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Finland reveals new climate change laws
NEWS: Parliament agrees to target 80% emissions reduction by 2050 and promote use of renewable energy
Climate campaigners tell leaders to ‘stand with us, or stand aside’
NEWS: Mass gathering of NGOs outside UN talks in Bonn highlights growing unrest over progress at high-level discussions
EU to exceed 2020 climate target by 4.5%
NEWS: EU hopes news that it is overachieving on greenhouse gas reductions will boost ambition at this week’s UN climate talks
EU calls for tougher scrutiny on 2015 climate deal carbon pledges
NEWS: Submission to UN warns countries are unlikely to make ambitious emission reduction promises ahead of Paris
Global Environment Facility reveals WWF and IUCN alliance
NEWS: Developing countries set to benefit from new funds protecting biodiversity hotspots and monitoring climate change
Island states invoke IPCC report at climate negotiations
NEWS: Low lying island countries at risk from sea level rise are pushing for tougher climate action ahead of Bonn talks
EU calls for clean energy focus at UN climate talks
NEWS: Technical, not political, talks on efficiency and renewables should form basis of pre-2020 climate ambition, says EU
UN’s Green Climate Fund ‘ready’ to start work
NEWS: Board agree eight essential requirements, meaning GCF is now ready to start accepting funds from donors
Saudi Arabia Oil Company to increase solar investments
NEWS: World’s largest oil company is seeking to create more solar capacity, which could shift renewables policy
African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chief
NEWS: Green Climate Fund should prioritise land restoration projects in sun-Saharan Africa, says head of UN desertification agency
Trillions at stake as Green Climate Fund board meet in Korea
NEWS: Observers say success of 2015 UN climate change deal hinges on successful launch of GCF later this year
UN climate veteran confident 2015 summit won’t echo Copenhagen
INTERVIEW: Deputy chief Richard Kinley says intensive diplomacy from world’s major carbon polluters could pay off in Paris
World’s poorest call for UN climate process to be accelerated
A UN submission by the least developed countries group says that early pledges are key to successful Paris treaty
Yeb Sano: fasting makes me a better climate negotiator
Filipino negotiator tells RTCC that his monthly ritual of fasting is helping him to secure a strong UN treaty on climate change
Shell warns global climate deal will affect profits
Annual report for 2013 says investment needed in technologies to reduce company’s carbon emissions
Smog will drive China climate action, says France foreign minister
Laurent Fabius says Beijing knows it must take “bolder action” to cut pollution, expects cooperation on UN 2015 deal
Old splits emerge as UN climate envoys seek path to 2015 deal
Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia say they have no intention of discussing tough emission cuts at Bonn meeting
Security Council seat could tempt India into UN climate action
Government’s unwillingness to accept emission cuts is damaging country’s image as a global leader, says study
Loss and damage: the calm before the storm?
Countries agreed to address losses and damages linked to climate change at a summit in Warsaw, but now comes the hard part
UN climate talks: the toughest negotiations on planet earth
Diplomats involved in creating a global emissions reduction treaty explain why it’s such a tortuous process