Climate politics
UN climate talks: India puts heat on rich countries, China takes softer stance
While India has loudly criticised a decision on the commitments rich countries made up to 2020, their partner in the ‘like-minded’ bloc was not like-minded
Me too: I left the climate movement because of its toxic culture
Persistent sexual harassment at international climate negotiations wore me down, writes Meera Ghani, who quit working on the issue after 15 years
African campaigners call for US to be kicked out of climate talks
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance will petition negotiators to eject Donald Trump’s delegation, in light of the president’s hostility to the Paris agreement
Syria to join Paris Agreement, isolating US
Syria will sign the Paris climate deal, it announced at UN talks in Bonn, meaning the deal includes every nation, for now
Zero tolerance for sexual harassment at climate talks, say UN and NGOs
Sexual harassment policies publicised on first morning of two-week meeting in Bonn, after top lawyer warns talks may not be safe for young women
‘Don’t wake the bear’: fragile climate talks begin in Bonn
Despite calm rhetoric, negotiators are nervous of the Trump effect, telling Climate Home News the Paris consensus ‘can unravel very quickly’
Leading climate lawyer speaks out over sexual harassment at UN talks
Farhana Yamin warns that in the confidential atmosphere of international negotiations, transgressions go unreported and unpunished
Me too: I was sexually harassed at UN climate negotiations
Farhana Yamin, a climate change lawyer with 30 years’ experience, breaks her silence about the impact of unwanted sexual attention, urging others to speak out
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Australian state premier promises to veto funding for giant Adani coal mine
Prospects of massive Indian-owned coal development take a dip after Queensland Labor leader makes surprise announcement
UN talks lose climate champion El Haite after Moroccan royal censure
Influential diplomat will not take up her role mobilising private sector and regional action at summit beginning in Germany next week
Tensions emerge over timetable for raising climate ambition
China, India and other emerging economies are opposed to any mandatory raising of national climate pledges before 2020
India prepares for clashes with developed world at UN climate talks
Several areas of unfinished business mean talks in Bonn could ignite as developing nations seek concessions from the industrialised world
Looking for a happy ending to the 2017 climate disaster movie
The Fijian presidency and negotiators must do more at this month’s UN climate talks to help the victims of global warming impacts
Poor countries spending climate cash on rich world consultants
Lack of expertise means money for climate protection is spent on consultancy fees, which African officials say end up back in wealthy countries
Is the Paris climate deal legally binding or not?
“Like hell it’s non-binding,” Donald Trump has said of the 2015 UN deal to cut carbon pollution. Is he right?
Despite Trump, US climate team to forge on with Paris deal
As UN climate talks resume in Germany, a team of experienced, familiar diplomats are expected to take up many of the same positions the US has been fighting for years
Is China the leader UN climate talks need?
Xi Jinping’s trillion-dollar overseas investment strategy has not caught up with his green rhetoric, environmentalists warn as countries head to Bonn climate summit
It’s time for new climate governance – from below
Sponsored content: The Bonn climate talks will see a huge push from local and state governments who are driving climate action everywhere
Climate Weekly: Startling admissions and supersonic emissions
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