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Weekly wrap: Bonn briefing, food and farming
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8 ways to cut the carbon footprint of your dinner
BLOG: From farm to plate, food accounts for up to a third of global emissions – so how can you limit the impact?
The Emissions Factor Podcast: Is optimism ahead of Paris justified?
PODCAST: This week Ed King is joined by Richard Black, Farhana Yamin and Lisa Friedman – plus an interview with Connie Hedegaard
What do young people want from a Paris climate deal?
BLOG: Young people and future generations will be hit hardest by climate change, so what do they need out of a UN pact?
Climate quiz: Test your geography knowledge
QUIZ: Which country has the biggest wind farm, the most dramatic climate negotiator or the world record for tree-planting?
BBC lost at sea as Radio 4 mocks climate change science
BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office
Climate facts: How France is trying to educate the US and Canada
NEWS: French ambassador is joining a panel of experts on a 12-city tour to rally support for a climate deal in Paris
10 ways the the US can meet its climate change pledge
NEWS: The world’s second emitter eyes over a quarter cut in its CO2 emissions by 2025. Here’s how it can get there
Climate envoys to receive letter, asking: Why do you care?
BLOG: French special envoy Nicolas Hulot to send message through diplomatic channels ahead of Paris summit in December
Who’s who in the world of climate change diplomacy?
NEWS: July meeting of the Major Economies Forum offers an insight into influential figures guiding UN climate talks
Chevron’s US media strategy: write the headlines
NEWS: Oil giant created its own local news outlet in 2014, determined to have its voice heard at home to key refinery
One Direction launch Action/1D climate change campaign
BLOG: Boyband call on “truly amazing” fans to pressure governments ahead of UN climate summit in Paris this December
The INDCs are a mess – and the UN needs to take control
COMMENT: Genius behind idea of pledges was national ownership, but there are too many variables for a clear picture
Pope or Kochs: Tell us Republicans, who do you back?
BLOG: Political ad hits out at climate sceptic Republican hopefuls in 2016, as oil funders ready $900m election arsenal
Three climate odd couples who should get together
BLOG: Naturalist David Attenborough met Barack Obama and the Pope sought anti-capitalist Naomi Klein’s advice – who next?
AS IT HAPPENED: Pope Francis’ climate call to action in encyclical
BLOG: Rolling coverage from the launch of the Pope’s call to all Catholics to respect the environment and tackle climate change
9 things we learned at the UN climate talks in Bonn
BLOG: Climate talks are like pregnancy, Ethiopia is more climate-forward than Australia and God is on the climate’s side
Governments silenced over UN climate change target
BLOG: Diplomats in Bonn have pushed back on an initiative to assess whether current levels of carbon cuts will slow risky warming
China lags global zeal in curbing climate change – poll
BLOG: Global survey gives snapshot of variations in public mood towards climate change
Balcombe plans new solar farm post fracking battle
NEWS: Two years after it fought off shale oil developers Cuadrilla, villagers in Balcombe are close to realising their clean energy dream