COMMENT: Wealthy governments risk inflating the private sector’s contribution to a $100 bn target to climate-proof developing countries
INTERVIEW: Winnie Byanyima says Oxfam will not “clap for the sake of clapping” in Paris. It will judge the COP21 deal on how it protects Africa’s most vulnerable
NEWS: By 2025, US should channel 150 times more money into projects like flood defences for the world’s poor, Action Aid argues
NEWS: French economists moot €180 levy on business class tickets to protect vulnerable from climate impacts
COMMENT: Finance needs to flow to the most vulnerable. To to this we need to understand who’s at risk and where the money should go
ANALYSIS: Experts debate whether reducing poverty should take priority over preparing for specific future changes to the climate
NEWS: Funders, not communities, set the agenda for projects to boost resilience to increasingly extreme weather in poor countries
NEWS: Tax on finance, trade and tourism could net estimated $13 billion a year to help countries face expected extreme weather impacts
NEWS: The cost of protecting people from climate change impacts are likely to be 2-3 times previous estimates, finds UN report
NEWS: How tackling water scarcity in Burkina Faso brought men, a beer brewing business and a donkey to village of women
NEWS: The UN’s environment body has set out practical ways African nations can protect their people against climate change effects
ANALYSIS: Efforts to revive traditional knowledge in Kyrgyzstan are safeguarding its wild walnut forests for future generations
COMMENT: A successful UN climate deal in 2015 will require guaranteed flows of support for climate vulnerable countries, writes Saleemul Huq
NEWS: A network of 25 indigenous mountain communities is sharing information – and seeds – for a climate-proof future
NEWS: New law creates climate council and seeks to protect islands from threat of rising sea levels
NEWS: Green Climate Fund should prioritise land restoration projects in sun-Saharan Africa, says head of UN desertification agency
NEWS: Kathmandu Declaration signed by scientists, civil society and developing country envoys calls for new adaptation focus
NEWS: Manuel Pulgar Vidal targets small successes at COP20 in December, citing consensus-building as key goal
NEWS: Governments must not see adaptation as ‘politically easy’ way out of tackling climate change, says Margareta Wahlström
INTERVIEW: Chair of UN’s IPCC science panel tells RTCC calls to focus exclusively on coping with climate change are misplaced