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NASA CO2 map reveals impact of forest clearance
BLOG: Springtime burning of savannah and forest in the southern hemisphere shows up in latest satellite images
Arctic warming “twice as fast” as anywhere else on Earth
NEWS: Sea ice levels showing signs of recovery, but rising temperatures spell radical change for polar region
Is the UN’s climate change body still fit for purpose?
COMMENT: It’s time for global climate negotiations to deliver results, argues Saleemul Huq, reflecting on the recent Lima set of talks
Washington state carbon market plan to raise $1bn a year
NEWS: Governor Jay Inslee hopes to launch emissions trading system in 2016, says it is “the smart thing to do”
Seven radical ideas for a 2015 climate change deal
ANALYSIS: Tax oil, wipe out emissions by 2050, divide up a carbon budget: how high could the Paris climate agreement aim?
Tropical deforestation could cause 0.7C temperature rise
NEWS: Rainforests are the “sweat glands” of the world and losses could wreak havoc with farming, researchers warn
From Kalimantan to Lima: Where do women stand in climate?
ANALYSIS: Female representation in UN climate talks is increasing; on the ground, women are still marginalised
EU decides to ratify Kyoto Protocol extension
NEWS: Move by Brussels offers some integrity to beleaguered treaty, one year before UN hopes to agree global climate deal
Beijing reveals bottom-up approach to national carbon market
NEWS: Chinese central government will set regional caps on emissions and leave distribution of permits to provincial authorities
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
Australia will respond to climate pressure – David Cameron
NEWS: UK prime minister calls on Canberra to step up and make a greater contribution to cutting climate-warming emissions
Cheap coal poses climate and health dilemma for India
NEWS: Experts warn coal use is growing unsustainably, in the absence of effective regulation or support for low carbon development
Emissions growth slows as economies clean up – research
NEWS: Fossil fuel use and industries emitted a record 35.3Gt of CO2 in 2013, but slowdown shows economies depend less on polluting industry
US-China chat broke impasse at Lima climate talks
NEWS: Warming relationship between superpowers key as countries work towards global emissions deal in 2015
Five steps to saving Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
NEWS: Destruction of rainforest likely to endanger global climate unless it can be stopped and restored
Rising concern over invisible threat to Antarctic glaciers
NEWS: As ocean temperatures rise, warmer currents are attacking the Antarctic ice sheet from below, say scientists
Lima Call for Climate Action – what was decided?
BRIEFING: Details on key agreements reached at the UN’s COP20 climate change conference in Peru
Nine lessons from the Lima climate talks
BLOG: Latin American cities are choking to death, that US-China emissions pact didn’t solve everything and other nuggets from COP20
Late deal in Lima saves UN climate talks from collapse
UPDATED: Hopes for 2015 agreement to slow global warming remain alive after dramatic late deal in Peru
UN climate talks face “major breakdown” warns Todd Stern
NEWS: Lead US negotiator says time running out for deal in Lima, major divide remains between countries