UN climate fund suspends project in Nicaragua over human rights concerns
The Green Climate Fund suspended a $117 million forest conservation project in Nicaragua over escalating violence against indigenous people.
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‘Looking for positivity’: Parisversaire party to revive momentum on climate
After a year disrupted by coronavirus, national leaders are expected to announce climate commitments on Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement
In numbers: The state of the climate in 2024
At the start of COP29, new reports warn that 2024 is set to be the hottest year on record as global warming temporarily tops 1.5C and climate disasters surge
Bolsonaro shifts blame for unprecedented Brazilian wetland fires
In a message to the UN, Brazil’s president denied responsibility for the worst fires on record in the Pantanal, despite having slashed environmental protections
As it happened: New York sparkles with vows of climate action
A bumper week of green announcements come to a head as Climate Week NYC enters its last day
World leaders home in on long-term green goal
NEWS: Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel and Dilma Rousseff among 30 head of states backing clearer pathway to limit warming to 2C
Ban Ki-moon: new global goals ‘blueprint for a better future’
NEWS: UN secretary general say countries ‘risen to challenge’ as sustainable development goals unanimously adopted in New York
Will REDD+ be the saviour of the world’s rainforests?
RTCC speaks to five REDD+ experts to see what the rainforest preservation scheme has achieved, and where it goes from here
Top 10 climate change protests of 2013
This year has reaped a vintage crop of climate change protests. RTCC has picked some of the best.
Panama rainforest tribes settle UN REDD dispute
Bitter dispute over indigenous people’s forest rights resolved, paving the way for implementation of forest protection scheme
Ban Ki-moon: leaders must bring solutions to 2014 climate summit
UN chief says he wants bold announcements and action at the climate leaders meeting he will host next September
Loss and damage: UN needs to deliver on Warsaw climate pact
Loss and damage mechanism was a victory for developing countries, but its success will depend on work done in months ahead experts tell RTCC
Warsaw climate pact: reaction from PwC, KPMG and IKEA
Reaction from PwC, KPMG and Institutional Investors Group on the COP 10 climate summit
Carbon market ‘toolbox’ – precursor to a global deal, or a waste of time?
Negotiators in Warsaw will look to establish guidelines to create a standardised global carbon trading market
UN sets environmental ‘guidelines’ for business to adopt
First-of-its-kind guide from UN Global Compact calls on companies to align corporate sustainability initiatives and climate policy
Climate scientists revise greenhouse gas emissions estimates
Morning summary: UN’s climate scientists have revised greenhouse gas estimates made in September; Devastation of Philippines typhoon hangs over climate talks in Poland; Philippines negotiator will fast until climate talks deadlock is resolved
UN climate chief Figueres should “boycott” Warsaw coal summit
Youth groups say Christiana Figueres will not be welcome at their meeting if she does not decline coal invite
World’s poorest set to press rich nations for climate compensation
Whether or not rich countries should pay compensation to most vulnerable states expected to prove controversial at UN climate talks
Climate leaders face “Custer’s last stand” as UN talks approach
Next three years are crucial in determining the shape of climate action, say policy experts at two day Chatham House conference
Australian bushfires linked to climate change – UN official
Morning summary: UN official says Australian bush fires linked to global warming; airborne pollution soars in China; Keystone pipeline set to earn Koch brothers billions
World is heading for ‘heart attack’, says UN official
Morning summary: Halldor Thorgeirsson criticises governments for inaction; California governor signs anti-fracking bill; soaring food prices to hit children hardest
Are developing nations equally to blame for climate change?
Deciding which countries have contributed most to climate change depends on how you calculate historic and current emissions
UN bids for leadership role in ‘age of sustainable development’
New report claims UN is only organisation able to implement Sustainable Development Goals that are set to guide economic thinking until 2050
UN climate envoys start ‘informal’ Auckland meeting
Morning summary: International climate negotiators met in New Zealand today to discuss how to inject “fresh thinking” into approaching UN agreement
UN rules UK wind farms ‘illegal’
Morning summary: UK government accused of acting illegally by not providing public with ‘necessary information’ over benefits of wind farms
Bob Watson: IPCC must address slowdown in global warming
In the first of RTCC’s ‘Climate Leaders’ series, former UN climate science chief Bob Watson discusses forthcoming AR5 report and political implications
NYSE joins UN stock exchange sustainability initiative
World’s largest stock exchange makes historic step in joining UN sustainability drive in financial sector
UN food chief labels Quinoa ‘climate friendly’
José Graziano da Silva joined by Ban Ki-moon in hailing resilient crop’s potential to bolster food security and put world on zero hunger path
Climate change a priority for Obama’s second term
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Australia joins Climate and Clean Air Coalition
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Ban Ki-moon accuses governments of being wilfully blind to dangers of climate change
UN Secretary-General joins Presidents of vulnerable island states in climate rallying call at UN General Assembly.