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Will we meet the Copenhagen emission targets?
As the Doha climate change talks approach, Ajay Gambhir asks if the world’s biggest players are on track to meet their Copenhagen Accord pledges.
COP18: A bluffer’s guide to the UN climate talks in Doha
If you find the annual UN climate conference hard to understand, try our simplified guide to what will be going on in Qatar over the next 2 weeks
How are Pacific Islanders coping with life at climate change ground zero?
Youth Profile #20: Krishneil Narayan from Project Survival Pacific tells to RTCC about how important education is for people living on the frontline of climate change
UK Energy Bill uncertainty on climate ambition ahead of Doha summit
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Canada’s lone Green MP says govt has damaged hopes of global climate deal
COP18: Elizabeth May says Canada’s decision to leave iconic treaty is a disgrace and calls on Parties to UNFCCC to register anger at Doha summit
AOSIS: Rich countries must up carbon cutting ambition in Doha
Negotiators from the Alliance of Small Island States warn that COP18 will be deemed a failure if countries do not up their ambition levels to 2020.
The new group taking the green world by storm – meet the Arab Youth Climate Movement
Youth Profile #19: As part of RTCC’s youth profile series we spoke to the AYCM about why Arab countries must take the lead on climate change as Qatar host this year’s UN conference.
Generations old and new send clean energy message to Doha
The Make the Link Climate exChange project brought together climate experts and school children to thrash out what policy makers’ priorities should be as they head to COP18.
‘Hidden fuel’ of energy efficiency vital for climate change efforts
The IEA says the US fossil fuel boom is set to continue shaking up international markets, but energy efficiency not a dash for gas is the key to climate friendly energy security.
EU to hold back 900m carbon credits in attempt to boost price
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IEA World Energy Outlook: Fossil fuel subsidies jumped 30% to $523 billion in 2011
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Climate action in the US: 5 Reasons to be cheerful
Forget the stalemate at the UN climate change talks, back home the US is making more climate change progress than its partisan politics would have you think.
Australia announces Kyoto II commitment, New Zealand opts out of second phase
As Australia says it will sign up to a second commitment period of Kyoto, just weeks before the UN COP18 meeting in Doha, neighbouring New Zealand reveals it will not join a second phase of the scheme.
Has Poland given up on climate mitigation?
Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec is talking down the value of emission reductions while the country is also at the heart of a split heading into the Doha climate change talks.
The young African scientists linking modern research with indigenous wisdom
Youth Profile #18: Thabit Jacob tells RTCC how young scientists across Africa are using research to highlight the role of indigenous knowledge in tackling climate change.
USA election 2012: Why Obama or Romney is a vote for 6°C
Only a shift in public opinion and the growing clamour from big business for climate action can turn the US position around, regardless of who wins the election.
Indian monsoon may fail more often because of climate change
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New York considers all options to make city safe following Sandy
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The African youth group driving climate adaptation in rural communities
Youth Profile #17: Severin Apedjagbo from the Young Volunteers for the Environment (JVE) explains how one group meeting in a rural community in Togo has spread climate adaptation across Africa.
Comment: Is it time the UN climate change talks abandoned consensus?
Searching for agreements between 195 Parties is slow and can limit the ambition of the outcomes. Is there is scope for a “better” consensus and could voting ever work?