UN climate talks Archives

UN’s Green Fund says all obstacles for pledges now removed

NEWS: Executive director hails Barbados meeting as start of an era for GCF, expects US$10 billion by end of 2014

LIVE BLOG: Negotiators meet in Bonn for the final round of talks ahead of Lima in December

NEWS: Diplomats from over 190 countries gather to work on plans for 2015 emissions reduction agreement

NEWS: New submissions to UN indicate preference for more general rules on accounting and monitoring emissions

NEWS: Chief negotiator Todd Stern argues for a climate deal based on non-binding national commitments

NEWS: Text needs to be ready for translation by May 2015 say officials, who urge countries to “build bridges”

NEWS: Maintaining division between rich and poor nations at UN climate talks is relic of an old world, says Jairam Ramesh

COMMENT: The New York climate summit was a first step says Mohamed Adow. We should stop asking what it achieved, and begin walking

ANALYSIS: A new consensus on the role of public and private funding for climate change emerged this week, but more cash is needed

NEWS: Connie Hedegaard says Delhi does need to demonstrate progress on renewables and efficiency by 2015

ANALYSIS: The world’s superpowers have woken from their climate coma, but there is still much work to do towards a global deal

NEWS: Peru and Djibouti say they have officially signed on to the UN’s treaty to reduce emissions prior to 2020

NEWS: Washington calls for initial five-year commitment period, promises to deliver carbon cuts plan by March 2015

NEWS: Climate change secretary Ed Davey warns developed countries against “backsliding” on commitments to UN climate deal

NEWS: Leading green groups set out what they say are “realistic goals” for international climate talks

INTERVIEW: Leading climate official Laurence Tubiana tells RTCC Paris 2015 conference is a step on the ladder, not the endgame

NEWS: UN patience wears thin as nine out of 10 governments fail to sign 2012 climate treaty extension

SPEECH: UN climate chief tells small island states to set ambitious clean energy goals

ANALYSIS: New equity calculator says UK needs to cut emissions 94% by 2020, US by 73% and China just 9.4%

TOP 20: We’ve picked key influencers from politics, diplomacy, business and civil society who will be central in Paris