UN climate talks Archives

How can cities influence a global climate deal in Paris?

ANALYSIS: Cities are unlikely to get the formal recognition many crave at the UN climate talks, but they can make an impact

INTERVIEW: Santiago government says it will take time on UN climate pledge, collating views of population before submission in June

NEWS: Sources say government is divided over strategy for long term carbon cuts, with industry and environment ministries in disagreement

ANALYSIS: Proposed Paris deal runs to over 100 pages but to secure agreement envoys need a plan to manage the toxic politics

NEWS: Lead US climate envoy says dismantling White House carbon cutting policies would be “tough to do”

NEWS: Kremlin meets early deadline for submissions but questions raised over ambition of carbon cutting goals

NEWS: White House joins EU, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland in making contribution to 2015 climate deal public

AS IT HAPPENED: UN receives first set of national commitments for Paris climate change pact

COMMENT: National pledges must be subject to assessment and review, or a UN deal will be toothless

NEWS: Washington primed to outline scale of carbon cuts but other developed countries and emerging economies stay silent

NEWS: Pena Nieto’s government joins EU, Norway and Switzerland in releasing contribution ahead of March 31 deadline

NEWS: Oslo commits to 40% carbon cuts by 2030 with an additional goal of carbon neutrality by mid century

NEWS: Leading scientist warns the world’s poor are not safe under internationally agreed warming limit

BLOG: Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, are role-playing the Paris talks – can they strike a deal?

NEWS: Common ground growing between two superpowers, Todd Stern tells reporters after two-day meeting in Beijing

GUARDIAN: Climate convention lends ‘moral authority’ to campaign to get investors to ditch fossil fuel investments

NEWS: Storm that devastated Vanuatu puts spotlight on climate change links to disaster risk reduction negotiations in Sendai

NEWS: Top US diplomat says subsidies for coal should be slashed, calls for action at G20 and APEC ahead of Paris climate talks

ANALYSIS: 188 countries have now submitted climate plans to the UN, with Venezuela slipping its targets in the final plenary of the COP21 talks

NEWS: Scientists hope proposed new method of carbon accounting will bridge divisions between rich and poor countries