President says carbon cutting policy is legally sound, Bloomberg eyes secret polluters, UN agrees aviation efficiency boost, Sweden targets carbon neutrality by 2045
INTERVIEW: Leading UK climate modeller Richard Betts talks uncertainty, the warming ‘hiatus’ and why he engages with sceptics
NEWS: UN’s top weather and climate scientist urges governments to prepare for warming impacts after 2015’s record heat
UAE eyes greener future, UN climate chief bullish post Paris, China emissions fall, 2015 temps hit new record + Davos 2016 round-up
ANALYSIS: Weather phenomenon exposes how unprepared world is for economic, security and humanitarian impacts of global warming
BLOG: El Nino ‘on steroids’ will cause drought, flooding; clean energy investments will soar; polluters will face court; Arsenal will win the Premier League
NEWS: El Nino, record heat and natural variability combine to highlight growing threats in a warming world
BLOG: Meteorological madness from extreme heat to cyclones and wildfires has marked the year, in a taste of global warming impacts
ANALYSIS: Terrorist attacks, climate lawsuits and the inclusion of 1.5C in the Paris Agreement were among the unforeseen events of 2015
ANALYSIS: France’s experienced foreign minister succeeded where most failed at UN climate talks. He got a decent deal and everyone said they liked him
NEWS: Island nations left distraught as major carbon polluters block report that suggested limiting temperature rises to well below 2C would be safer for millions
ANALYSIS: It’s a treaty like no other, that will transform the world economy – if 195 nations can agree at COP21, that is
NEWS: Carbon dioxide levels in the air passed 400ppm globally in April. That will soon be a “permanent reality”, says UN agency
COMMENT: BBC apology after complaints about irreverent radio show generated cheering in climate-sceptic circles, but ultimately own goal for backers
NEWS: Half-hour programme did not make clear climate sceptics were a “minority voice”, UK broadcaster admits, in “an unfortunate lapse” of editorial policy
ANALYSIS: With power stations and urban infrastructure locking in emissions for decades, countries need a long term vision
CRIB NOTES SEPT 14-18: Brussels to outline COP21 plans, General Assembly gathers in NYC, WWF releases global oceans study
NEWS: Solar activity has not increased since 1700, leading scientists conclude after review of diverging datasets
ANALYSIS: Academic Stephan Lewandowsky says barrage of criticism has seeped into research, leading experts to frame climate facts as uncertain
NEWS: Research using records dating back to 1659 indicates at least a 13-fold rise in the likelihood of human-influenced climate change