Climate politics
UN climate chief urges speed as NASA reports record warming
Baking temperatures in April, forest fires and drought underline need to implement Paris Agreement says Christiana Figueres
Ahead of UN climate talks, world’s poorest urge early action
World must adapt to meet the unavoidable impacts of climate change head on or face the consequences says DRC envoy
Erik Solheim: Meet the man tasked with protecting Planet Earth
Incoming UNEP chief will use experience mediating Sri Lanka peace process to build broad coalition committed to greener economy
Brazil must review its climate pledge on new data
Emissions from farming and forestry were 28% higher than previously thought in 2005, the baseline year for Brazilian climate targets
UN prepares for climate talks, Saudi oil chief dismissed
CRIB NOTES 9-13 MAY: Bonn prepares for first round of talks post Paris, Saudi climate chief quits, Aviation envoys meet to talk emission cuts
UN climate officials release negotiation plan through 2018
Countries will not be excluded from talks for being slow to ratify Paris Agreement, say summit hosts
Morocco promises ‘brainstorming’ 2016 climate summit
Rabat’s special envoy says COP22 will be a moment for governments, cities and business to embrace new levels of cooperation and technology sharing
Patricia Espinosa: Who is the UN’s incoming climate change chief?
Mexican diplomat is a team builder with a ruthless streak, say ministers who have worked with her
Fabius: EU failure to rapidly ratify Paris Agreement ‘damaging’
French former president of UN summit warns of negative consequences if Brussels does not formally join deal before it enters into force
UN report finds progress on global climate efforts
Latest synthesis study commends governments for climate drive, but underlines radical carbon cuts required to avoid dangerous warming
Mexican ambassador selected as next UN climate chief
Patricia Espinosa is to take over from Christiana Figueres as head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in July
Laurence Tubiana: This is no time for complacency
Oil majors need to get their act together and governments ramp up ambition to make UN climate goals a reality, writes France ambassador Laurence Tubiana
Heatwaves will hit workers’ health in warming world, warns UN
GUARDIAN: Productivity losses could exceed US$2 trillion by 2030, says major report, as field and factory labourers suffer
How to bring the Paris Agreement in this year
India, Japan or leading EU member states could get climate pact over the 55% of global emissions threshold to enter into force
Loss and damage meet must deliver for world’s vulnerable
Talks in Bonn this week need to protect poor and marginalised people from irreversible climate impacts, says CARE’s Sven Harmeling
New York signing marks a new age in climate cooperation
Finance will be critical to realise the Paris Agreement, says Emmanuel De Guzman – and vulnerable countries are taking a lead
UN record as 175 countries sign climate deal, but hard graft remains
China cranks up pressure on G20, calling on all major economies to ratify agreement ahead of September’s meeting
As it happened: World leaders sign climate pact in New York
News, commentary and analysis from UN ceremony as 175 countries sign the Paris Agreement on climate change
Vulnerable states stress 1.5C goal at UN climate ceremony
Climate Vulnerable Forum calls on all countries to increase their carbon-cutting contributions by 2020, as leaders meet in New York
Pope, World Bank and Google demand tougher climate policies
Governments, religious leaders and business talk up the Paris Agreement on climate change, but record temperatures hint at huge ambition deficit