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LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 1: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Record temperatures raise pressure on UN climate talks
NEWS: Envoys gather to discuss plans for global deal, with low levels of rich-poor financial aid still causing headaches
10 questions for delegates heading to UN climate talks in Lima
BLOG: UN envoys hope to craft a draft version of a global climate deal in Peru next week – here’s what they will have to consider
Can global warming be limited to 1.5C?
COMMENT: Scientists at Climate Analytics discuss the odds of avoiding temperature rises above 1.5C and 2C
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Better information and more financial support essential for poor countries to prepare for future impacts, say IIED
Why is the Green Climate Fund’s pledging meeting important?
INTERVIEW: Gambia’s Pa Ousman Jarju on why the cash needs to flow at the GCF’s Berlin meeting if there’s to be a UN climate deal
Inconclusive Bonn climate talks leave a heavy Lima workload
NEWS: No decision on shape of 2015 national climate pledges as a week of interim talks in Bonn draws to a close
Road to Paris: EU 2030 climate package holds key to UN deal
ANALYSIS: Leaders in Washington, Beijing and Pacific Islands will be watching Brussels carefully this week
Loss and damage: a guide for the confused
ANALYSIS: What is loss and damage? How does it work? And why do poor countries care so much?
US climate strategy: ‘goad’ leaders into voluntary action
NEWS: Chief negotiator Todd Stern argues for a climate deal based on non-binding national commitments
Prepare for a stronger Africa at UN climate talks, says Congo envoy
INTERVIEW: Africa faces trials, but there’s no doubt it’s a force to be reckoned with at Paris, says Congo negotiator Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
Is Africa ready for the Green Climate Fund?
ANALYSIS: The fund’s board hopes to thrash out its issues in Barbados this week. But African countries must show they are ready to make good use of climate cash
Berlin to host UN climate finance summit in November
NEWS: Green Climate Fund plans “resource mobilisation” meeting in German capital to hit US$10 billion target for 2014
New York summit: what it means for climate treaty prospects
ANALYSIS: The world’s superpowers have woken from their climate coma, but there is still much work to do towards a global deal
Green Climate Fund receives $1.3 billion in new pledges
NEWS: France leads the way with $1 billion pledge to green bank, while developing countries also make surprise contributions
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
Zero net emissions: will leaders agree target at UN climate summit?
NEWS: Calls for long term carbon cutting strategy grow louder as countries prepare for Ban Ki-moon meeting
Which narrative will prevail at the UN’s climate summit?
COMMENT: Debate over the costs of action versus the costs of inaction is likely to dominate Ban Ki-moon’s high level gathering
UK to reveal plans for global climate change talks
The Guardian: Climate change secretary Ed Davey says governments facing ‘pivotal moment’ on dealing with issue
What would a fair UN climate change deal look like?
ANALYSIS: New equity calculator says UK needs to cut emissions 94% by 2020, US by 73% and China just 9.4%