African youth go digital to keep climate-smart farming alive
Mobile applications and online forums help young Africans make a living from farming amid changing weather, delegates hear on the sidelines of climate talks in Bonn