Climate politics
UN climate leaders reflect on 20 years of talks
COMMENT: past UN climate chiefs reflect on the negotiating process, and outline where they see progress
EU delays 2030 climate package decision until October
Green groups and developing countries say Europe has lost ‘climate leader’s’ mantle after postponing new laws
Ban Ki-moon hails 20th birthday of UN’s climate change body
UN Secretary General calls for renewed efforts to cut greenhouse gases on the twentieth anniversary of the UN’s climate body
Climate adaptation faces funding crisis warn UN officials
Adaptation Fund must find predictable stream of money in the wake of carbon market collapse, say board members
Delay to EU 2030 climate targets ‘nonsensical’ warns De Boer
Draft texts suggest EU leaders plan to postpone release of decarbonisation plans until October
UK budget: Osborne caps carbon tax on power plants
Green groups protest as UK budget freezes emissions penalties, boosting country’s biggest carbon polluters
Jens Stoltenberg: swift EU 2030 deal will boost UN climate process
Ban Ki-moon’s climate envoy says Brussels leadership can help smooth international talks
World’s poorest call for UN climate process to be accelerated
A UN submission by the least developed countries group says that early pledges are key to successful Paris treaty
Trust deficit blocking progress at UN climate talks
Dogmatic views and lack of financial guarantees blights week of negotiations in Bonn
Climate change “bad boys” must make amends, say Marshall Islands
The US and China need to take urgent action to prevent small islands sinking, says Marshall Islands UN representative
As it happened: UN climate change talks in Bonn, closing session
Coverage from the closing set of negotiations at the UN climate meeting in Bonn
Yeb Sano: fasting makes me a better climate negotiator
Filipino negotiator tells RTCC that his monthly ritual of fasting is helping him to secure a strong UN treaty on climate change
China’s ‘war on smog’ won’t cut CO2 by much: research
Beijing’s efforts to cut smog to also cut CO2, but nationwide carbon emissions and air pollution likely to remain high until at least next decade.
Formal talks on UN climate change deal will ‘start in June’
Pressure from developing countries forces officials to agree to accelerate 2015 climate deal talks
Smog will drive China climate action, says France foreign minister
Laurent Fabius says Beijing knows it must take “bolder action” to cut pollution, expects cooperation on UN 2015 deal
UN climate envoys hail momentum, but warn time running out
Negotiators say progress has been made at Bonn talks, but some warn time is running out to deliver a draft text by Lima
Hollande and Xi to discuss climate at March summit
France and China leaders will discuss goals of 2015 UN Paris conference in meeting later this month
Old splits emerge as UN climate envoys seek path to 2015 deal
Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia say they have no intention of discussing tough emission cuts at Bonn meeting
US Senate debates climate change through night
Lawmakers maintain climate vigil on Capitol Hill, warning of economic and human costs that could hit US in warmer world
John Kerry issues seven point climate change plan
US Secretary of State ignores recent criticism to ram home commitment to new UN climate deal