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Planet 6°C: Will climate change turn Planet Earth into Mars?
More and more scientists warn that the world could see global average temperatures rise 6°C by 2100. What would this mean for the planet?
Has Poland given up on climate mitigation?
Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec is talking down the value of emission reductions while the country is also at the heart of a split heading into the Doha climate change talks.
Sri Lanka’s electric rickshaws spearhead latest UN climate campaign
UNFCCC’s latest Momentum for Change campaign highlights initiatives in Sri Lanka, China, Uganda, Peru & Kenya ahead of COP18 summit
Why taxing shipping emissions is not all plain sailing
Good progress is being made towards a deal on shipping emissions, despite the conflicting ambitions of the International Maritime Organisation and UN climate change agency
CDM’s ‘nightmare’ bureaucracy slammed by inventors of Wonderbag stove
Founder of Natural Balance company tells RTCC she registered with Clean Development Mechanism in 2008 but has been unable to sell any carbon credits through the scheme
UN climate talks will fail without acknowledgment of rich/poor divide, says Indian diplomat
Without acknowledging the varying ability of nations to respond to the threats of climate change, negotiations cannot end successfully, according to Nitin Desai.
Comment: Is it time the UN climate change talks abandoned consensus?
Searching for agreements between 195 Parties is slow and can limit the ambition of the outcomes. Is there is scope for a “better” consensus and could voting ever work?
Conservation or carbon sinks: Can the UN see the forest for the trees?
Forests play a key role for the UN’s climate change and biodiversity agencies. Melati Kaye investigates whether they can they serve the goals of both simultaneously.
Pressure grows on Australia to sign Kyoto Protocol II
Julia Gillard’s cabinet will meet next week for the last time before COP18 in Doha – but will they discuss joining KP2?
EU on track to hit Kyoto climate change target as protocol’s future faces crucial period
Bloc will exceed its Kyoto goals and its internal 2020 targets as decision time nears on new a round of international commitments.
Why climate change was not ignored in the US Presidential debate
President Barack Obama and Governor Romney did not mention the ‘c’ word in the third and final election debate, but that did not stop climate change dominating discussions on foreign policy.
Fight club: Who wins when climate change takes on biodiversity?
Biodiversity and climate change are described as two sides of the same coin, so why does climate change appear to receive so much more attention worldwide?
UN climate talks a miserable experience says negotiator
Seychelles’ climate change ambassador Ronny Jumeau says he does not expect to leave the impending UN climate change talks in Doha with a smile on his face.
South Korea selected to host Green Climate Fund
Bid to host key climate change action fund receives consensus backing at GCF board’s second meeting, also in South Korea.
Green Climate Fund prepares to name host city but meeting dogged by civil society shut-out
Second meeting of the Fund’s board will vote on Saturday but ‘dangerous precedent’ being set as NGO access and input is severely limited.
How the Green Climate Fund’s host city will impact future climate change action
The second meeting of the Green Climate Fund’s board will be dominated by the selection of its new permanent home. Louise Brown of the World Resources Institute, explains why the choice is more than just symbolic.
Welcome to the UN’s secret climate adaptation summit
CBD COP11: UN biodiversity conference in Hyderabad highlights level of planning needed to cope with effects of anthropogenic climate change
UK calls for end to “binary” rich-poor divide at UN climate change talks
Climate Live: The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC including the latest from the UN biodiversity summit in Hyderabad, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Twitter report: Chatham House climate change conference
Tweets, pictures and newslines from the 2012 Chatham House climate change conference
Brazil sparks REDD+ duplication row
CBD COP11: Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia and Argentina argue REDD+ discussions should be left to UNFCCC conference