Climate politics
COP21: Business leaders react to UN climate deal
COP21: Companies and trade associations hail endorsement of low-carbon transition, but insist it plays out in clear policy decisions
China rescues US from Paris climate deal ‘typo’ fiasco
EXCLUSIVE: The US panicked at the inclusion of a legally binding term in historic UN climate change pact, prompting last minute huddles
Decoding the Paris climate deal: What does it mean?
ANALYSIS: Climate policy expert Gerard Wynn decodes a new global deal – which is likely to have profound impacts on business, finance and energy sectors
Paris climate pact spells slow death for fossil fuels
NEWS: Two weeks of intense negotiations set to conclude with historic agreement that will see coal, oil and gas use phased out
COP21: NGOs react to UN Paris climate deal
REACTION: Civil society groups welcome the outcome’s aim to limit warming to 1.5C but say more action is needed, plus greater support for the world’s poor
UN climate talks ‘moving to end’ with new draft deal
NEWS: Paris summit draws to close as French presidency announces it will present new and final proposal for deal at 1130 on Saturday morning
As it happened: 195 countries agree Paris climate deal
ROLLING COVERAGE: Agreement aims to hold global warming to ‘well below 2C’ and help the world’s poor cope with climate change impacts
UN climate talks go long haul as US, China leaders speak
NEWS: New planned for 9am Saturday but Washington’s top envoy says discussions could run into Sunday with deep divisions between rich and emerging economies
Brazil backs ‘high ambition coalition’ to break Paris deadlock
NEWS: Decision marks a rupture in BASIC bloc as India, China opposed to groups’ faster carbon-cutting aims
Rhetoric or reality? Climate scientists divided on 1.5C warming goal
NEWS: Tighter warming limit is meaningless without decarbonisation pathway, say experts as countries close in on Paris climate deal
COP21: In a time of terror, democracy and climate lose
COMMENT: Anti-terrorist measures threaten to reduce COP21 to a conversation between bureaucrats and specialists
As it happened: Paris COP21 climate talks run into overtime
LIVE: Paris summit will spill into overtime as COP president Laurent Fabius reveals he will deliver the final draft on Saturday morning
Thursday’s draft Paris agreement aims for ‘well below 2C’ warming
NEWS: Version presented by French presidency on Thursday evening well received, but some issues remain unresolved going into final day of COP21
Climate finance: A gaping wound that needs healing
ANALYSIS: The rich say they’re coughing up, the poor say they’re not getting enough, emerging economies are kicking off. Who’s right?
Pressure for regular reviews builds on India, China at Paris climate talks
NEWS: UNEP chief Achim Steiner and coalition of over 100 countries urge envoys to commit to tough review process, but questions persist on funding
A brief history of the 1.5C target
ANALYSIS: Like most overnight successes, a campaign by vulnerable countries for a stricter warming limit is based on years of groundwork
Gina McCarthy: US climate plan will stand test of time
VIDEO: American people back flagship clean power plan despite lawsuits and Republican assaults, says Barack Obama’s top environmental regulator
Podcast: Bangladeshi expert talks rich-poor tensions and 1.5C
On the penultimate day of UN climate talks in Paris, Saleemul Huq tells Climate Home finance is key to unlocking a strong global pact
COP21: Paris summit may enter new phase to clinch agreement
ANALYSIS: Common ploy by hosts in the past has been to crack the final, critical issues in smaller groups of as few as five of the most relevant, affected or powerful countries
Tony de Brum: The emerging climate champion at COP21
PROFILE: Marshall Islands minister credited with bringing US and EU together with vulnerable states in new ‘coalition of ambition’ at Paris talks