Latest climate change news
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
UK scraps £1bn carbon capture fund in blow to green credentials
NEWS: Cutbacks to clean energy support undermine British climate leadership ahead of Paris summit, experts warn
EU climate chief says US must consider binding Paris pact
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete turns screw on US counterpart Todd Stern, insisting COP21 must legally enforce national emissions cuts
Meet the envoys with a UN climate change deal in their hands
NEWS: These are the figures that will make or break a new global warming agreement. Get to know them as the ‘COP21’ game of chess begins
World headed for hottest year on record – WMO
NEWS: 2011-2015 was the warmest five-year period since measurements began, UN weather agency declares before Paris summit
Paris climate deal needs solidarity on loss and damage
COMMENT: The world must stand with the victims of global warming as well as those affected by terror attacks, writes Julie-Anne Richards
‘I’m going to Paris because I’m fighting for my home’
COMMENT: Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explains why she has decided to travel thousands of miles to France, and why she’s not leaving without an ambitious climate deal
Bangladesh capital faces future influx of climate refugees
NEWS: Rising sea levels and cyclones spell huge migrations to overpopulated Dhaka if the planet doesn’t cut carbon emissions fast enough
Charities should ditch fossil fuel investments, says top lawyer
NEWS: Climate damage from burning coal, oil and gas conflicts with anti-poverty, health and environmental missions, argues British QC
Podcast: UN COP21 Paris climate change preview
Climate Home’s Ed King is joined by Globe International’s Malini Mehra and Stephen Cornelius from WWF-UK to look ahead to the Paris summit
UK climate diplomats face axe after COP21 Paris summit
NEWS: Network of envoys working on low carbon strategies and climate vulnerability in developing countries likely to shrink after Foreign Office cuts
Paris climate summit set to be greener than Lima
NEWS: COP21 is forecast to generate two-fifths the greenhouse gases of last year’s Lima talks, reveals French presidency
A Paris climate deal must address global inequality
COMMENT: North-south cooperation depends on rich countries living up to their historic responsibilities, argues Harjeet Singh
Europe’s largest insurer Allianz to pull funds from coal
NEWS: German company holding €2 trillion worth in assets said it will shift an estimated €4 billion into clean energy
Time for a reality check on adaptation finance
COMMENT: Wealthy governments risk inflating the private sector’s contribution to a $100 bn target to climate-proof developing countries
Inside Canada premiers’ climate science class before Paris summit
NEWS: Prime minister Justin Trudeau uses first meeting between provincial chiefs and Ottawa in 7 years to build bridges and buff up climate knowledge
Solar v coal: Can India shift from fossils to sunbeams fast enough?
ANALYSIS: Why would you dig fossilised plants out of the bowels of the earth if you could capture rays from the heavens? It’s not that simple
Hollande, Ban head to Malta for final push ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: French president and UN chief to use Commonwealth heads of government bash to iron out differences before COP21 kick-off
Cuba slams US trade embargo in UN climate pledge
NEWS: 55-year blockade has imposed “serious difficulties” on sustainable development, communist state says
South Sudan, world’s youngest country, submits climate plan
NEWS: Post-conflict state promises to plant 20 million trees as contribution to UN deal, says greenhouse gas analysis will take more time