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UN climate change talks and the Paris deal – a guide
ANALYSIS: What would a global carbon cutting deal look like, how will countries get there and could it end in disaster?
Met Office: 2014 ties with 2010 for hottest year
NEWS: UK meteorological agency joins NASA, NOAA and Japanese forecasters in saying global temperatures hit record high in 2014
Oil chiefs hold Davos meeting to debate climate strategy
NEWS: Saudi Aramco’s Khalid Falih says industry leaders discussed impact and responses to proposed UN climate change deal
India’s Modi calls for “paradigm shift” on climate
NEWS: Prime minister seeks solar solidarity ahead of US president Barack Obama’s visit
Global warming raises tensions in Boko Haram region
NEWS: Climate change makes Lake Chad fertile territory for extremism, experts say after Boko Haram massacre of up to 2,000 people
Climate calendar: Key dates for your 2015 diary
BLOG: Key dates for your diary in 2015, a year when the countries will come together and agree how to address climate change
EU climate official vows to protect heavy polluters
NEWS: Jos Debelke says Brussels is committed to climate leadership, but will ensure steel, cement industries get help to comply with regulations
Oil price slump boosts Egypt fuel subsidy phase-out
NEWS: Lower commodity prices have eased pressure on Egypt’s budget as it moves to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies by 2019
Population boom driving Philippines’ climate vulnerability
NEWS: More people living in Philippines has worsened pollution, deforestation and waste problems, says government report
Larry Summers: It’s time the US placed a price on carbon
NEWS: Veteran US official says White House should show leadership while oil prices are low and tax carbon in fossil fuels
2015: A year for carbon pricing, peer pressure and Paris
ANALYSIS: There are three big UN deals due in 2015, on disasters, development and climate; what happens in the markets and on the streets will be critical
2014 in review: hard science and historic climate pledges
ANALYSIS: US and China made friends, Russia and Ukraine split up, while scientists warned of catastrophe
Seven radical ideas for a 2015 climate change deal
ANALYSIS: Tax oil, wipe out emissions by 2050, divide up a carbon budget: how high could the Paris climate agreement aim?
Nine lessons from the Lima climate talks
BLOG: Latin American cities are choking to death, that US-China emissions pact didn’t solve everything and other nuggets from COP20
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 11: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
As Lima climate talks stutter, business remains positive
NEWS: Old battles between nations have left many despairing, but business and civil society point to evidence of progress
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 8: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 7: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Lost in Lima: Why climate finance figures can’t be trusted
ANALYSIS: Japan’s funding for coal exposes confusion over what climate finance means, as the need for cash grows
Latin American coalition to restore 20 million hectares of forest
NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands