Paris Agreement
Africa holds EU climate agenda ransom
As a tough year of talks begins, the EU is searching for allies in a fight with China over the rules of the Paris Agreement, but Africa’s help will come at a cost
Macron: EU ‘mad’ to do trade deal with US after Paris climate withdrawal
‘I’m not in favour of showing any softness to those who decide to break those rules,’ the French president said about the deal struck in his capital in 2015
Dutch PM calls for more ambitious 2030 EU climate target
Mark Rutte said Europe had a responsibility to align its targets with the Paris climate deal, joining the Swedes and French in pushing for sharper cuts
Only one country will be to blame if the Paris climate deal fails
The agreement’s challenges should not be painted as a collective global failure: the US, with its malignant politics, is the only country that truly matters
Unwritten Paris rules dominate as tense year of climate diplomacy begins in Japan
Diplomats meeting in Japan focused heavily on the contentious rules for the Paris deal, which are due to be set by the end of this year
As China counts its emissions, has growth shaken free of carbon?
As the economy surged in 2017, experts are divided over whether emissions stayed flat. It could mean pollution has peaked more than a decade earlier than expected
EU says no new trade deals with countries not in Paris Agreement
European Commission backs French call for the Paris deal to be a prerequisite for access to the world’s second largest economy
France to Trump: ‘No Paris Agreement, no EU trade agreement’
French foreign minister says the US “should know what to expect” if it leaves international climate pact and seeks a trade deal with Europe
Five big gaps in national climate plans – and how to close them
The Paris climate deal is based on pledges from 165 countries, but there are major omissions that need addressing before the next round in 2020
China flexes its muscle as climate talks end with slow progress
At the first climate talks of the Trump era, a coalition of developing countries, with China at its centre, won small but significant victories
Four overlooked issues at the Bonn climate talks
Oceans, adaptation and loss and damage among issues countries say have drifted into obscurity at UN talks
Trump’s ‘top priority’ at climate talks: protecting an Obama legacy
In Bonn, Trump adviser George David Banks says the US will fight Chinese efforts to reintroduce a division between rich and poor countries into the Paris deal
America’s pledge is about more than pollution
US mayors and governors want to show the world they stand by US commitments, but to their African counterparts solidarity means cash
Global carbon emissions rise in 2017, driven by China
The projected 2% increase in carbon dioxide emissions comes from growth in China’s smokestack industries and jeopardises the Paris climate agreement goals, say experts
Rich countries not talking climate finance seriously, say African officials
‘We feel that as a region we have done everything we could,’ said the head of the Africa group of negotiators, whereas rich countries were failing on fundamental promises
Nicaragua joined Paris pact in bid for top climate fund appointment: sources
Chief negotiator Paul Oquist is lined up to be the next developing country co-chair of the Green Climate Fund, prompting a rethink on UN deal, say diplomats
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
‘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’
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
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?