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Nauru President: ‘Some islands won’t make it’

Baron Waqa speaks of climate risk threatening to undo history of struggle and achievement in Small Island States

Philippines climate envoy says rhetoric must be complemented by radical cuts to global carbon emissions

Comment: Natural disasters are set to become more common in a warming world, and politicians should take note says the IIED’s Saleemul Huq

Global warming hasn’t slowed say researchers, trade winds have simply carried the heat into the Pacific Ocean – temporarily

Live coverage of the first UK Parliament review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 5th Assessment Report

UK’s former climate change diplomacy chief on how a medieval scholar changed the way a continent thought about life

PwC’s Celine Herweijer reflects on what risk means to business leaders at the World Economic Forum

Experts from the Stockholm Environment Institute argue the social costs of fossil fuels are underestimated

Focus on legal nature of global warming treaty replaced by need to ensure any agreement is ‘meaningful’

Report last September said investments in Carbon Capture and UN climate deal needed to mitigate shale gas effects

Gambia’s Pa Ousman Jarju explains why poor countries are ready to ‘compromise and engage’ at UN climate negotiations

Four leading climate and energy experts working for the Chinese government explain how the country can cut its carbon footprint

Divestment movement needs to target fund managers’ fiduciary duty and explain why fossil fuel investments will end in financial disaster

Sceptics may laugh at the irony of climate scientists getting stuck in ice, but it still doesn’t disprove climate change

High level summits in New York and Lima expected to deliver roadmap towards global deal in 2015

Taking care of the amount of energy you use makes economic and environmental sense, says the Carbon Trust’s Jeff Beyer

The RTCC team reflect on a year which broke records, stunned climate experts and left Russell Brand steaming

Europe is in two minds over its next set of low carbon goals, but ambition is vital as the world is watching says E3G’s Ingrid Holmes

Vice-Chancellor will lead ‘super ministry’ focusing on energy and economic policy, but needs to act fast to maintain supply and cut costs

Few willing to take responsibility for cleaning up waste as bitter 20 year fight over oil pollution heads for another legal judgement