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Extra UN climate talks mooted for 2021 to help negotiators catch up
After losing a year to the coronavirus pandemic, UN Climate Change is considering an extra meeting in 2021 to resolve sticking points in the negotiations
Cop26 climate talks postponed to 2021 amid coronavirus pandemic
Postponement will help clarify US climate policy – Trump is pulling out of the Paris Agreement but Biden or Sanders would rejoin if elected in November
Coronavirus delays global efforts for climate and biodiversity action
UN Climate Change said it won’t hold any physical meetings until the end of April amid efforts to contain Covid-19
World faces ‘decisive decade’ to fix global warming, former UN climate chief says
Christiana Figueres issues blueprint for a peaceful global revolution to tackle ‘dire emergency’ of climate change, guided by the Paris Agreement she helped craft
US senate committee votes to reinstate funding to UN climate treaty
The committee passed an amendment to give $10m to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, an organisation Donald Trump wants to cut off
Paris climate agreement set to become law this year
Fifty-seven countries accounting for 59.88% of global emissions have now indicated they will sign agreement before end of 2016
India: Paris climate talks problem-child or green leader?
ANALYSIS: Delhi has huge plans to invest in solar but it’s the country’s longstanding coal addiction that has climate experts worried
No renewables without coal, says Indian energy minister
NEWS: Fossil fuel is imperative to meet India’s development needs, Piyush Goyal insists at the opening of UN COP21 climate talks in Paris
UN climate talks inch forward as countries agree path to Paris
NEWS: Co-chairs at Bonn conference to draft new negotiating text for global deal – set for release in first week of October
Bonn climate talks start slow as hefty text avoids chop
NEWS: Negotiators need to step into “higher gear” in whittling down global climate treaty in embryo, or face failure in Paris
UN climate talks: Countries urged to build bridges
NEWS: With just over a year to reach a global climate deal in Paris, negotiators are struggling to get past old conflicts
Ex-NATO chief: UN ability to tackle climate change has limits
NEWS: Veteran diplomat Javier Solana says real progress will only come at national level, hailing action in China, Uganda, Tuvalu
When young people infiltrate the UN climate machine
ANALYSIS: Not all youths protest. Some have become part of official government delegations. What can they achieve?
Youth: The hidden life force behind the UN climate talks?
COMMENT: Activist Chris Wright reflects on the camaraderie, coffee dependency and triumphs of youth at the UN negotiations
11 ways young people have revolutionized the climate debate
ANALYSIS: Little people mean big business when it comes to climate change, as these 11 victories show
Woman drought at UN climate talks: are quotas the answer?
COMMENT: Quotas could create a critical mass of women at climate negotiations and drive change
Christiana Figueres: Climate deal must bring gender equality
INTERVIEW: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says a climate deal must create an equal economy for men and women
UN presents ‘shopping list’ for 2015 climate deal
NEWS: Debate over who will accept toughest carbon cuts heads to wire, as UN narrows options for Paris summit
UN officials say there is ‘greater clarity’ over 2015 climate deal
NEWS: Countries are converging on what pledges towards a global agreement should look like, say co-chairs of talks
France and India pledge to cooperate at UN climate talks
NEWS: French Foreign Minister says India will be a ‘major player’ at 2015 Paris summit, backing Modi to deliver a new approach