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Weekly wrap: Record warm streak fires up UN ceremony
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Vulnerable states stress 1.5C goal at UN climate ceremony
Climate Vulnerable Forum calls on all countries to increase their carbon-cutting contributions by 2020, as leaders meet in New York
‘Critical mass’ to support UN climate change deal
India, Canada and Mexico among countries set for early approval of Paris Agreement, in boost for climate action
Green Guantanamo prison camp on closure, urge academics
NEWS: Notorious detention centre would be perfect spot for ocean science facility, academics argue as Obama eyes closure
Lost at sea: Rising ocean CO2 intoxicates fish – study
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels could change ocean’s chemistry enough by 2050 to disorient and confuse marine life, scientists warn
Seychelles dodges ‘debt hole’ with pledge to protect oceans
NEWS: Climate ambassador of tiny island nation hails innovative debt swap in return for agreement to safeguard vast area of sea
2015: The year in extreme weather
BLOG: Meteorological madness from extreme heat to cyclones and wildfires has marked the year, in a taste of global warming impacts
Scientists: 1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase-out by 2030
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions stalled in 2015, but tough target demanded by climate vulnerable countries looks unattainable
India can accept 1.5C warming limit – if rich nations make the carbon cuts
NEWS: Chief negotiator tells Climate Home Delhi is open to more ambitious global goals, but warns it’s rich nations who will have to take up the slack
Brewing El Nino among strongest on record – WMO
NEWS: Abnormally warm Pacific waters are playing havoc with global weather and could surpass 1997-98 record, says UN agency
Anger as Australia unveils ‘weak’ climate pledge
NEWS: Emissions cut of 26-28% by 2030 lacks scientific credibility and harms country’s international reputation, say critics
Pentagon warns of emergency risk in melting Arctic
NEWS: US Department of Defense is calling for more resources to expand search and rescue capabilities into newly open territory
‘Creative accounting’ means New Zealand emissions could rise – analysts
NEWS: Wellington’s climate pledge is ‘inadequate’ to hold global temperature rise to 2C, says Climate Action Tracker
Could Cuban detente bring a new energy dawn?
ANALYSIS: As the communist island and the US restore relations, there are opportunities for clean power and offshore oil
Coal protest highlights danger to Great Barrier Reef
NEWS: Aboriginal elders and residents oppose Abbot Point port expansion as Unesco mulls “in danger” status for unique coral ecosystem
2C warming goal is a ‘defence line’, governments told
NEWS: Target exposes world’s poor to “very high risk” and should be tightened as much as possible, concludes expert dialogue
Carmichael coal mega-mine ‘unviable’ after Adani restructure
NEWS: Indian conglomerate rejects IEEFA claim it will struggle to attract finance for Australian coal mine, railway and port infrastructure
Saleemul Huq: Ditching 2C warming goal will condemn millions
COMMENT: Moves are afoot to lower expectations ahead of upcoming Paris deal, with long term costs for the planet
Earth’s oceans have economic value of $24 trillion, says WWF
NEWS: Green campaign group warns valuable natural resource is threatened by pollution, overfishing and climate change
Ocean acidification triggered mass extinctions 252 million years ago
NEWS: The biggest extinction ever known on Earth resulted from oceans turned acid by CO2, the main gas driving human-caused climate change today