UN climate talks
Climate justice: A millennial’s perspective in Paris
ANALYSIS: There cannot be climate justice if Paris does not deliver a shared agreement on climate, argue climate researchers from Latin America and the UK
Brazil tasked with resolving rich-poor divide at climate talks
NEWS: Hosts hope Latin American giant can help draft compromise allowing developed and developing nations to back new global climate deal on Friday
Scientists: 1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase-out by 2030
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions stalled in 2015, but tough target demanded by climate vulnerable countries looks unattainable
Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
NEWS: Speaking at a side event of COP21, industry and observers warn the International Maritime Organization is letting key sector off the hook
Top financial regulator turns up heat on polluting companies
ANALYSIS: It doesn’t guarantee transparency – think Volkswagen scandal – but Financial Stability Board initiative will force companies to disclose their carbon footprints
COP21: Inside the Paris summit
VIDEO: Take a tour of Le Bourget conference centre where countries are crafting a new global warming pact
Michael Bloomberg to lead FSB climate risk task force
NEWS: UN envoy and former New York mayor named as chair of initiative for Financial Stability Board, at COP21 in Paris
Podcast: A climate scientist’s first UN summit
Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, evangelical Christian and communicator, reflects on 2C, US Republicans and the “Pope effect”
Germany and France back 1.5C global warming limit
NEWS: Countries vulnerable to climate change impact welcomed show of support for tighter temperature goal at COP21 in Paris
COP21: EU sidelined by US, China say experts
NEWS: Brussels engineered work on a 2015 UN climate deal back in 2011, but internal rows have lessened its impact at Paris summit
Bill McKibben: Exxon’s power is ‘weakening daily’
INTERVIEW: Probe of oil major’s alleged climate denial shows fossil fuel industry has ‘done nothing but deny and deceive for a generation’, says 350 founder
COP21: Slow progress ‘frustrating’ says UN climate official
NEWS: World leaders are gone, but old divisions remain as countries battle to agree on draft text ahead of Saturday deadline
COP21: Saudi Arabia defends target-free climate plan
NEWS: World’s biggest oil exporter has an ‘action-based approach’ to going green, says Khalid Abuleif on the sidelines of COP21 in Paris
Ecuador: US has no right to ‘kidnap’ Paris climate talks
VIDEO: US-led drive for pact without legal force is conditioning outcome at UN COP21 summit, warns environment minister
On forests, the UN and indigenous people are worlds apart
ANALYSIS: Germany, Norway and UK lead forest protection announcements, but where are the real forest defenders at COP21?
Obama offers vulnerable nations $30m for climate risk insurance
NEWS: Small island leaders cautiously welcome US move to shield them from threat of rising seas, but say more is needed in a Paris deal
India hailed for constructive stance at solar alliance launch
NEWS: Experts call PM Narendra Modi’s clean energy initiative a game changer in brokering a sustainable climate deal at COP21 in Paris
Paris co-chairs promise new climate text by Saturday
VIDEO: Ahmed Djoghlaf and Dan Reifsnyder reject “misperception” their earlier version of a Paris agreement was biased towards developed countries
G77: US diplomats must practice what Obama preaches in Paris
VIDEO: Chair of developing country bloc says US president’s words must translate into negotiating offers at UN COP21 summit
Nicaragua to defy UN in climate pledge refusal
VIDEO: Latin American state won’t legitimise ‘failed mechanism’ with national plan as world still on track for dangerous climate change, lead envoy says