NEWS: Warsaw holding out for more financial support as leaders head to Brussels for key two day European Council summit
NEWS: Central European countries reject renewables and efficiency goals as part of EU’s 2030 climate package
NEWS: A 35% energy efficiency target for 2030 would wipe out reliance on Russian gas, says UK think-tank IPPR
NEWS: Donald Tusk, a champion of coal and critic of EU’s tough climate policies will be the next Council chief
COMMENT: Despite his pro-coal domestic agenda, Donald Tusk might not be a bad choice for European Council president
NEWS: Greenpeace estimates 7,500 people from 28 countries joined hands to fight lignite mining plans
NEWS: Activists will form an 8km line between two villages threatened by opencast lignite mines, to highlight climate change risks
NEWS: Poland’s climate change minister says the coal-intensive nation can be a model for developing countries
NEWS: Europe must speak “with one voice” at global climate talks in Paris next year, says Finnish minister
NEWS: Coal-dependent Poland could challenge European 2030 carbon-cutting targets, warns UK energy secretary
NEWS: Most EU countries still on the fence or oppose binding efficiency target in 2030
NEWS: Pressure growing on EU as internal rows force bloc to postpone backing of key UN treaty
NEWS: Central European coalition says EU must ensure 2030 climate policies do not unfairly burden poor bloc members
NEWS: UK and Poland say they are “natural allies” in shale gas gas, and report will highlight “positive benefits across Europe”
NEWS: World still not united on tackling global warming, says UK’s special representative on climate change
Full sitting of EU Parliament backs 30% renewables target, compared with 27% proposed by EC
Former COP19 president Marcin Korolec says that EU should wait till 2015 to decide on climate package to align with UN
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Wednesday’s top five: fossil fuels banned, EU car emissions limited, Solomon Islands face economic crisis, Kiribati resident refused climate refugee status
Row over coal and climate in Poland grows day after government sacks Environment Minister and COP19 President