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Fossil fuel majors accused of ignoring potential demand crash
NEWS: ExxonMobil, Shell and BP’s bullish energy use projections are based on dodgy assumptions, say analysts at Carbon Tracker
NGOs criticise closed-door UN climate negotiating sessions
NEWS: Shut out to allow climate diplomats to work on text in private, civil society groups warn secrecy bodes ill for Paris summit
UN climate talks: Will only a global carbon price do?
ANALYSIS: Former chief UK climate science advisor says Paris talks won’t solve global warming, but an unprecedented price on pollution would
Morocco summit told carbon-cutting rate must double
NEWS: National climate pledges cut emissions 3% a year for each unit of GDP, analysts say, but 6.3% needed to meet 2C goal
IMF chief seeks climate breakthrough at Lima meet
ANALYSIS: Christine Lagarde calls on governments to back carbon pricing, slash fossil fuel subsidies as finance leaders gather in Peru
Emerging economies should embrace carbon pricing – report
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets work and must extend to the developing world, says New Climate Economy report
Pakistan PM delays climate pledge over provincial rivalries
NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal
As it happened: New York sparkles with vows of climate action
A bumper week of green announcements come to a head as Climate Week NYC enters its last day
UN General Assembly offers ‘last chance’ for climate leadership
COMMENT: Maldives minister urges leaders in New York to back tough Paris climate deal and protect small islands
South Africa targets 2025 emissions peak in UN climate plan
NEWS: Emerging economy commits to carbon emissions climax by 2025, though holds back details on how much aid needed
Weekly wrap: UN debates SDGs, climate plans flood in, Pope goes to DC
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India climate plan brings forests to the fore
NEWS: World’s third-largest polluter plans to balance development with environment protection as it combats climate change
Six climate nuggets from Obama’s Rolling Stone interview
NEWS: US president confident Paris will see climate deal, thinks pace of carbon cutting will accelerate once structure is in place
What’s with Shell’s new Energy Transitions Commission?
NEWS: Oil major to launch new low carbon programme with BHP Billiton, Statoil and some solar firms in bid to green image
It’s Clooney v Blair as ‘climate hero’ Nasheed fights for freedom
ANALYSIS: Amal Clooney faces Cherie Blair as jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed appeals his sentence
Major economies ‘schizophrenic’ on climate change blasts OECD chief
NEWS: Huge levels of subsidies still flowing to oil, gas and coal sector suggest governments not taking climate threat to heart
EU publishes ‘ambitious, robust’ plan for Paris climate deal
WEEKLY WRAP: Brussels backs long term goal, regular reviews and offers hope of more climate finance in COP21 package
Joss Garman: What does a successful Paris climate deal look like?
COMMENT: If governments do not agree what is necessary to stay below the 2C threshold, will the Paris summit have been a failure?
Forget climate pledges for Paris – let’s talk deep decarbonisation
ANALYSIS: With power stations and urban infrastructure locking in emissions for decades, countries need a long term vision