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Permafrost ‘carbon bomb’ unlikely but melt danger rising
NEWS: Arctic’s frozen soil holds billions of tonnes of organic carbon – and global warming could speed its escape
Climate deadline day: Which countries delivered Paris pledges?
AS IT HAPPENED: UN receives first set of national commitments for Paris climate change pact
Satellite data indicates sea levels rising faster than expected
NEWS: Scientists analysing satellite data warn that rises in sea level are increasing threats to coastal cities and food security
Climate change threatens human rights, Kiribati president tells UN
NEWS: Pacific leaders tell Human Rights Council they fear for the future of their civilisations as climate impacts intensify
Big questions loom for UN’s IPCC climate science panel
ANALYSIS: As IPCC gathers for a week of soul-searching, scientists suggest something must be done about mammoth reports
Corals everywhere could lose their colour in 2015 – NOAA
NEWS: US federal agency predicts mass die-off of the world’s coral reefs in 2015 as a result of climate change
UN: 2014 was the hottest year on record
NEWS: World Meteorological Organization draws conclusion from combined datasets that 2014 was likely the hottest year ever
Obama visit to India unlikely to deliver US-China climate pact repeat
NEWS: Washington and Delhi likely to agree pact on renewables and HFCs, but little chance of any major climate deal say insiders
2014 in review: hard science and historic climate pledges
ANALYSIS: US and China made friends, Russia and Ukraine split up, while scientists warned of catastrophe
Fast Finland warming means blue Christmas for Santa
NEWS: Even icy Lapland faces diminished snowfall as Finland warms over twice the rate of global average
2014 likely to be Europe’s warmest since 1500s
NEWS: Calls for climate compensation from top polluters likely to grow as odds on warming years plummet
How have UN climate talks progressed since Copenhagen?
COMMENT: It’s five years since the COP15 summit started in the Danish snows. Talks are still painful but much has changed
Lima challenge: cooking up a climate agreement
COMMENT: A global climate deal must take account of the needs of “climate takers” as well as “climate makers”, writes Greenpeace UK’s Ruth Davis
Watered down UN climate science report is still important
ANALYSIS: Finding that world must reach zero emissions this century is significant, even though key phrase was omitted from final version
IPCC climate report: evidence humans warming planet “unequivocal”
NEWS: UN science report provides final warning on climate change ahead of 2015 international emissions cutting deal
US and UK call on UN science panel to stress climate risks
NEWS: Comments on draft IPCC ‘synthesis’ report show governments want to make clear the dangers of global warming
UN: Expand marine protection zones to cope with climate threat
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
Greenland ice melt likely to accelerate say scientists
NEWS: Vast ice sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, say scientists
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
Build up to the Ban Ki-moon climate summit
We bring you all the events and comments leading up to tomorrow’s meeting of world leaders in New York