Ed King

Ed previously worked as a Producer on BBC Radio 5 Live. He holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising in global energy and climate policy.

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

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

Podcast: Why is loss and damage a hot issue at COP21?

Ed King and Harjeet Singh from ActionAid India debate one of the most toxic parts of a possible UN deal, how to help poor countries already hit by climate impacts

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

Inside COP21: What happens next at the Paris climate talks?

BLOG: With 9 days of talks left before a global pact to limit warming to below 2C is set to be signed, pressure is rising on negotiators

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

Podcast: Day 1 review of the Paris COP21 climate talks

Ed King is joined by Angolan envoy and Least Developed Countries chair Giza Gaspar Martins to look back at the first day of talks in Paris

Terrorism, climate conflict dominate opening day of Paris talks

NEWS: “I am not choosing between fighting terrorism and fighting global warming. These are both challenges we have to overcome” – France president Francois Hollande at COP21

Mission Innovation: Billion dollar funds for clean tech launched in Paris

NEWS: US, Saudi Arabia, India and China to back new green energy research push as countries kick-off COP21 talks with series of announcements

Canada says it’s ‘back’ on climate. But is it?

PARIS BLOG: Ottawa’s opening press conference offers a picture of optimism and hope, but its position on the Kyoto Protocol and weak climate goal remains

Paris unites on global day of climate action

UPDATED: Violence and 100 arrests disrupt peaceful ‘human chain’ in centre of Paris after anarchists infiltrate climate march

COP21: Thousands link arms in support of Paris climate deal

COMMENT: Coming together in support of a climate deal is an answer to the Paris terror attacks, says Emma Ruby-Sachs

Latin American leadership is critical to securing a Paris climate pact

ANALYSIS: Latin America may be a fragmented continent at the UN climate talks but they have much in common given their vulnerability to climate impacts and potential for clean energy expansion.

George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?

COMMENT: UK chancellor has taken an axe to country’s green policies in lead up to UN’s climate summit. His March 2016 budget will be an early chance to see if COP21 has worked

Envoys aim to surf wave of optimism at Paris climate talks

ANALYSIS: Stars are aligning for UN pact as never before say top negotiators on eve of two-week summit to solve global warming

COP21: Why the Paris talks must tackle climate-forced migration

COMMENT: Burying our heads in the sand by refusing to confront reality is not a viable option – we need to discuss planned migration linked to global warming

COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?

ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement

EU climate chief says US must consider binding Paris pact

NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete turns screw on US counterpart Todd Stern, insisting COP21 must legally enforce national emissions cuts

‘I’m going to Paris because I’m fighting for my home’

COMMENT: Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explains why she has decided to travel thousands of miles to France, and why she’s not leaving without an ambitious climate deal

Podcast: UN COP21 Paris climate change preview

Climate Home’s Ed King is joined by Globe International’s Malini Mehra and Stephen Cornelius from WWF-UK to look ahead to the Paris summit