UN climate talks Archives

The week climate change diplomacy went into overdrive

ANALYSIS: Hosts of this year’s summit in Paris aim to engage wide support for a deal before December deadline

NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete calls on all countries to submit national contributions to the UN for global deal

BLOG: French special envoy Nicolas Hulot to send message through diplomatic channels ahead of Paris summit in December

NEWS: Countries will decide on their responsibility to slash emissions as opposed to older system splitting rich and poor

NEWS: July meeting of the Major Economies Forum offers an insight into influential figures guiding UN climate talks

COMMENT: Key trade partners are likely to be impacted by global warming: it’s a national interest to cut emissions argues Ben Caldecott

NEWS: French government raises possibility of UN deal detailing implications of a trajectory to avoid dangerous warming

NEWS: President says pledge won’t need a “crystal ball” to work out, unlike submissions from South Korea and China

CRIB NOTES JULY 20-24: France hosts high-level ministerial, Marshalls release INDC, UN posed for new text

NEWS: Tokyo has confirmed a target criticised by analysts as “inadequate” and less ambitious than it looks

NEWS: Summary of negotiator meetings show broad strokes of global climate pact, though carbon cuts unlikely to be legally binding

ANALYSIS: Countries agreed to target a ‘legally binding’ climate pact in 2011, but four years later it’s still not clear how it will work

ANALYSIS: 2,000 of science’s best minds mingled this week in the last meeting of its size before December’s crunch Paris summit

COMMENT: Genius behind idea of pledges was national ownership, but there are too many variables for a clear picture

NEWS: Analysts and NGOs condemn plan to slash emissions 11% on 1990 levels by 2030, but govt maintains it is ambitious

INTERVIEW: Hakima El Haite tells RTCC she hopes Rabat summit will offer clarity on what is on table for a UN deal

NEWS: Beijing’s clean energy drive and emissions peaking pledge risk being undermined by weak carbon intensity target, says Climate Action Tracker

NEWS: Asian city-state and shipping hub sees limited potential for clean energy as it pledges to peak emissions around 2030

NEWS: Climate Change Authority recommends out science-based carbon target as contribution to UN climate deal

NEWS: Civil society and governments need assurance fossil fuel companies will act responsibly ahead of Paris deal