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High ambitions, low on details: Can the Greens crack Westminster?
ANALYSIS: UK greens hope to copy success of European cousins, but questions remain over how ambitious policies will be funded
Green dreams: judging the BRICS bank climate ambitions
ANALYSIS: Launched to great fanfare in Fortaleza, opinion is mixed on whether the emerging economy fund will be a force for good
Will Norway’s climate ambition continue under Erna Solberg?
New centre-right government takes charge of climate progressive country, but questions remain over commitment to cutting domestic emissions
G8 ministers highlight climate change security threat
Foreign Minister’s meeting in London arrange additional brainstorming session for officials to evaluate risks
AOSIS: Rich countries must up carbon cutting ambition in Doha
Negotiators from the Alliance of Small Island States warn that COP18 will be deemed a failure if countries do not up their ambition levels to 2020.
UK will lose influence at UNFCCC if it fails to be honest over ambition
If British politicians treat their own climate targets like a joke, what hopes are there for an effective global binding emissions deal?
Bonn 2012 climate change talks: Where is the ambition?
Key climate negotiations start on Monday 15 May – but analysis shows positions have not changed since end of COP17 in Durban.
EU, Mexico, Marshall Islands back UN aviation pact
In a mini revival of the Paris “high ambition coalition”, developed and developing countries commit to voluntary carbon offsetting scheme
US to double climate adaptation finance by 2020 – Kerry
NEWS: Secretary of state announces funds to protect world’s poor from global warming impacts will rise to $800 million, as part of ‘high ambition coalition’ at COP21 negotiations
Climate reparations become a crunch issue as Cop26 goes into overtime
The US and EU have resisted calls for finance to the victims of climate disaster, but developing countries say it is a red line
G20 ministers must scale up climate finance in solidarity with vulnerable countries
As environment ministers for Costa Rica and Grenada, we call on the G20 to give our countries a fair shot at a resilient Covid recovery
France and UK lead push for climate finance to restore nature
Campaigners welcomed commitments to ramp up funding for biodiversity but raised concerns it came at the expense of other climate and aid spending
Kamala Harris might help ‘night and day’ shift for US on global climate diplomacy
If they defeat Trump, Biden and Harris will have to prove they can cut emissions at home to rebuild US global leadership on climate change.
Cop25: What was achieved and where to next?
After two weeks of talks, many issues remain unresolved. Here we break down the major fights and minor breakthroughs of the UN conference in Madrid
Largest countries silent as world seeks action on climate
Push to gain new commitments from large polluters largely fails as hopes for climate ambition at Cop25 narrow to a single line of text
World leaders face test of climate commitment in 2019
After a technically successful but politically lacklustre climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries will heed scientific warnings and crank up ambition
Step up on climate or choose ‘immoral, suicidal’ path, says UN chief
Call by António Guterres was joined by Fiji’s prime minister, who said not succeeding on climate change would be “craven, irresponsible and selfish”
Despite Trump, US climate team to forge on with Paris deal
As UN climate talks resume in Germany, a team of experienced, familiar diplomats are expected to take up many of the same positions the US has been fighting for years
Obituary: Tony de Brum, Marshallese climate and anti-nuclear crusader
De Brum, who witnessed the destructive power of nuclear weapons as a child, won justice for his tiny country against formidable economic and political odds
Mattlan Zackhras, Marshall Islands climate leader, dies aged 47
Tributes to Minister Zackhras highlight his work at home and abroad to defend islands threatened by climate change