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Fossil fuel subsidies dwarf green investment – report
Developing countries are spending 75 times more on fossil fuel subsidies than they receive to combat climate change according to a new report by the Overseas Development Institute
IMF: scrap $1.9 trillion oil and gas subsidies
Organisation issues roadmap for successful reform of tax breaks and uncompetitive pricing that encourages unsustainable consumption habits and damages the climate
South Africa calls on world leaders to engage in UN climate talks
South Africa climate chief Mxakato-Diseko says leaders must take more interest in the UN negotiations for the 2015 deal to be agreed
John Kerry makes veiled Keystone warning in first address
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
World Bank: climate change hurting global economy
World Bank chief says climate change is not a distant threat, but one that is having economic consequences today
David Cameron: We can’t afford to ignore green growth
RTCC’s morning briefing on the day’s top climate change & green economy stories
OECD: Subsidies to oil and gas companies falling in Global North
Subsidies increased by 30% globally to $523bn but industry’s share is dissipating among richer nations with subsidies to consumers driving the bulk of the growth
Obama calls on US to seize opportunity of clean energy revolution
President uses his second inauguration speech to warn on the dangers of ignoring climate change and says sustainable energy is at heart of maintaining “economic vitality”
Davos 2013: Report warns $5 trillion investment must be ‘greened’
Former Mexico President Felipe Calderon says global infrastructure spend must be sustainable if we are to meet the climate change challenge
Francois Hollande to address Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week – then pitch for oil deal
French President to push Total for deal that would smooth way to 30 year contract with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) after addressing clean energy audience
A letter on behalf of the climate to Russia’s Father Christmas
RTCC’s Russian correspondent Olga Dobrovidova sends Dedushka Moroz and Vladmir Putin her list of climate requests for 2013
2013 climate change calendar
Key climate change and sustainability dates for your diary in 2013
RTCC’s 2012 review – a year in climate change
12 months in focus: Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, an inconclusive Earth Summit in Rio and a promise from US President Obama to finally address global warming
The road to 2015: Where next for the international climate talks?
Former UN climate chief Michael Zammit Cutajar & six climate experts explain how international talks can be given new lease of life
What next for the UN climate talks after Doha?
Doha deal was hammered home in 60 seconds, but what was actually agreed during two weeks of intense negotiations?
Fierce cyclone sweeps through Pacific Island of Samoa
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0830-1700 GMT
US backs UN climate change process following rumours of withdrawal
COP18: UN body irreplaceable says US Deputy Climate Change Envoy after reports that country was “more comfortable” to hold the talks in a different setting.
Call for UN climate agency to back Robin Hood Tax
The tax has a role to play in raising climate change cash and the UNFCCC can send that signal to member governments, says Institute for Policy Studies says.
USA accused of obstructing plans for Robin Hood Tax
Coalition of 63 leading NGOs write letter to Hillary Clinton complaining USA is spreading misinformation over potential source of climate finance
UN climate talks: EU negotiator calls for urgent ambition to avoid 2 degrees
UK and EU senior climate negotiator Pete Betts says political conditions need to improve if world is to hit key climate change temperature goal