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NYC, Paris eclipse poorer mega-cities’ spend on climate defences
NEWS: Protection against sea level rise globally prioritises capital over people, suggests review of ten metropolises
View from Bangladesh: What next for the UN climate talks?
COMMENT: Inevitable losses of human lives, ecosystems and damage to infrastructure raises pressure on countries to agree a tougher climate compensation scheme
Climate diplomacy delivered Paris: Now it’s time to up the stakes
COMMENT: Gambian Minister Pa Ousman Jarju says there’s a continued need for climate diplomacy and ambitious climate action
Looming Ethiopia famine highlights vulnerability to climate change
NEWS: Aid agencies warn food could run out for millions as failed rains stoked by El Nino ruin crops in east Africa
Who’s in line to be the next UN climate change chief?
ANALYSIS: The UN wants an official with ‘high professional standing and an intimate knowledge of the issues’ to replace Christiana Figueres when she leaves in July
Major cities threatened by rapid sea level rise, new reports find
NEWS: Faster than ever sea level rise puts densely populated coastal regions increasingly at risk by 2100, as two studies reveal past and future sea level projections
A day in the life of a climate change envoy
BLOG: What’s it like negotiating for the world’s poorest at UN climate talks? Here’s a unique glimpse into life behind the scenes, courtesy of the London-based IIED
A climate scientist speaks: ‘It’s a bit complicated’
INTERVIEW: Leading UK climate modeller Richard Betts talks uncertainty, the warming ‘hiatus’ and why he engages with sceptics
Green Climate Fund holds Cape Town ‘crisis’ talks over future
NEWS: Clouds are gathering over flagship scheme UN hopes will spark ‘paradigm shift’ in global clean energy and resilience to global warming
Save the Children: Ethiopia drought a ‘wake-up call’ to futureproof crops
NEWS: Chronic dryness shows Horn of Africa is unprepared for onset of changing climate this century, says charity
A bridge to where? Gulf states in denial over climate goals
ANALYSIS: Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up clean energy investment and Qatar touts gas as a transition fuel, but officials struggle to see the fossil-free endgame
Green Climate Fund must think micro for macro impact
COMMENT: Support for locally-led adaptation initiatives may not sound sexy, but small targeted interventions will help the GCF drive a climate finance paradigm shift
Africans asked to raise billions for energy access plan
DAVOS 2016: Governments urged to radically boost energy investment under African Development Bank strategy to bring light to 645 million
Taiwan election points to nuclear phase-out by 2023
NEWS: Ing-wen Tsai, who leads the presidential polls, envisions a ‘nuclear-free homeland’ with a bigger role for energy efficiency and renewables
Aid slump for world’s poorest is bad news for climate fight
ANALYSIS: New figures from OECD show that while overall aid funding is rising, help for the 48-strong Least Developed Countries is dropping
Climate change could dry up power production – study
NEWS: Heatwaves and droughts in a hotter planet to cripple power stations within decades without adaptation measures, researchers warn
Climate calendar: Key dates for your 2016 diary
Next 12 months will see China roll out a new 5-year plan, UN maritime & aviation agencies discuss new climate policies and a new president elected to the White House
A ten-year battle to root forests in a climate pact is won
ANALYSIS: Paris embedded the giant stocks of carbon in a UN pact for the first time, but not without a fight
Climate finance: 5 takeaways from a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: A new UN climate pact has the potential to shift trillions into green energy and help poorer countries prepare for future impacts
In Morocco, ‘innovation’ will drive 2016 climate summit
NEWS: Minister urges governments to maintain drive and momentum through next year and ensure decisions taken in Paris are implemented