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UK top 10 climate claims, unpicked
ANALYSIS: Energy and climate chief Amber Rudd is on the defensive after an influential business lobby criticised government policy. We look at the facts
Brexit would damage UK climate policy, warn conservationists
NEWS: Leaving EU would diminish Britain which has gained immensely from Brussels’ standards, 14 leading conservationists write in letter to government
CCS axe jeopardises UK climate policy, lawmakers hear
NEWS: Pulling the plug on carbon capture competition throws emissions targets into question, industry experts warn
New UK climate strategy promised by end of 2016
NEWS: Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd says transport sector must accelerate transition to lower carbon forms of fuel
Cameron: Criticism of UK climate policy is ‘nonsense’
NEWS: British prime minister dismisses concerns raised by investors, businesses and Al Gore about bonfire of green regulations
Bush recognised climate as a ‘real problem’ reveal Clinton-Blair calls
NEWS: Incoming Republican presidential candidate saw global warming as a threat, but three months later he killed Kyoto Protocol
Global weather extremes underline climate threat, say experts
NEWS: El Nino, record heat and natural variability combine to highlight growing threats in a warming world
UK needs carbon capture tech to meet climate goals, says Amber Rudd
NEWS: Energy and climate secretary Amber Rudd tells lawmakers negative emissions technology will be important for UK later this century
UK recognises Pacific islanders’ plight, says climate envoy
VIDEO: Sir David King says ‘critically important’ UN deal reflects temperature target of 2C or less and reminds Britain at threat from sea-level rise
UK opposition leaders urge climate policy rethink
NEWS: Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn say evident dangers of climate change should prompt Number 10 to reverse green cuts
George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?
COMMENT: UK chancellor has taken an axe to country’s green policies in lead up to UN’s climate summit. His March 2016 budget will be an early chance to see if COP21 has worked
UK climate diplomats face axe after COP21 Paris summit
NEWS: Network of envoys working on low carbon strategies and climate vulnerability in developing countries likely to shrink after Foreign Office cuts
UN climate chief praises UK pledge to axe coal by 2025
NEWS: ‘Kudos to the UK’, says Christiana Figueres as country eyes nuclear and gas-fired power stations expansion to replace coal
UK, India agree £3.2bn low carbon deal ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: Cameron and Modi sign off trade package to boost India’s green economy, but doubts persist over UK’s domestic commitment to tackling climate change
Climate takes low profile as Xi Jinping visits UK
ANALYSIS: Britain is wooing China’s president for contentious investment in nuclear plants, but the real opportunities are elsewhere
Brexit: what impact on the climate?
ANALYSIS: Britain is to vote in a referendum on its membership of the EU by 2017. Where could that leave its climate policy? We asked five experts
Greens slam aviation lobby claims UK climate goals in reach
NEWS: Industry’s reliance on biofuels and technological gains to cut emissions under lens as government eyes airport expansion at Heathrow
UK must cut emissions 14% higher than EU average by 2030
NEWS: Burden sharing deal means major economies have to shoulder more of the bloc’s pledge to ditch fossil fuels and invest in cleaner forms of energy
Conservative UK climate chief defends green cuts
NEWS: Energy secretary Amber Rudd says rollback of clean energy subsidies not borne of ideology but faster way to cut emissions
Brazil pledges emissions cuts, UK increases climate finance
NEWS: Announcements underline slow but steady progress in moves to finalise global climate pact in Paris this December