UN climate talks Archives

African ministers back 1.5C warming goal for Paris summit

NEWS: Climate vulnerable nations call for ambitious carbon cuts and more emphasis on adaptation in proposed 2015 deal

NEWS: Ministers in Brussels approve target for 2015 Paris climate deal, making bloc second after Switzerland to publish official submission

NEWS: Old divisions between developed and developing need to be revisited and perhaps changed, says Bangladeshi diplomat

ANALYSIS: New study shows a third of 81 surveyed countries have not started work yet on contribution to Paris pact

NEWS: Universal, ambitious, legally binding – governments are starting to make their views clear on a UN emissions cutting pact

COMMENT: UN climate chief says recent visit to typhoon-hit Philippines demonstrates why a deal to curb global warming in Paris is essential

NEWS: Chief US negotiator says December 2015 summit will be first step in series of deals up to and beyond 2020

NEWS: Bern says it will target 50% greenhouse gas cuts on 1990 levels by 2030, and 70-85% by 2050

NEWS: Brussels climate chief Canete says US and China must follow EU and reveal commitments to a 2015 UN pact

NEWS: Commission wants UN to target global goal of cutting carbon emissions 60% below 2010 levels by 2050

NEWS: Hollande will be joined by actors Jeremy Irons and Marion Cotillard in trip to Haiyan-struck areas of Philippines

INTERVIEW: Commitment from handful of major economies to addressing global warming is critical, says top EU official Artur Runge Metzger

ANALYSIS: Hailed as an answer to global warming, the UN’s flagship climate treaty failed to curb carbon emissions, so what will its legacy be?

ANALYSIS: Six days of talks in Geneva conclude with huge set of proposals for Paris pact, observers say narrowing down options will be challenging

ANALYSIS: What are the big ideas governments will have to grapple with between now and December’s UN climate summit?

NEWS: Everyone satisfied with Geneva text, but real negotiating begins in June, says lead negotiator for Least Developed Countries

INTERVIEW: Maldives climate ambassador says group wants commitment to 1.5C warming goal, more finance and action on loss and damage mechanism

COMMENT: Unless diplomats design UN deal to cope with climate damage, it will soon become redundant, says Saleemul Huq

NEWS: Christiana Figueres confident with progress at Geneva climate talks as draft deal expands from 38 to over 100 pages

NEWS: Departing UN climate science chief says organisation should increase tempo of reports and boost scrutiny on countries