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Paris climate summit’s best pics in tweets
BLOG: After UN climate chief Christiana Figueres called for followers’ top photos from COP21, here’s what people tweeted in
Five surprises on the path to a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: Terrorist attacks, climate lawsuits and the inclusion of 1.5C in the Paris Agreement were among the unforeseen events of 2015
Green tundra is turning brown as Arctic warms
NEWS: Scientists cannot explain changes to vegetation in northern region, which is experiencing faster than average temperature rise
Oil prices fall to 11-year low as Iran opens up
NEWS: Cheap crude could put pressure on renewable sector but clean energy fundamentals remain strong, say analysts
Changing climate swells tide of migrants
NEWS: Report coinciding with the UN’s International Migrants Day says that climate change is one of several factors increasing the flow of refugees worldwide
Fossil fuel supply ‘a crucial omission’ from Paris climate deal
COMMENT: Policymakers should target coal, oil and gas at source, argue Harro van Asselt and Michael Lazarus
Did the Paris deal rule out climate compensation?
ANALYSIS: Vulnerable countries and big polluters alike read victories in UN climate pact, but the prospect of litigation remains live
Weekly wrap: After Paris, the real work begins
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IEA: Global coal use flatlining on weak Chinese demand
NEWS: Paris climate deal reinforces tough outlook for mining sector, with prices set to remain low to 2020, says International Energy Agency
Shipping and aviation: Missing pieces in the climate puzzle
ANALYSIS: It’s not clear who is responsible for cutting greenhouse gases from ships and planes, after they were left out of a Paris climate deal
Laurent Fabius: From Greenpeace shame to climate champion
ANALYSIS: France’s experienced foreign minister succeeded where most failed at UN climate talks. He got a decent deal and everyone said they liked him
Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal
NEWS: Funds worth US$4 trillion are calling on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to assess their exposure to climate risk
Met Office: 2016 to be hottest year on record
NEWS: Next year “likely to be at least as warm, if not warmer” says UK weather agency, with temperatures predicted to be 0.84C above 1961-90 average
US primed to deliver first $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Budget bill agreed by Congress opens door for funds to help world’s poorest cope with future climate impacts and invest in clean energy
There’s no dodging carbon risk after Paris, say fund managers
NEWS: Global warming deal makes low-carbon transition irreversible and investors are taking note
UK needs carbon capture tech to meet climate goals, says Amber Rudd
NEWS: Energy and climate secretary Amber Rudd tells lawmakers negative emissions technology will be important for UK later this century
LA to Lloyds rubber-stamp Paris climate deal
NEWS: 400 businesses to 150 cities and regions kick off batch of pledges vowing to implement newly-struck global warming accord
A ten-year battle to root forests in a climate pact is won
ANALYSIS: Paris embedded the giant stocks of carbon in a UN pact for the first time, but not without a fight
Kumi Naidoo: We are in an age of civil disobedience
INTERVIEW: Outgoing boss of Greenpeace International says he’ll stay in environmental movement to challenge injustice and target top coal funders
Climate calendar: With Paris over, now what?
ANALYSIS: 195 countries struck a landmark global warming deal in France last week. They’ve got work to do before it takes effect in 2020