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EU alliance with small island states vital to success of Doha talks – UK minister
COP18: UK climate minister Greg Barker says he will be working hard to ensure relationship between EU and developing world is restored
Hardline Nauru stance risks stalling Doha climate talks
COP18: Concerns that AOSIS chair’s demands are playing into hands of countries who have no desire for rules-based climate treaty
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 6 of Doha climate summit
Qatar climate change protest makes history, finance issues stack up for ministers and deadlocked talks stuck in a loop.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 4 of Doha climate summit
Deadlock continues in Doha amid increasing tension, marathon finance sessions underway and Youth Groups meet COP president.
Jon Snow: Has the ‘North’ learned anything since Copenhagen?
COP18: Writing for RTCC, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow ponders why the level of focus on climate change that existed before the Copenhagen summit has not returned
Broken fast-start climate finance promises exposed
Climate finance plagued with a lack of transparency and unmet promises according to new report from International Institute for Environment and Development
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 1 of Doha climate summit
Conference opens and grouping of more than 100 vulnerable countries call for an ambitious new Kyoto commitment period.
COP18: A bluffer’s guide to the UN climate talks in Doha
If you find the annual UN climate conference hard to understand, try our simplified guide to what will be going on in Qatar over the next 2 weeks
COP18: Who wants what from the Doha climate change talks
The top priorities for key nations and negotiating groups as they prepare to descend on Doha.
Rumoured US proposal to pull climate change talks out of UN slammed
Complementary measures welcome but talking down UNFCCC is “unhelpful” ahead of Doha talks, say observers.
Australia rumoured to announce Kyoto II commitment tomorrow
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 GMT
Polish environmentalists complain of harassment and visits from “secret police”
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
UN’s carbon markets must stay open to all after Kyoto extension – CDM policy chair
Joan MacNaughton tells RTCC Clean Development Mechanism needs finance from countries not planning to be part of Kyoto Protocol extension
Climate-carbon crisis could kill 100 million people by 2030
Five million people die every year as a result of the carbon economy and the impacts of climate change, according to the latest edition of DARA’s Climate Vulnerability Monitor.
Christiana Figueres calls on Africa to drive adaptation agenda at COP18
UN climate chief admits convention has not done enough on adaptation but says continent must now take control of debate
Clean Development Mechanism has now offset emission of one billion tonnes of CO2
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres hails success of Kyoto Protocol carbon trading mechanism, which has now cut global CO2 emissions by a billion tonnes
Russia considers signing up to Kyoto Protocol extension
Russian Deputy Prime Minister says “such a decision has not been taken” on twitter as local reports say the country will sign up to a second commitment.
Bangkok 2012: Civil society react to latest round of UN climate talks
Reaction to UNFCCC negotiations from Greenpeace, WWF, Christian Aid, Practical Action, Third World Network, Union of Concerned Scientists & Environmental Defense Fund
Bangkok 2012: UN climate talks close with ‘unofficial’ draft on Kyoto Protocol 2nd period
Progress on several issues builds momentum ahead of Doha summit but questions remain on climate finance, the ambition of emission pledges and the tricky LCA track of negotiations.
Bangkok 2012 – LDC chief confident Australia will sign up to Kyoto Protocol extension
Julia Gillard’s government is close to signing up to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP2), a leading negotiator at the UN climate talks in Bangkok has told RTCC.