Climate politics
Euroland: psyched and ready for climate charm offensive
ANALYSIS: The EU has its climate negotiating priorities set out on six foot banners, but will it get its way in Paris?
Hopes for zero deforestation in Brazil climate plan
NEWS: Amazon protection on the agenda when president Dilma Rousseff meets Barack Obama in Washington next week
EU unveils Morocco summit to gauge climate pledges
NEWS: Appraisal of power of UN country submissions to curb global warming set for October, but organiser unsure who will show
China, EU to talk long term emissions goal – Canete
NEWS: Power brokers to home in on climate at 29 June meet, while China may unveil critical carbon-cutting pledge, sources say
Outcry as UK plans to privatise green bank
NEWS: Proposal to sell off up to 70% of the Green Investment Bank will harm low carbon sector, say wide range of critics
G7: Make ‘climate fragility’ a foreign policy priority
NEWS: Syria crisis shows how climate change can lead to instability and conflict, experts say in call for cooperation
Climate campaigners win court case against Dutch government
NEWS: Judges rule the Netherlands should deepen emissions cuts to at least 25% by 2020, in landmark legal decision
Coal protest highlights danger to Great Barrier Reef
NEWS: Aboriginal elders and residents oppose Abbot Point port expansion as Unesco mulls “in danger” status for unique coral ecosystem
US biodiesel fraudster faces 10+ years in jail
NEWS: EPA warns of severe penalties for undermining green transport policy, after 50-year-old runaway pleads guilty to charges
UK political consensus on fracking for gas disintegrates
NEWS: Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful latest to call for fracking ban, while Labour favourite and SNP also support moratorium
Peru climate pledge hinges on forests wager
NEWS: Amazon country pins two-thirds of draft carbon-cutting target on halting deforestation, but critics question government’s resolve
Venezuela: The climate paradox of the petro-state
ANALYSIS: Dependent on petrol exports, the South American country is fraught with contradictions as it resists overhaul of fossil fuels
Lifestyles must change to avoid climate disaster, says Pope
NEWS: Destruction of nature is a “crime” says Pontiff in leaked draft of encyclical; official version due out on Thursday
Hillary Clinton mocks climate sceptics at presidential campaign launch
NEWS: Democrat hopeful lashes out at sceptics and says she’ll back growth of solar, wind and other green energies
Climate change the “biggest” economic risk facing the world
NEWS: Former US Treasury chief Hank Paulson leads call for US politicians to take global warming seriously
Chinese premier Li commits to 2030 CO2 peaking goal
NEWS: Government set to maintain plans to slash emissions and boost clean energy use in UN pledge due on June 17
9 things we learned at the UN climate talks in Bonn
BLOG: Climate talks are like pregnancy, Ethiopia is more climate-forward than Australia and God is on the climate’s side
Serbia accused of fiddling UN climate change pledge
NEWS: Contribution to UN pact championed by European Commission represents a 15% rise in CO2 emissions
UN to present new ‘streamlined’ climate text in July
NEWS: Chairs of talks for a global emissions deal propose new “tool” that will synthesise and clarify discussions so far
Papal encyclical to have “major impact” says top UN climate official
NEWS: Christiana Figueres says Pope Francis will stress moral obligation to protect planet for future generations