Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
NEWS: Speaking at a side event of COP21, industry and observers warn the International Maritime Organization is letting key sector off the hook
Politicians face ‘difficult issues’ as UN releases draft climate deal
NEWS: China and India hold out against regular climate plan reviews as politicians prepare to thrash out compromise on pre and post 2020 climate finance
Marshall Islands minister Tony de Brum loses election
UPDATED: International climate change advocate will leave government in January, after fighting for a UN deal at COP21 in Paris
Police and activists clash at Paris climate summit protest
VIDEO: Activists storm event bearing ‘climate solutions’ to criticise corporate sponsorship as UN talks near half-way mark
France calls on diplomatic cavalry as climate talks heat up
NEWS: Foreign minister Laurent Fabius urges speed as countries engage in rolling negotiations ahead of Saturday evening deadline for new draft climate deal
COP21: Climate Home speaks to India’s chief climate negotiator
Q&A: Susheel Kumar, a key negotiator of Indian delegation opens up to Climate Home’s Avik Roy on what is at stake and India’s determined position at COP21 in Paris
Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force
NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris
Saudi Arabia, India quash UN study warning of 2C dangers
NEWS: Island nations left distraught as major carbon polluters block report that suggested limiting temperature rises to well below 2C would be safer for millions
COP21: Climate finance row burning bright as clock ticks on talks
NEWS: Negotiations heat up as developed, developing and emerging economies get cold feet over long term funding figures
Africa’s green belt gets greenbacks to halt spreading Sahara
NEWS: France’s Francois Hollande and donors put up $4 bn for band of trees stretching 7,100km from Djibouti to Dakar
Germany and France back 1.5C global warming limit
NEWS: Countries vulnerable to climate change impact welcomed show of support for tighter temperature goal at COP21 in Paris
COP21: EU sidelined by US, China say experts
NEWS: Brussels engineered work on a 2015 UN climate deal back in 2011, but internal rows have lessened its impact at Paris summit
COP21: Slow progress ‘frustrating’ says UN climate official
NEWS: World leaders are gone, but old divisions remain as countries battle to agree on draft text ahead of Saturday deadline
COP21: Saudi Arabia defends target-free climate plan
NEWS: World’s biggest oil exporter has an ‘action-based approach’ to going green, says Khalid Abuleif on the sidelines of COP21 in Paris
Ecuador: US has no right to ‘kidnap’ Paris climate talks
VIDEO: US-led drive for pact without legal force is conditioning outcome at UN COP21 summit, warns environment minister
Obama offers vulnerable nations $30m for climate risk insurance
NEWS: Small island leaders cautiously welcome US move to shield them from threat of rising seas, but say more is needed in a Paris deal
India, China planned coal plants could blow UN warming target
NEWS: Experts say 2440 power plants in global pipeline would knock world over 2C warming limit, as row over ‘decarbonisation’ heats up at talks
India hailed for constructive stance at solar alliance launch
NEWS: Experts call PM Narendra Modi’s clean energy initiative a game changer in brokering a sustainable climate deal at COP21 in Paris
Paris co-chairs promise new climate text by Saturday
VIDEO: Ahmed Djoghlaf and Dan Reifsnyder reject “misperception” their earlier version of a Paris agreement was biased towards developed countries
G77: US diplomats must practice what Obama preaches in Paris
VIDEO: Chair of developing country bloc says US president’s words must translate into negotiating offers at UN COP21 summit