NEWS: Mesquite 210MW project soon to be overtaken by Indian and Chinese mega-arrays, as cheap solar panels compete with coal
NEWS: UN-backed scheme increased greenhouse gas emissions by 600Mt CO2e, researchers have found, due to accounting flaws
NEWS: World’s fourth-largest carbon polluter could target 300GW of clean capacity by 2030 in anticipated pledge to UN deal
NEWS: Country’s 2020 emissions target will be “very expensive” to meet, says figure in recently elected government
INTERVIEW: If conflict-riven state can forge a carbon-cutting strategy then so can others says Kinshasa’s lead climate diplomat
NEWS: President Dilma Rousseff declared support for G7 stance on emissions phase-out after receiving German leader in Brasilia
NEWS: US president is pulling out all the stops for a global pact as quiver of climate policies unveiled at home
NEWS: World must agree to zero emissions trajectory by 2100 says Miguel Arias Canete, or 2015 deal will lack credibility and impact
NEWS: State could be in “more or less permanent” drought by 2060s, researchers warn as four-year dry spell takes its toll
GUARDIAN: New analysis takes fuel quality into account for first time, but China is still world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases
NEWS: PM Modi billed ‘clean energy crusader’ ahead of regional forum, but must ‘lead from front’ on climate
NEWS: US presidential candidate tweet sets her apart from Barack Obama stance slammed as “hypocritical” by campaigners
NEWS: Levi Draheim joins 20 other youth activists in unusual legal challenge to US president Barack Obama
NEWS: Shifting funds out of coal, oil and gas could make “a very important contribution” to Paris deal, says Connie Hedegaard
NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting for global climate deal talks; critics say he can lead by stopping Shell drilling for oil
NEWS: Solar manufacturing giants are struggling on slim profit margins, hefty debts and excess production capacity
NEWS: Arvind Subramanian says demands for finance from developed countries should be moderated, and emission cuts made a priority
COMMENT: Adani and GVK’s controversial mines in the Galilee Basin are not the cure to energy poverty, says retired top Indian official
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
INTERVIEW: Brussels needs to work out $100 billion roadmap and iron out internal position before Paris talks, says Carole Dieschbourg