NEWS: Joint working agreement between Mexico and California covers carbon pricing, renewable energy and deforestation
NEWS: Green groups and private sector says REDD+ is key to cutting emissions, but government action is needed
NEWS: UN-backed event ends with unusual call from civil society groups to end capitalism
NEWS: Peruvian law could damage rainforests and indigenous rights, undermining credibility ahead of UN climate talks
NEWS: Newly elected European Commission chief support for binding efficiency target praised by green groups
NEWS: Forest conservation programmes must address logging and wildfires, large scale Amazon study shows
NEWS: Governments must consider the billions of people depending on forests for food, energy and shelter, says FAO report
NEWS: US power sector is already halfway to the EPA’s 2030 carbon cap
COMMENT: Agriculture is linked to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s not receiving attention from governments
NEWS: Icelandic history provides a lesson in the global impacts of a more explosive planet
NEWS: Manuel Pulgar Vidal targets small successes at COP20 in December, citing consensus-building as key goal
UN Secretary General calls for renewed efforts to cut greenhouse gases on the twentieth anniversary of the UN’s climate body
A future forest carbon market needs to ensure local communities have control over their lands, says report
A new Google-powered mapping tool uses terabytes of data to show where deforestation is happening in real time
Efforts at protecting rainforests could wither on the vine unless governments ramp up funding
The RTCC team reflect on a year which broke records, stunned climate experts and left Russell Brand steaming
Funds will allow Congo Basin countries to start developing national strategies to reduce rainforest destruction
Billed as the ‘finance summit’, Warsaw delivered little and promised less, leaving many questions unanswered
This year’s round of international climate negotiations weren’t all doom and gloom. We’ve chosen five outcomes worth celebrating
An outline of the main agreements reached at the 2013 UN climate summit, and what they mean for future negotiations