UN climate talks Archives

‘Targeted punishment’ strategy mooted to prevent climate free-riding

NEWS: Model based on game theory could boost cooperation between countries on emissions cuts, say researchers

NEWS: South American firebrand Evo Morales is organising an October meeting to discuss capitalism’s destruction of the environment

PODCAST: This week Ed King is joined by Richard Black, Farhana Yamin and Lisa Friedman – plus an interview with Connie Hedegaard

INTERVIEW: If conflict-riven state can forge a carbon-cutting strategy then so can others says Kinshasa’s lead climate diplomat

NEWS: World must agree to zero emissions trajectory by 2100 says Miguel Arias Canete, or 2015 deal will lack credibility and impact

NEWS: Anote Tong urges aggressive push to stop carbon emissions from coal use and save his low-lying islands from rising seas

INTERVIEW: Judge UN carbon-cutting pact on its framework for long-term action, say co-chairs Dan Reifsnyder and Ahmed Djoghlaf

COMMENT: CO2 cuts for a 2015 UN climate deal will fall well short of required levels, placing pressure on bottom up initiatives

ANALYSIS: Targets set by the US for cutting carbon emissions send a clear signal to the rest of the world and raise hopes for Paris accord

NEWS: Success of Paris deal will depend on meeting $100 billion climate finance goal and delivering long term emission cuts

NEWS: Carbon cuts for power plants will spur world’s tackling of global warming, says UN chief, adding a call for finance

ANALYSIS: New text is still long, but offers overview of agreement, areas of divergence and a menu of options for the path forward

NEWS: Setting pace of emissions cuts by observed warming could see off climate policy objections, say UK researchers

NEWS: It’s crunch time. Here are the stepping stones to an international climate change deal 200 nations are expected to sign

ANALYSIS: Moscow is politely absent from the climate debate, showing indifference rather than hostility to a global deal

NEWS: Lack of breakthrough on core plank of UN deal tees up November meeting to tackle contentious issue

NEWS: French ambassador is joining a panel of experts on a 12-city tour to rally support for a climate deal in Paris

GUARDIAN: France wants to see serious progress by October on text for a new deal on global warming, says Laurence Tubiana

NEWS: Contours of a global pact are starting to appear, but officials warn progress needs to be radically accelerated

CRIB NOTES JULY 27-31: Low oil price hits big firms, envoys review new Paris text, progress seen on HFCs