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Bolivia dash for oil undermines ‘Mother Earth’ summit
NEWS: Analysts dismiss South American rebel’s climate gathering next week as a publicity stunt, amid weak environment record
Climate vulnerable states despair of rich, launch finance plan
NEWS: V20 coalition launched in Lima this week says it will raise funds for climate adaptation projects and develop a collective insurance scheme
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
OECD estimates climate finance flows at $60 billion
NEWS: Report aims to build confidence in funding for poor countries ahead of Paris summit, but analysts say challenges remain
Shell chief: Business must account for cost of climate change
NEWS: Ben van Beurden says industry, regulators should rally behind Shell and European oil majors’ joint call to make polluters pay
UN releases 20-page negotiating text for climate deal
NEWS: Shortened document makes clear which elements will be legally binding and sets out decisions to be made before Paris summit
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
Lebanon posts climate pledge amid Syria crisis pressures
NEWS: Beirut lays out green plan ahead of Paris summit as it grapples with an overwhelming refugee inflows and wobbling finances
France ups climate finance pledge to €5bn in 2020
NEWS: Francois Hollande announces increased support for poor countries to tackle global warming at UN General Assembly
As it happened: New York sparkles with vows of climate action
A bumper week of green announcements come to a head as Climate Week NYC enters its last day
Climate change to wipe 2% off Bangladesh GDP by 2050
NEWS: Low-lying developing state lays out adaptation strategy, pledges carbon cuts in contribution to UN deal
$60bn by 2016: Rich urged to ramp up climate finance flows
NEWS: Finance, loss and damage dominates recent ministerial meeting aimed at developing pathway towards global agreement in December
What can we expect from India’s climate change plan?
COMMENT: India’s anticipated commitment to climate action will be nothing short of transformational given challenges on the ground
EU negotiating plan for Paris to back long term goal, 2C target
NEWS: Council report due Friday will stick to script but emphasise support for tough ambition mechanism to drive long term CO2 cuts
EU to discuss strategy for Paris climate change summit
CRIB NOTES SEPT 14-18: Brussels to outline COP21 plans, General Assembly gathers in NYC, WWF releases global oceans study
France ends state aid for coal technology exporters
NEWS: Country to scrap subsidies for power plants sold to developing countries as it prepares to host UN climate change summit
Climatarianism: the low carb(on) diet you’ve never heard of
BLOG: Four stomachs bad, one stomach good. RTCC sheds pounds of CO2 as it tries green regime for a week
Ecuador reheats oil export tax in climate pitch
NEWS: Carbon levy more valuable in UN deal than “simple promises” of underfunded climate pledges, says Quito envoy