Climate politics
No backpedalling on UN deal, say Africa’s endurance cyclists
NEWS: Teams of bikers pass baton across vulnerable continent to drum up support for global pact to cap warming to 1.5C
Saudi Arabia launches climate change PR drive
NEWS: New COP21 website and emails highlighting commitment stress Riyadh is taking this year’s climate summit seriously – but doubts persist over Kingdom’s low carbon ambitions
John Kerry: India poses ‘challenge’ at UN climate talks
NEWS: Secretary of state says New Delhi is focus of US diplomacy push, rejects notion that Paris may deliver new legally binding treaty
Pakistan submits target-free climate plan to UN
NEWS: Six weeks behind deadline, Islamabad contribution to a Paris deal avoids any measurable goals
G20: 8 reasons why this weekend’s summit is climate critical
COMMENT: The G20 never used to be a big moment in the climate calendar. But times have changed. What’s decided in Antalya will have ramifications for Paris
Climate vulnerable governments urge all countries to make tough CO2 cuts
NEWS: Statement from Manila meeting urges COP21 Paris summit to make 1.5C new warming limit, but avoids pinning responsibility on developed world
Egypt targets fossil fuel subsidy phase-out in UN climate pledge
NEWS: North African state will make consumers pay the full cost of energy within five years, but is not committing to emissions curbs
Climate frontline: The Kenya province counting on a Paris deal
ANALYSIS: Pastoralists in Turkana say their traditional way of life is under threat from rising temperatures, environmental degradation and a nascent oil sector
Three core elements to success at the Paris climate summit
Yvo de Boer: The COP21 summit should not only focus on reducing emissions, but also on adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change
France eyes growing consensus ahead of Paris climate summit
NEWS: Informal Paris meeting of 60 ministers ends in broad support for regular reviews of carbon-cutting pledges
UN climate talks and the Paris deal: A bluffer’s guide
ANALYSIS: It’s a treaty like no other, that will transform the world economy – if 195 nations can agree at COP21, that is
Saudi Arabia submits climate pledge to UN deal
NEWS: Petropower offers conditional emissions cuts of up to 130Mt CO2e by 2030, becoming last G20 member to submit plan before Paris summit
What can OPEC bring to a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: Countries forming oil cartel have their cards close to their chest in build-up to UN summit. We asked six experts what to expect
How France is steering the world to a climate deal
ANALYSIS: Paris has been on a three-year diplomacy drive to secure success at next month’s critical UN summit
UNEP: National climate plans deliver half carbon cuts needed for 2C
NEWS: Government pledges will cut 11 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases by 2030, report finds, leaving an emissions gap of 12Gt
Walking tall: Expect tears as UN climate chief eyes Paris prize
PROFILE: Christiana Figueres has led the UN’s climate body for five turbulent years – and finally the diminutive Costa Rican has a global deal in her sights
Saudi forum seeks to scale up carbon capture and storage
NEWS: Delegates from 23 countries agree to cooperate on bringing down the towering costs of CCS at summit in Riyadh
Decarbonisation risks sidetracking Paris pact, says ex-UN climate chief
NEWS: Fossil fuel phase-out this century is an ‘impressive sound bite’ but could harm chances of an agreement at COP21, says Yvo de Boer
Ministers to discuss ‘landing zones’ ahead of Paris climate summit
NEWS: France asks governments to deliver ‘proposals for common ground on key political issues’ as clock ticks down to start of negotiations
Taiwan aims to lead mainland China with climate plan
NEWS: Island state targets 50% cut in emissions by 2030 from business as usual, despite being frozen out of climate talks by Beijing