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Seychelles president calls emergency meeting for Vanuatu
NEWS: Small island states show solidarity with Cyclone Pam victims, call for recognition of vulnerability to climate disaster
Solar eclipse to test Europe’s power grid
NEWS: Up to 35GW of solar power could drop off the European network on Friday 20 March as the moon partially obscures the sun
Solar success holds key to Paris deal, says UK climate envoy
INTERVIEW: Governments now believe a clean energy transition is possible and desirable, prime ministerial advisor Greg Barker tells RTCC
Countries agree UN plan in Sendai to save lives from disasters
NEWS: Disaster risk reduction deal sets stage for December climate talks, but aid agencies criticise lack of finance
Solar Express: Can India’s rail network hit its clean energy target?
COMMENT: Cheap, clean and easy to install, a solar push by India’s railways offers huge potential if deployed effectively
Sendai as it happened: Final day of UN disaster risk reduction talks
LIVE: Latest updates from Japan as countries negotiate new 10-year plan to prepare for future natural and climate-linked disasters
Yeb Sano: Vanuatu’s grief is a warning of climate impacts to come
INTERVIEW: Senior Philippines climate official says Cyclone Pam underlines need for effective extreme weather compensation scheme
Obama: Some elected US officials are “shills” for the oil sector
NEWS: US president takes on climate sceptic lawmakers and expresses hope for a climate deal in Vice interview
Disaster risk talks ‘could break down’ under weight of climate politics
NEWS: Observers warn countries may fail to reach an effective deal in Sendai to limit the risk of natural disasters
EU demand for leather, soy and palm oil driving illegal deforestation
NEWS: Campaigners say bloc must tighten import laws, citing loss of 2.4 million hectares of tropical forests to farmers and industry
Climate politics waters down ambition of UN disaster risk deal
NEWS: As climate impacts start to bite, lack of funding assurances split rich and poor at key disaster summit in Sendai
Wind ‘can meet’ a third of US power demand by 2050
NEWS: Renewable source could supply 10% of electricity by 2020 and 20% by 2030 with policy stability, says energy department
Oxford University delays fossil fuel divestment decision
NEWS: Campaigners disappointed as University Council puts off decision on future of £3.8bn endowment until May
Cyclone Pam raises climate profile in UN disaster talks
NEWS: Storm that devastated Vanuatu puts spotlight on climate change links to disaster risk reduction negotiations in Sendai
Shell’s climate change strategy: narcissistic, paranoid, and psychopathic
COMMENT: In an open letter to Shell’s Ben Van Beurden, the UK’s former top climate envoy says now is the time for him to show leadership
Toxic Delhi: Earth’s most polluted city has no plan to cut emissions
NEWS: India’s capital at “critical” moment say air quality experts, warning that smog and particulate levels are taking years off citizens’ lives
Majority of natural disasters climate related – Laurent Fabius
NEWS: Plans for disaster risk treaty should contribute to UN climate change talks later this year, says French foreign minister
UN to tackle finance question in disaster risk deal
NEWS: Countries are set to sign a disaster risk reduction deal in Sendai next week, with important links to climate adaptation
World’s carbon emission growth levelled off in 2014
NEWS: Carbon levels still rising fast but IEA says stall in last 12 months indicates new clean energy policies may be having an impact
China’s dirty coal plants face climate risk, investors warned
NEWS: Chinese companies are most exposed to power stations threatened by environmental regulation, say Oxford University researchers