UN climate talks
France ready to step in if climate talks stall, says Tubiana
NEWS: Chief French climate diplomat says hosts of COP21 will take lead if countries fail to deliver new text by August
Fabius: Momentum growing behind long term climate target
NEWS: President of 2015 climate summit says he’s encouraged by countries backing calls to radically cut CO2 emissions in second half of century
Canada posts pledge for 2015 UN climate change deal
NEWS: Harper government says plan is “fair and ambitious”, but critics point to reliance on carbon credits and inaction on tar sands
Paris climate deal to boost global economic growth, says Figueres
NEWS: Executive secretary of UN climate convention rejects notion carbon curbs will slow growth, admits 2015 deal will not be a “silver bullet”
Binding CO2 cap would leave US on shaky legal ground
BLOG: US legal expert lays out criteria for Paris pact, warns administration should not over commit or it could face trouble in courts
Will a Paris climate change pact have any teeth?
ANALYSIS: What requirements will a proposed 2015 global warming deal place on countries? It’s a question exercising top legal minds
New Zealand stresses costs of climate action, looks to carbon markets
NEWS: Government is playing up the challenges of emissions cuts in a consultation on its contribution to a global climate deal
Brazil’s climate plans stall as historic drought hits country
NEWS: Government has promised to deliver ambitious plan to UN, but critics say work on Paris contribution has slowed
2C warming goal is a ‘defence line’, governments told
NEWS: Target exposes world’s poor to “very high risk” and should be tightened as much as possible, concludes expert dialogue
Business eyes place at Paris climate summit top table
ANALYSIS: France’s offer to business and regions to provide solutions could be a game changer if hosts can get round to working out a plan
Philippines climate envoy urges Paris review of warming goal
INTERVIEW: High risk countries press for tougher carbon cuts, fearing 2015 deal would leave them facing series of disasters
Saleemul Huq: Ditching 2C warming goal will condemn millions
COMMENT: Moves are afoot to lower expectations ahead of upcoming Paris deal, with long term costs for the planet
Japan’s weak climate plans “grave concern” says John Prescott
NEWS: Former UK climate envoy appeals to Japanese premier Shinzo Abe to change course and offer tough emissions goal for Paris
Human rights focus can strengthen Paris climate deal
COMMENT: Climate change may constitute the most serious challenge to the fulfilment of human rights in our world today
Leaked: EU confident plans for UN climate deal progressing
NEWS: China, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia set to deliver pledges by June; countries open to international ambition review
Climate tracker: What’s happened to pledges for Paris summit?
ANALYSIS: National climate strategies are the building blocks of any UN emissions pact, and time is running out for governments to deliver
Don’t judge Paris on level of carbon cuts, say top emitters
NEWS: Lasting regime for assessing climate action more important to global deal this December than upfront pledges, Major Economies Forum concludes
Sweden takes Canada to task over tar sands pollution
NEWS: Country probed how it will curb climbing CO2 emissions from oil and gas sector as tar sands crude pumping set to double
India considers twin-track climate plans towards UN deal
ANALYSIS: Insiders hint radical carbon cuts unlikely, with Delhi depending on global support to clean energy supply
Figueres: National climate plans = “investment prospectuses”
NEWS: UN climate chief urges businesses to look for opportunities in countries’ contributions to a global climate deal