Climate politics
Loans or grants for climate finance?
COMMENT: Confusion reigns over the right format for cash to tackle climate impacts. Resolve this quickly, or the UN-backed Green Climate Fund will falter
Small islands urge progress in Bonn, cite Philippines Typhoon Koppu
NEWS: Alliance of vulnerable states remind weak UN climate deal might be “worse than no deal at all” as session gets off to rocky start
Developing countries demand additions to slimmed-down climate text
NEWS: In a heated start to talks in Bonn, G77 + China group accuses co-chairs of producing an unbalanced working document
Canada primed for climate comeback, says Harper foe
ANALYSIS: Election win for frontrunner Liberals would restore reputation battered by incumbent, says ex-opposition leader Stephane Dion
Bonn set for fireworks as UN climate talks resume
ANALYSIS: Developing countries cry foul ahead of week of negotiations in Germany – claiming finance, loss and damage have been wiped from draft deal
US freezing out potent HFCs with fresh curbs
NEWS: Obama administration and businesses announce cuts to super-warming gases ahead of ozone layer treaty meet
Saudis to deliver climate plan by Paris, says Tubiana
NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
India ex-climate minister lays out ‘minimums’ for Paris deal
NEWS: Tool to both verify countries’ carbon cuts and ratchet them up in the future vital to summit’s success, says Jairam Ramesh
Paris climate talks ‘not a north-south fight’
NEWS: Developing countries are owning their climate plans, say experts on Climate Home panel, as national interests drive low carbon engagement
Greens slam aviation lobby claims UK climate goals in reach
NEWS: Industry’s reliance on biofuels and technological gains to cut emissions under lens as government eyes airport expansion at Heathrow
WEBCAST: What does success in Paris look like?
Rolling coverage from a Climate Home, E3G and PwC COP21 Paris climate talks media briefing in London
BP, Shell, Rio Tinto offer support to Paris climate deal
NEWS: Major oil, mining and IT companies say they are behind plans for a global climate deal that includes the world’s leading economies
Climate Home Live: Judging success in Paris
Laurence Tubiana, Jairam Ramesh and Pete Ogden will explain how to read the outcome of COP21 in an exclusive webcast from 10-12 BST Thursday, 15 October
UN to quiz Saudi Arabia, Qatar over missing climate plans
NEWS: Secretary General’s advisor says his office will be on the phone to those countries yet to deliver greenhouse gas slashing proposals
Paris: a once-in-a-century deal, says EU climate boss
NEWS: Ambition of carbon-cutting pledges show new UN approach is working, but mechanism to ratchet up actions vital for road ahead
Yeb Sano heads for Paris, praying for a climate miracle
NEWS: Former Philippines negotiator says world needs new economic order to overcome global warming and ensure development among the planet’s poorest
6 elections to watch before Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: A shift in public mood at the ballot box can boot out climate laggards or propel them to power. Here are six on the radar from Canada to Myanmar
UN climate talks: Will only a global carbon price do?
ANALYSIS: Former chief UK climate science advisor says Paris talks won’t solve global warming, but an unprecedented price on pollution would
Bolivia vilifies capitalism in ten climate commandments
NEWS: South American country proposes ‘structural solutions to the climate crisis’ in belated pledge towards UN deal
Morocco summit told carbon-cutting rate must double
NEWS: National climate pledges cut emissions 3% a year for each unit of GDP, analysts say, but 6.3% needed to meet 2C goal