Latest climate change news
Brazil’s World Cup carbon offset scheme missed its mark
ANALYSIS: The UN’s climate body is holding up World Cup 2014 as a model for other sporting events, but it failed to raise green investment
India must unveil climate targets after US-China pact – Ramesh
NEWS: US-China emissions deal puts pressure on Indian government to reveal target, says India’s former environment minister
US and Japan set to make Green Climate Fund pledges
NEWS: The US is poised to pledge at least $2.5 billion to help poor countries tackle global warming, with Japan contributing $1-1.5bn
Australian doctors mount coal warning as G20 kicks off
NEWS: Australia’s coal industry is costing $8.3 billion a year in medical costs, as lung and heart disease rise
US China emissions pact could signal end of climate firewall
COMMENT: Synergies between climate action and top domestic priorities are driving leaders to back green economy, argues Per Klevnas
Netherlands pledges €100 million to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: New injection of cash welcomed by UN, but funding levels still well short of $10 billion target
US climate pledge 4% less ambitious than at Copenhagen
ANALYSIS: New climate deal between US and China is low on ambition, given current emission trajectories of both countries
EU still beating US and China on climate action, says UK envoy
NEWS: Despite emissions cutting pact, US and China are trailing EU on climate ambition, says Sir David King
Don’t back coal if you want to address energy poverty – report
NEWS: Analysts, youth and religious leaders rubbish industry claims that coal can solve energy poverty, ahead of G20 summit
US-China climate pact tumbles barriers to a global deal
ANALYSIS: Beijing deal between world’s biggest carbon polluters signals thaw in relations, allowing UN talks to proceed more smoothly
World faces 3.6C warming – International Energy Agency
NEWS: US-China climate pact is a “giant leap” but the energy sector is “quickly eating up the carbon budget”, analysts warn
“This is a matter of our race’s existence and extinction”
COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon
US-China climate deal puts pressure on G20 leaders to step up
NEWS: Climate diplomats welcome US-China targets and call for action from other major economies at Brisbane G20 summit
Paris climate deal could be based on carbon budget – UN
NEWS: Countries could have to base emissions reductions on global limit to CO2, say co-chairs of negotiations
China and US strike climate agreement in Beijing – as it happened
In a surprise breakthrough, presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama have set goals for climate cooperation. We liveblog the details and reaction
US and China agree historic climate change deal
NEWS: President Obama says countries have “historic responsibility” to lead international effort against global warming
Obama must deliver at climate fundraiser in Berlin
COMMENT: After the midterms, next week’s Green Climate Fund pledging conference gives the US president a chance to show commitment to climate action
Venezuela did not hijack civil society climate meeting
COMMENT: Last week’s social pre-COP meeting was a valuable democratic process that built links between the global North and South
UK has “vital” role in protecting the climate
COMMENT: The UK is critical to the success of Europe’s decarbonisation plan and a global climate deal in Paris
EU climate and foreign affairs chiefs pair up for Lima summit
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete and Federica Mogherini will mobilise “all our EU diplomatic intelligence” for UN climate talks