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Oil majors face climate grilling at World Economic Forum
NEWS: Agenda for this year’s Davos meeting focuses heavily on climate change, with UN carbon cutting deal on horizon
With $10bn banked, what next for the Green Climate Fund?
COMMENT: Money on its own is not enough – countries need to learn how to use finance more efficiently and transparently
Big oil must pay for climate change harm to world’s poorest
COMMENT: Typhoon-hit Filipinos are paying with their lives for climate change. A levy on fossil fuels could help protect them
Banks invest record €66bn in coal sector
NEWS: Private banks are stepping in to finance coal mines and power stations as development banks divest, finds BankTrack
US banks deny funds to coal port near Great Barrier Reef
NEWS: Rainforest Action Network welcomes commitment by four US banks not to invest in project that will support new coal mines
Divestment campaigners set their sights on UK banks
NEWS: Activists put pressure on banks to pull out of fossil fuel companies in demonstrations outside HSBC, Barclays and RBS this week
As it happened: World leaders pledge climate action in New York
Ban Ki-moon’s summit has arrived and it is over to world leaders to show their commitment to tackling climate change
Desmond Tutu calls on world to “walk the walk” for climate
NEWS: UN secretary general and climate chief both expected to attend New York rally, with over 100000 expected
Development banks promise to back climate action
NEWS: Six major funders say they have provided US$ 75 billion since 2011 and will increase cooperation on low carbon finance
Europe banks on green entrepreneurs in climate challenge
INTERVIEW: Attractive low carbon innovations might just save our necks, says chemistry professor Richard Templer
UN banking on to business to drive climate negotiations
NEWS: CEOs finally granted access to UN talks as secretary general targets new strategy to curb carbon emissions
Swedish bank SEB tops green bond league table
NEWS: A Swedish bank is beating major global players as top underwriter to the green bond market
World’s top emerging economies talk climate in Delhi
NEWS: BASIC group of China, India, South Africa and Brazil gather to discuss negotiating position for UN’s 2015 climate deal
Green dreams: judging the BRICS bank climate ambitions
ANALYSIS: Launched to great fanfare in Fortaleza, opinion is mixed on whether the emerging economy fund will be a force for good
World needs $550bn of renewables investment a year – IRENA
NEWS: Renewables investment needs to double to prevent runaway climate change, a leading industry body has warned
Brazil targets climate victory at ‘greenest’ World Cup
NEWS: Government offsets emissions and hails efficient stadia, but critics warn of football greenwash
African Development Bank refuses to quit coal funding
NEWS: US and World Bank ‘don’t understand’ impact of coal funding withdrawal on poor countries, says senior official
Australian banks lose millions of dollars as customers divest
NEWS: Hundreds of customers have closed accounts at Australia’s four biggest banks in protest at their fossil fuel investments
African Development Bank launches new climate change fund
NEWS: ADB says focus will be on finance readiness, so countries can apply for Green Climate Fund backing later this year
Ten reasons why food will be scarce in a warmer world
NEWS: Oxfam scores the world on its action so far to help farmers prepare for the shocks of climate change