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UN climate summit: Mandela’s widow says leaders lack courage
NEWS: Graca Machel, member of the Elders group, attacks world leaders for weak promises at New York summit
As it happened: World leaders pledge climate action in New York
Ban Ki-moon’s summit has arrived and it is over to world leaders to show their commitment to tackling climate change
Liberia and Norway pledge to tackle deforestation
NEWS: New partnership sees Ebola-stricken country pledge to take on economic costs of reducing deforestation
Society has “mobilised” against climate change – Hollande
NEWS: The French president said leaders must “define a new economy for the world” as they head towards a global climate deal in Paris next year
7 areas of climate action at the UN climate summit
NEWS: UN summit sees pledges on forests, food security, finance and more. We provide an overview of some key promises
Marshall Islands poet: “We deserve to do more than just survive”
BLOG: Full transcript of poem read out today at the UN climate summit by Marshall Islands writer Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Kiribati president: My people are the polar bears of the Pacific
NEWS: President Anote Tong calls for world leaders to pay attention to sinking island at today’s historic climate summit in New York
Tensions rise as New York prepares for UN climate summit
NEWS: Empire State Building glows green as protestors and business make their case for decarbonisation
Paris 2015 climate deal must have legal force – Fabius
NEWS: The chair of next year’s critical UN climate talks, Laurent Fabius, tells business leaders it must produce a legally binding deal
John Kerry: “Nature is screaming at us” on climate change
NEWS: US secretary of state pledges US$15 million to World Bank scheme to curb methane emissions
Half the globe backs World Bank carbon price movement
NEWS: Shell, Nokia and Lego are among 1,000 businesses to join governments in support of carbon pricing
Antarctic sea ice reaches record high, as Arctic hits 2014 minimum
NEWS: As Arctic ice reaches its annual low point, scientists puzzle over increasing sea ice in the Antarctic
Looming China policy may decide coal market fate
ANALYSIS: The future for coal producers will hinge on the world’s largest emitter and its next five-year plan
Build up to the Ban Ki-moon climate summit
We bring you all the events and comments leading up to tomorrow’s meeting of world leaders in New York
What to watch for at the New York climate summit
COMMENT: As leaders flock to New York for tomorrow’s climate summit, E3G gives some hints on what to expect
New coal mines are financial “madness” – analysts
NEWS: Australia’s controversial Galilee Basin project will lose money as global demand flatlines, finds Carbon Tracker
New York’s long walk: The day the climate movement found its mojo
BLOG: Human tidal wave hits the Big Apple as pressure on world leaders to curb carbon emissions starts to grow
New York climate march numbers stun organisers as key summit looms
NEWS: Campaigner Bill Mckibben says anger has “boiled over”, UN climate chief warns change now inevitable
London’s climate march was a carnival for all
COMMENT: Talking about climate change no longer makes you the person to avoid at parties, says RTCC’s Sophie Yeo. At today’s march, those people were the party
Earth has 30 years before carbon budget is blown
NEWS: Emissions set to rise 2.5% in 2015 say researchers, with China and India driving new CO2 growth