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Beijing’s carbon trading scheme goes online
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Krakow residents banned from burning coal
Wednesday’s top five: fossil fuels banned, EU car emissions limited, Solomon Islands face economic crisis, Kiribati resident refused climate refugee status
Shanghai and Beijing latest Chinese cities to launch carbon trading schemes
Over 190 companies started trading carbon credits in Shanghai today, with another scheme in Beijing set to launch next week
Greenpeace debates future of oil rig protests post Russia arrests
Morning summary: Greenpeace activists emerge from jail with mixed reactions to protest methods; Scottish minister accuses UK prime minister of ‘planetary suicide’
Mexico signs Majuro climate change declaration
Marshall Islands minister welcomes Mexico as latest signatory to high climate ambition deal
Row over 2015 UN climate treaty slows progress at Warsaw summit
Venezuela accuses EU of “damaging” process as contentious talks on emission reductions go public
Divide between rich and poor at UN climate talks as wide as ever
US and EU say new agreement must erase old divisions between developed and developing nations – but others disagree
EU directs 20% of budget to climate change on eve of UN finance meeting
EU has confirms budget for next seven years, directing €180bn towards climate finance, with €15bn to go towards developing countries
Ban Ki-moon: Typhoon Haiyan a climate ‘wake-up call’
UN chief says people “feeling wrath of warming planet”, and calls on China, EU and USA to drive forward negotiations in Warsaw
Almost 80% of US citizens believe climate change is man-made
Stanford University reports majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon capture vital for China’s emissions to peak in 2020s
Professor Jiang Kejun from Beijing’s Energy Research Institute outlines how China could lose its coal addiction
Walmart accused of ‘greenwashing’ over clean energy claims
Report says company would take 33rd place in Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index if included, just behind Chevron
China ‘unsure if progress is possible’ at UN climate summit
Negotiations in Warsaw move up a gear this week, as countries scramble to resolve outstanding issues
Pressure mounts on EU as UN climate talks falter
Australia and Japan’s decision to downgrade climate targets leaves EU shouldering heavy expectations
Google reveals new $80 million US solar farm investment
The projects located in Southern California and Arizona will power over 17,000 homes
African delegates under pressure to leave UN climate talks
A coalition of African groups has asked governments across the continent to withdraw from talks as developed countries fail to mobilise finance
China set to commit to tougher climate targets in 2015
Deputy climate chief says government will push for further carbon cuts in next Five Year Plan due out in 2015
UN climate deal must be “tailored” to fit USA and China
Kyoto Protocol failed because it didn’t get backing of top emitters US and China, so negotiators know a new treaty will have to bring both on board
Scientists deliver ultimatum: adapt to climate change or go under
No silver bullet for tackling climate change, but society needs to accept the urgency to adapt, US scientists say
World Bank chief condemned for backing 4000MW India coal plant
Dr Jim Yong Kim’s commitment to addressing climate change questioned in letter from 68 environmental groups