Latest climate change news
Latin America needs stronger climate pledges – analysts
NEWS: Brazil and Peru get a “medium” rating, while Chile and Argentina emissions targets are “inadequate”, says Climate Action Tracker
Segolene Royal, Prince Charles target Paris deforestation goal
NEWS: French environment chief and Crown Prince urge governments to take tough line on destruction of world’s forests ahead of COP21 summit
Tinder meets environmental protection in deforestation app
NEWS: Anyone can help track tree-cutting trends in Tanzania by swiping left and right on their smartphone, with citizen science tool
India PM proposes solar power alliance with Africa
NEWS: Climate change and security cooperation key themes of Narendra Modi address to 41 African heads of state in New Delhi
Brazil minister calls out emerging economies over weak climate pledges
NEWS: Izabella Teixeira describes Singapore, South Korea climate plans as ‘inexcusable’ compared with ‘ambitious’ Brazil proposal
Carbon c-Reddit: UN climate chief takes on internet
BLOG: Christiana Figueres participates in Ask Me Anything on online forum as focus on Paris summit builds
National climate plans could face 2018 review under UN deal
NEWS: Fears that emission reductions could drop off the agenda post Paris are driving support behind an early assessment of global carbon cuts
Australia PM Turnbull stands by coal amid moratorium calls
NEWS: Recently annointed prime minister is defending mine expansion plans, to the ire of Pacific neighbours and climate campaigners
Video: Jairam Ramesh talks up India’s climate progress
New Delhi has taken controversial steps to reduce emissions intensity and push solar power, says former environment minister
IMF to factor climate risk into world economic forecasts
NEWS: Influential finance body is mainstreaming climate concerns in move that could spotlight threats to oil exporters, say experts
Indonesia’s Jokowi cuts short US trip to fire-fight at home
NEWS: President Joko Widodo ends state visit as forest fire crisis engulfs new administration, but wins new US aid
Polish president vetoes Kyoto Protocol, pending new analysis
NEWS: Andrzej Duda says he wants to see impact of treaty’s second phase on economy in decision that sparks anger in developing world
US and Japan strike deal to cut coal finance
NEWS: Obama administration reportedly gets Japan on board to phase out controversial coal export credits
Prince Charles warns financial sector of climate risk
NEWS: Heir to British throne asks investors if they will be ‘future takers’ or ‘future makers’ at City of London event on stranded assets
Poland can break coal chokehold, says clean power body
NEWS: Country can loosen fossil fuel’s grip on energy system by quintupling share of renewables to 38% by 2030, says IRENA
US considers Bikini Atoll climate refugee claims
NEWS: Decades after a nuclear bomb uprooted a small group of Pacific islanders, global warming could make them homeless yet again
Video: Monica Araya on rich-poor climate relations
Developing countries are not just victims of climate change, says former Costa Rican negotiator and founder of think tank Nivela
Persian Gulf faces ‘intolerable’ heat on current emissions trends
NEWS: It is in the interests of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to back global action on climate change, study shows
Podcast: What did we learn from last week’s UN climate talks?
Finance, fireworks and a text: Ed King, WWF’s Tasneem Essop and former BBC environment correspondent Richard Black discuss the recent Bonn negotiations
UN land restoration pact boosts Paris climate summit
NEWS: Diplomats strike ‘breakthrough’ deal to halt degradation of world’s terrain from 2030, but US$30bn price tag looms large