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Climate finance: A gaping wound that needs healing
ANALYSIS: The rich say they’re coughing up, the poor say they’re not getting enough, emerging economies are kicking off. Who’s right?
Fireworks over fairness expected on draft Paris climate deal
NEWS: A revised ‘clean’ text resolves some issues, but divisions over differentiation and finance remain ahead of 8pm meeting
COP21: US joins ‘coalition of high ambition’ at Paris talks
AS IT HAPPENED: UN releases new ‘clean’ draft text for agreement, US joins 100+ coalition of countries calling for tougher climate goals
Paris climate deal must not leave vulnerable to foot the bill
COMMENT: A levy on fossil fuel companies could pay for protection of the world’s poor from climate damage, argues Julie-Anne Richards
Politicians face ‘difficult issues’ as UN releases draft climate deal
NEWS: China and India hold out against regular climate plan reviews as politicians prepare to thrash out compromise on pre and post 2020 climate finance
COP21: Climate finance row burning bright as clock ticks on talks
NEWS: Negotiations heat up as developed, developing and emerging economies get cold feet over long term funding figures
COP21: EU sidelined by US, China say experts
NEWS: Brussels engineered work on a 2015 UN climate deal back in 2011, but internal rows have lessened its impact at Paris summit
AS IT HAPPENED: World leaders pledge climate action at COP21
ROLLING COVERAGE: On day one of UN summit in Paris, 150 world leaders show support for a global warming pact
Envoys aim to surf wave of optimism at Paris climate talks
ANALYSIS: Stars are aligning for UN pact as never before say top negotiators on eve of two-week summit to solve global warming
Bloc party: Here are the buddies of UN climate talks
BLOG: Cliques are the name of the game as countries seek power in numbers to drive shared interests. Here’s a rundown of the negotiating blocs in Paris
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
Fairness and finance: How to read a proposed UN climate deal
ANALYSIS: Success at the Paris climate summit depends on whether governments can solve two outstanding issues. Here’s our take on the task in hand
Piketty: Tax flyers to raise climate adaptation funds
NEWS: French economists moot €180 levy on business class tickets to protect vulnerable from climate impacts
National climate plans could face 2018 review under UN deal
NEWS: Fears that emission reductions could drop off the agenda post Paris are driving support behind an early assessment of global carbon cuts
Polish president vetoes Kyoto Protocol, pending new analysis
NEWS: Andrzej Duda says he wants to see impact of treaty’s second phase on economy in decision that sparks anger in developing world
Life or death: G77 demands climate finance guarantee
NEWS: Developing countries are pulling together at interim climate talks in a last push before December’s Paris summit
NGOs criticise closed-door UN climate negotiating sessions
NEWS: Shut out to allow climate diplomats to work on text in private, civil society groups warn secrecy bodes ill for Paris summit
Loans or grants for climate finance?
COMMENT: Confusion reigns over the right format for cash to tackle climate impacts. Resolve this quickly, or the UN-backed Green Climate Fund will falter
Bonn set for fireworks as UN climate talks resume
ANALYSIS: Developing countries cry foul ahead of week of negotiations in Germany – claiming finance, loss and damage have been wiped from draft deal
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal