Laurent Fabius: From Greenpeace shame to climate champion
ANALYSIS: France’s experienced foreign minister succeeded where most failed at UN climate talks. He got a decent deal and everyone said they liked him
A ten-year battle to root forests in a climate pact is won
ANALYSIS: Paris embedded the giant stocks of carbon in a UN pact for the first time, but not without a fight
Climate calendar: With Paris over, now what?
ANALYSIS: 195 countries struck a landmark global warming deal in France last week. They’ve got work to do before it takes effect in 2020
Foie gras, oysters and a climate deal: How the Paris pact was won
ANALYSIS: Months of quiet diplomacy came to fruition midway through the UN summit, as a diverse set of nations agreed to work as one to force through an ambitious climate pact
Climate finance: 5 takeaways from a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: A new UN climate pact has the potential to shift trillions into green energy and help poorer countries prepare for future impacts
Venezuela: From bloodied hand to shock climate pledge
ANALYSIS: Once a fierce critic of the UN climate negotiations, Claudia Salerno became one of the strongest supporters of a Paris deal
Decoding the Paris climate deal: What does it mean?
ANALYSIS: Climate policy expert Gerard Wynn decodes a new global deal – which is likely to have profound impacts on business, finance and energy sectors
Climate finance: A gaping wound that needs healing
ANALYSIS: The rich say they’re coughing up, the poor say they’re not getting enough, emerging economies are kicking off. Who’s right?
A brief history of the 1.5C target
ANALYSIS: Like most overnight successes, a campaign by vulnerable countries for a stricter warming limit is based on years of groundwork
COP21: Paris summit may enter new phase to clinch agreement
ANALYSIS: Common ploy by hosts in the past has been to crack the final, critical issues in smaller groups of as few as five of the most relevant, affected or powerful countries
Tony de Brum: The emerging climate champion at COP21
PROFILE: Marshall Islands minister credited with bringing US and EU together with vulnerable states in new ‘coalition of ambition’ at Paris talks
Carbon markets grow, but global price is out of reach
ANALYSIS: A global carbon price is out of reach, but governments meeting in Paris can promote linking of national carbon markets
Paris climate talks: What do the last 3 days have in store?
ANALYSIS: Oil producers, forest nations, high-tech trading centres, low lying and desert countries all have distinct interests to protect. This is where it gets serious.
Solar: The biggest winner from Paris climate talks?
ANALYSIS: The standout winning technology from a climate conference in Paris this week may be renewable energy, and in particular solar power
Meet the suits at Paris climate change talks
ANALYSIS: Why are business leaders showing up at COP21? Climate Home asked chief executives what they are doing about global warming
Will Venezuela opposition victory revise climate stance?
ANALYSIS: Opposition’s rout of Maduro government unlikely to transform South American petropower though ideological posturing could make way for pragmatism
Climate justice: A millennial’s perspective in Paris
ANALYSIS: There cannot be climate justice if Paris does not deliver a shared agreement on climate, argue climate researchers from Latin America and the UK
In Paris, polluters in focus as investors shun climate risk
ANALYSIS: So far, the most visible investor impact of climate change is divestment. But a bigger, quieter shift has started, to low carbon, and “climate aware” polluters
Top financial regulator turns up heat on polluting companies
ANALYSIS: It doesn’t guarantee transparency – think Volkswagen scandal – but Financial Stability Board initiative will force companies to disclose their carbon footprints
Pragmatic Peru to crisis-hit Venezuela: Latin America at COP21
ANALYSIS: Continent brings a colourful tapestry of perspectives to UN climate talks in Paris. Guy Edwards rounds up the latest developments