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Private sector backing could transform UN’s Green Climate Fund
COMMENT: Vital meeting of GCF board this week in Barbados could build on significant climate finance progress in last month, says IETA’s Katie Sullivan
EU 2030 compromise could weaken climate action
ANALYSIS: As sign-off nears for the EU 2030 climate and energy package, “flexibility” measures could water down 40% emissions cuts to just 26%
Why are journalists ignoring Africa’s climate misery?
ANALYSIS: African journalists tell RTCC they’re struggling to tell the climate story of their vulnerable continent
September’s climate thermometer: who’s hot, and who’s not?
NEWS: Who has shown some cool, green leadership this September… And who is heating up the planet?
Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves
ANALYSIS: Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away
UN climate change talks: 2C or not 2C?
COMMENT: Ditching the 2C goal is like doctors dithering over a critically ill patient, say Climate Analytics
The climate marathon has started: it’s time to set the pace
COMMENT: The New York climate summit was a first step says Mohamed Adow. We should stop asking what it achieved, and begin walking
What did Ban Ki-moon’s summit deliver on climate finance?
ANALYSIS: A new consensus on the role of public and private funding for climate change emerged this week, but more cash is needed
Graca Machel: climate fight requires courage and leadership
SPEECH: Elders member and Nelson Mandela’s widow says lack of action on climate should serve as a reality check to governments
New York summit: what it means for climate treaty prospects
ANALYSIS: The world’s superpowers have woken from their climate coma, but there is still much work to do towards a global deal
400,000 people on NY streets trump ‘pledges’ by Cameron and Obama
COMMENT: Sunday’s climate march created a tipping point that leaders failed to achieve inside the UN headquarters, says Jamie Henn
Knock knock. Who’s there? Climate change
BLOG: A series of playful posters and podcasts aims to change your relationship with the changing climate
For small islands states, the renewables revolution is already here
COMMENT: Island states are may be small, but they’re powerful when it comes to renewables, write three foreign ministers
New York summit renews confidence in climate action
ANALYSIS: From 400,000 marching in the streets of New York to the affirmations of world leaders at the UN, there is a renewed confidence in climate action
10 best leaders’ pledges at the UN summit
ANALYSIS: World leaders delivered around 16 hours of speeches yesterday. But who actually delivered meaningful pledges?
Costa Rica is green and growing despite climate concerns
COMMENT: Costa Rica is vulnerable to climate change but benefits from green policies, writes environment minister
As it happened: World leaders pledge climate action in New York
Ban Ki-moon’s summit has arrived and it is over to world leaders to show their commitment to tackling climate change
Marshall Islands poet: “We deserve to do more than just survive”
BLOG: Full transcript of poem read out today at the UN climate summit by Marshall Islands writer Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Looming China policy may decide coal market fate
ANALYSIS: The future for coal producers will hinge on the world’s largest emitter and its next five-year plan
What to watch for at the New York climate summit
COMMENT: As leaders flock to New York for tomorrow’s climate summit, E3G gives some hints on what to expect