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Yeb Sano absence casts shadow over Lima climate talks
NEWS: Star Filipino negotiator sends defiant tweets as delegation say they cannot explain why he is not in Peru
UN plans for 2015 climate deal favour rich, say developing countries
NEWS: Delegates from Africa and other developing countries accused co-chairs of favouring EU and US views in UN climate talks
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 2: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Oil price crash proves renewables are future – UN climate chief
NEWS: Volatility of crude prices demonstrates need to target energy system with free fuel, argues Christiana Figueres
China: climate laggards must join in pre-2020 efforts
NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei says developed countries must ramp up action on emissions this decade
Pacific Islands lead largest ever climate fast
NEWS: Government ministers, delegates and half the population of Tuvalu joined activists in “historic” day of climate activism
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 1: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Record temperatures raise pressure on UN climate talks
NEWS: Envoys gather to discuss plans for global deal, with low levels of rich-poor financial aid still causing headaches
Mapped: Around the world in climate change targets
BLOG: Use RTCC’s interactive map to find out how far countries around the world have pledged to reduce their emissions
Spain pledges €120m to UN-backed green fund
NEWS: Contribution brings Green Climate Fund total up to US$9.7 billion, ahead of UN climate conference in Lima
Australia, Canada should reveal climate targets, says EU
INTERVIEW: Miguel Arias Canete on why 2C is still the goal, coal is not the answer and critics have got him wrong
Will Putin play hardball at the UN climate talks?
ANALYSIS: For Russian diplomats, a year of sanctions and conflict will provide the backdrop to Lima talks. Will this be payback time?
Oilfield expansion unsustainable amid tumbling prices – OPEC
NEWS: OPEC president warns new oilfields could be unsustainable as prices fall to 4-year low, while activists target Exxon Mobil
Pope Francis backs global efforts to tackle climate change
NEWS: Head of Roman Catholic church says global warming is a “social justice” issue, confirms encyclical on environment due in 2015
What UN stats tell us about climate efforts – and Turkey
ANALYSIS: The latest greenhouse gas emissions figures from rich countries show policies do work, but economics can change everything
Call for UN climate deal to support carbon market links
NEWS: Experts say cross-border links can make emissions cuts cheaper, but socialist states want to block market mechanisms
Paris deal unlikely to meet 2C warming limit, say climate veterans
NEWS: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and predecessors Yvo de Boer and Michael Zammit Cutajar offer thoughts on Lima talks
UN climate negotiators outline priorities for Lima
INTERVIEWS: RTCC asks negotiators from France, Russia, Bangladesh and beyond what next week’s UN climate conference should deliver
Todd Stern on China, India and the UN climate deal
NEWS: US special envoy for climate change spells out what his country hopes to achieve in the UN’s climate change deal
China moves on carbon market as part of emissions plan
NEWS: Beijing plans to launch national carbon market in 2016 to be mature by 2020, says official