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Stern discipline: The US climate envoy walking a fine line
PROFILE: Stung into action by a student protester, Todd Stern has forged climate consensus with China with a hostile Congress at his back
Meet the Indian islanders losing ground to the sea
NEWS: In the Bay of Bengal, Ghoromara faces disaster as the rising ocean eats away at people’s homeland
Weekly wrap: Late pledges, G20 fossils and viralising 1.5C
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Are major economies putting the squeeze on coal?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming G20 and OECD meetings promise a crackdown on fossil fuel subsidies, but their actions tell a different story
UK, India agree £3.2bn low carbon deal ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: Cameron and Modi sign off trade package to boost India’s green economy, but doubts persist over UK’s domestic commitment to tackling climate change
No backpedalling on UN deal, say Africa’s endurance cyclists
NEWS: Teams of bikers pass baton across vulnerable continent to drum up support for global pact to cap warming to 1.5C
Saudi Arabia launches climate change PR drive
NEWS: New COP21 website and emails highlighting commitment stress Riyadh is taking this year’s climate summit seriously – but doubts persist over Kingdom’s low carbon ambitions
John Kerry: India poses ‘challenge’ at UN climate talks
NEWS: Secretary of state says New Delhi is focus of US diplomacy push, rejects notion that Paris may deliver new legally binding treaty
Pakistan submits target-free climate plan to UN
NEWS: Six weeks behind deadline, Islamabad contribution to a Paris deal avoids any measurable goals
Forests ‘without a prayer’ if UN pact shuns tough tree talk
NEWS: Climate deal set to sign off on forest-saving initiative first launched in 2005, but strong signal to stop deforestation truer test
G20: 8 reasons why this weekend’s summit is climate critical
COMMENT: The G20 never used to be a big moment in the climate calendar. But times have changed. What’s decided in Antalya will have ramifications for Paris
Climate vulnerable governments urge all countries to make tough CO2 cuts
NEWS: Statement from Manila meeting urges COP21 Paris summit to make 1.5C new warming limit, but avoids pinning responsibility on developed world
Egypt targets fossil fuel subsidy phase-out in UN climate pledge
NEWS: North African state will make consumers pay the full cost of energy within five years, but is not committing to emissions curbs
Climate frontline: The Kenya province counting on a Paris deal
ANALYSIS: Pastoralists in Turkana say their traditional way of life is under threat from rising temperatures, environmental degradation and a nascent oil sector
Three core elements to success at the Paris climate summit
Yvo de Boer: The COP21 summit should not only focus on reducing emissions, but also on adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change
France eyes growing consensus ahead of Paris climate summit
NEWS: Informal Paris meeting of 60 ministers ends in broad support for regular reviews of carbon-cutting pledges
UN climate talks and the Paris deal: A bluffer’s guide
ANALYSIS: It’s a treaty like no other, that will transform the world economy – if 195 nations can agree at COP21, that is
Mattias Soderberg: Europe has missed its chance on climate finance
COMMENT: With no concrete commitments to scale up cash, EU position will fail to win developing country allies at Paris COP21
IEA outlines climate challenge in cheap fossil fuel world
NEWS: Clean energy transition must be at the heart of a Paris climate deal, says agency chief Fatih Birol, to hold warming to 2C
Saudi Arabia submits climate pledge to UN deal
NEWS: Petropower offers conditional emissions cuts of up to 130Mt CO2e by 2030, becoming last G20 member to submit plan before Paris summit