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Green Climate Fund to reveal first project amid NGO protest
CRIB NOTES 2-5 NOVEMBER: GCF gathers in Zambia, UN debates HFCs in Dubai, Saudis host carbon capture forum
Message control: Reporting the UN climate change talks
ANALYSIS: Recent negotiations saw calls for international media to offer a “balanced” picture of plans for a global deal, but the picture is not as binary as many suggest
10 takeaways from UN report on national climate pledges
ANALYSIS: Most countries got involved, adaptation matters and emissions are still rising – nuggets from official review ahead of Paris summit
Colombia must reduce its dependence on coal exports
COMMENT: Clean electricity at home does not excuse an economy based on polluting and abusive mining sector, says Camila Bustos
Carbon c-Reddit: UN climate chief takes on internet
BLOG: Christiana Figueres participates in Ask Me Anything on online forum as focus on Paris summit builds
No secret Paris climate deal in making, stresses Tubiana
NEWS: Plan B does not exist says France’s top climate diplomat, urging envoys to accelerate work on new text for global pact
Sri Lanka makes compensation plea in UN climate pledge
NEWS: Island off tip of southern India wants reimbursing for the $420m it plans to spend by 2025 on warding off extreme weather
Green Climate Fund chief confident US will stump up
NEWS: US will deliver the US$3 billion promised to help poor countries go green despite Republican opposition, says top official
Life or death: G77 demands climate finance guarantee
NEWS: Developing countries are pulling together at interim climate talks in a last push before December’s Paris summit
What game theorists predict for a Paris climate deal
NEWS: Academics expect weak language on compensating victims of global warming, but agreement on a long-term global emissions target
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
UN climate text swells as G77 flexes muscles in Bonn
ANALYSIS: Developing countries add more than 50 elements to UN’s draft Paris deal, complaining of bias towards richer nations
Loans or grants for climate finance?
COMMENT: Confusion reigns over the right format for cash to tackle climate impacts. Resolve this quickly, or the UN-backed Green Climate Fund will falter
Bonn set for fireworks as UN climate talks resume
ANALYSIS: Developing countries cry foul ahead of week of negotiations in Germany – claiming finance, loss and damage have been wiped from draft deal
World Bank pledges $29bn green aid; Morocco hosts EU climate summit
CRIB NOTES 12-18 OCT: Development banks promise billions, top polluters head to Morocco, CO2 makes us green!
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
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
IPCC election: What makes a great UN climate science chief?
ANALYSIS: What qualities are a must for the world’s pre-eminent climate job? Ahead of this week’s election, we asked five experts
9 things we learned from national climate pledges
ANALYSIS: Almost 150 countries covering 90% of world carbon pollution submit timely plans to UN in unprecedented global exercise
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal