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Pathway to $100bn emerging ahead of Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: Cash demands from developing countries reinserted into text during UN talks in Bonn, as World Bank official hails progress
Canada ousts Stephen Harper in boon for climate
NEWS: Justin Trudeau election victory braces Canada for a climate policy refit, but observers hesitant to predict major overhauls
Who’d buy a coal mine? Two very different bids
ANALYSIS: X2 Resources and Greenpeace have their reasons for acquiring coal assets amid low commodity prices and climate concerns
China aims to quadruple solar installations by 2020
NEWS: Bullish projection brings relief to panel manufacturers, while Agricultural Bank of China issues US$1 billion green bond
Ten banks launch sustainable finance manifesto
NEWS: Lenders including Societe Generale, Yes Bank and ING back ‘positive impact principles’ to scale up clean energy investments
6 elections to watch before Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: A shift in public mood at the ballot box can boot out climate laggards or propel them to power. Here are six on the radar from Canada to Myanmar
IMF chief seeks climate breakthrough at Lima meet
ANALYSIS: Christine Lagarde calls on governments to back carbon pricing, slash fossil fuel subsidies as finance leaders gather in Peru
Emerging economies should embrace carbon pricing – report
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets work and must extend to the developing world, says New Climate Economy report
Ex-BP chief: Oil majors must heed Volkswagen scandal
NEWS: Lord Browne urges fossil fuel giants to prove their worth, as executives downplay climate risk at major industry event
Countries to elect next head of UN climate science panel
CRIB NOTES 5-11 OCT: Countries vote for next IPCC chair, oil majors meet for big money conference, IMF and World Bank aim to mobilise climate finance
Weekly wrap: India rounds off week of climate pledges
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National climate pledges are flooding in – now for the hard part
ANALYSIS: Well over two thirds of countries have submitted contributions to a UN deal, building momentum towards Paris summit
Countries divided on priorities for UN climate deal
NEWS: Lack of climate finance and inadequate carbon cuts headline concerns for developing countries at Bonn talks
What will a decent climate finance package in Paris look like?
ANALYSIS: It’s one of the major bottlenecks to a robust agreement in Paris. We asked six experts what’s in store
Terrifying math: How Carbon Tracker changed the climate debate
ANALYSIS: For decades fossil fuels were seen as a safe bet – until one simple study by a team of fund managers in 2011
Australian coal is no answer to India’s energy needs
COMMENT: Adani and GVK’s controversial mines in the Galilee Basin are not the cure to energy poverty, says retired top Indian official
Why a Paris climate deal must cover aviation and shipping
COMMENT: If the aviation sector can fly Paris to Tokyo in three hours, it can – and must – go green, says Transport & Environment
Saudi Arabia’s failed oil gamble and the climate
ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?
Obama plan offers UN climate boost, Russia claims the Arctic
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Ban Ki-moon lauds ‘visionary’ US climate plan
NEWS: Carbon cuts for power plants will spur world’s tackling of global warming, says UN chief, adding a call for finance