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Fossil fuel supply ‘a crucial omission’ from Paris climate deal
COMMENT: Policymakers should target coal, oil and gas at source, argue Harro van Asselt and Michael Lazarus
Laurent Fabius: From Greenpeace shame to climate champion
ANALYSIS: France’s experienced foreign minister succeeded where most failed at UN climate talks. He got a decent deal and everyone said they liked him
Top financial regulator turns up heat on polluting companies
ANALYSIS: It doesn’t guarantee transparency – think Volkswagen scandal – but Financial Stability Board initiative will force companies to disclose their carbon footprints
Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force
NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris
EU climate chief says US must consider binding Paris pact
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete turns screw on US counterpart Todd Stern, insisting COP21 must legally enforce national emissions cuts
Solar v coal: Can India shift from fossils to sunbeams fast enough?
ANALYSIS: Why would you dig fossilised plants out of the bowels of the earth if you could capture rays from the heavens? It’s not that simple
North-south climate rift hurts poor people
COMMENT: Developing countries should embrace carbon-cutting as an opportunity, not treat it as a burden, argues Monica Araya
France confirms UN climate summit will proceed, diplomats praise solidarity
CRIB NOTES 15-19 NOVEMBER: COP21 to go ahead as planned, G20 leaders consider fossil fuel subsidy axe, UK plans energy reset
Are major economies putting the squeeze on coal?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming G20 and OECD meetings promise a crackdown on fossil fuel subsidies, but their actions tell a different story
UK, India agree £3.2bn low carbon deal ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: Cameron and Modi sign off trade package to boost India’s green economy, but doubts persist over UK’s domestic commitment to tackling climate change
Egypt targets fossil fuel subsidy phase-out in UN climate pledge
NEWS: North African state will make consumers pay the full cost of energy within five years, but is not committing to emissions curbs
Three core elements to success at the Paris climate summit
Yvo de Boer: The COP21 summit should not only focus on reducing emissions, but also on adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change
UN climate talks and the Paris deal: A bluffer’s guide
ANALYSIS: It’s a treaty like no other, that will transform the world economy – if 195 nations can agree at COP21, that is
Saudi Arabia submits climate pledge to UN deal
NEWS: Petropower offers conditional emissions cuts of up to 130Mt CO2e by 2030, becoming last G20 member to submit plan before Paris summit
How France is steering the world to a climate deal
ANALYSIS: Paris has been on a three-year diplomacy drive to secure success at next month’s critical UN summit
Exxon Mobil faces legal inquiry on climate misinformation
NEWS: New York attorney general is investigating whether oil major lied about scientific knowledge, in move with big implications for fossil fuel firms
Business leaders send Paris wish list to finance ministers
NEWS: Hundreds of multinationals including Sky, Coca-Cola and Starbucks behind letter calling for a strong climate deal next month
Weekly wrap: 2C ‘within reach’, Poles veto Kyoto, Brazil slams Singapore
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IMF to factor climate risk into world economic forecasts
NEWS: Influential finance body is mainstreaming climate concerns in move that could spotlight threats to oil exporters, say experts
Turkey coal push wrecks ‘inadequate’ climate pledge – analysts
NEWS: Planned dirty power plants will wipe out clean energy gains, says Climate Action Tracker, jeopardising an already weak emissions target