COP21
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 Podcast: Who pays for a global climate deal?
Ed King is joined by the World Bank’s Rachel Kyte to discuss the vexed issue of climate finance, the $100 billion goal and future investments in clean energy
COP21: Inside the Paris summit
VIDEO: Take a tour of Le Bourget conference centre where countries are crafting a new global warming pact
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
COP21 diary: Envoys meet in open, fearing rooms are bugged
Latest news, views and colour from the UN climate change summit in Paris
COP21: What sectors and products will benefit from a climate deal?
BLOG: Making Paris relevant to the real-world is a challenge – but it’s important; many of the targets and words here are just hot air without money
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
Podcast: A climate scientist’s first UN summit
Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, evangelical Christian and communicator, reflects on 2C, US Republicans and the “Pope effect”
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
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
India: Paris climate talks problem-child or green leader?
ANALYSIS: Delhi has huge plans to invest in solar but it’s the country’s longstanding coal addiction that has climate experts worried
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
On forests, the UN and indigenous people are worlds apart
ANALYSIS: Germany, Norway and UK lead forest protection announcements, but where are the real forest defenders at COP21?