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Global warming ‘slowdown’ did not exist, say scientists
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Former Shell chair speaks of distress at climate policy inertia
NEWS: Mark Moody Stuart says dangers were evident decades ago, offers backing to divestment and carbon pricing
Oil giants support for UN climate pact signals change in strategy
ANALYSIS: Top hydrocarbon producers seem to accept a global deal will be done in Paris – the question is can they limit its damage?
Ignoring carbon risk is ‘gross negligence’ – pensions chief
NEWS: Money managers will face lawsuits if they fail to confront climate impact of fossil fuel holdings, warns ERAFP boss Philippe Desfosses
Norway $900bn oil fund set to ditch coal shares
NEWS: Coal-heavy power utilities and mining companies are in the firing line as lawmakers endorse biggest fossil divestment push to date
Stop demonising oil and gas companies, says UN climate chief
NEWS: Christiana Figueres tells business leaders efforts by fossil fuel companies to green their operations should be welcomed
Axa to ditch €500m of coal holdings in 2015
NEWS: At Climate Week Paris, French insurer announces biggest fossil fuel divestment push to date, encouraging others to follow
Shell Arctic oil drilling reaction ‘overblown’ – US envoy
NEWS: Admiral Papp says conditional approval to explore polar waters just ‘another step’, as ‘kayaktivists’ protest in Seattle
Norway urged to divest state pension fund from coal
NEWS: Analysis published ahead of a vote in Norway’s parliament argues coal is a financial and climate liability to be avoided
Oxford University activists ramp up pressure to divest
NEWS: Amid mixed results for fossil fuel divestment campaigns, Oxford alumni are threatening to hand back their degrees
Edinburgh University considers divesting fossil fuel holdings
NEWS: Campaign to stigmatise oil, gas and coal companies could gain another backer as top Scottish institution considers ditching polluters
Meet Reverend Billy, preacher of the climate apocalypse
INTERVIEW: With his Broadway-infused Stop Shopping Choir and congregation of thousands, Billy Talen takes the drama of global warming to the streets
Could green bonds offer a home for capital fleeing fossil fuels?
BLOG: Bonds financed German reunification and Japan’s nuclear fleet – why not the low carbon transition?
Business eyes place at Paris climate summit top table
ANALYSIS: France’s offer to business and regions to provide solutions could be a game changer if hosts can get round to working out a plan
G20 to assess ‘carbon bubble’ threat – media reports
NEWS: United States, China, India, Russia, Australia, and Saudi Arabia to probe risks of stranded assets ahead of UN climate pact
SOAS first London university to divest from fossil fuels
NEWS: University will phase out £1.5 million holdings in oil and gas equities within three years, to highlight climate threat
8 things Earth Day ever did for the environment
BLOG: The first eco-protest to go viral turns 45 today. We look back at the environmental movement’s greatest achievements
Twitter failing to bridge gap between climate activists and sceptics
NEWS: Opposing groups as far apart as ever says new research based on tweeting habits of those in climate change arena
Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer defends coal finance
NEWS: Politicians “too cowardly” to back carbon price, which would offer better climate benefits than attacking coal, says de Boer
Insurers told to pull cover from coal companies
NEWS: Climate risks linked to burning coal should make insurers think again before backing industry, says Jeremy Oppenheim