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Saudis to deliver climate plan by Paris, says Tubiana
NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
Methane, flaring targeted in oil major climate pledge
NEWS: Total, Statoil, BP, Saudi Aramco, Pemex, Sinopec, Eni and Repsol are to reveal carbon-cutting plan in Paris on Friday
India ex-climate minister lays out ‘minimums’ for Paris deal
NEWS: Tool to both verify countries’ carbon cuts and ratchet them up in the future vital to summit’s success, says Jairam Ramesh
Paris climate talks ‘not a north-south fight’
NEWS: Developing countries are owning their climate plans, say experts on Climate Home panel, as national interests drive low carbon engagement
Scientists accused of downplaying ‘revolution’ needed for 2C warming goal
NEWS: Rich countries must make a radical shift in consumption patterns to stay within agreed climate change limits, argues UK academic Kevin Anderson
Greens slam aviation lobby claims UK climate goals in reach
NEWS: Industry’s reliance on biofuels and technological gains to cut emissions under lens as government eyes airport expansion at Heathrow
WEBCAST: What does success in Paris look like?
Rolling coverage from a Climate Home, E3G and PwC COP21 Paris climate talks media briefing in London
Rate of Antarctic ice melt to double by 2050 – study
NEWS: Global warming and powerful winds sweeping snow off ice shelves could accelerate sea level rise, scientists find
Who’d buy a coal mine? Two very different bids
ANALYSIS: X2 Resources and Greenpeace have their reasons for acquiring coal assets amid low commodity prices and climate concerns
BP, Shell, Rio Tinto offer support to Paris climate deal
NEWS: Major oil, mining and IT companies say they are behind plans for a global climate deal that includes the world’s leading economies
China aims to quadruple solar installations by 2020
NEWS: Bullish projection brings relief to panel manufacturers, while Agricultural Bank of China issues US$1 billion green bond
Climate Home Live: Judging success in Paris
Laurence Tubiana, Jairam Ramesh and Pete Ogden will explain how to read the outcome of COP21 in an exclusive webcast from 10-12 BST Thursday, 15 October
Ten banks launch sustainable finance manifesto
NEWS: Lenders including Societe Generale, Yes Bank and ING back ‘positive impact principles’ to scale up clean energy investments
UN to quiz Saudi Arabia, Qatar over missing climate plans
NEWS: Secretary General’s advisor says his office will be on the phone to those countries yet to deliver greenhouse gas slashing proposals
Paris: a once-in-a-century deal, says EU climate boss
NEWS: Ambition of carbon-cutting pledges show new UN approach is working, but mechanism to ratchet up actions vital for road ahead
Yeb Sano heads for Paris, praying for a climate miracle
NEWS: Former Philippines negotiator says world needs new economic order to overcome global warming and ensure development among the planet’s poorest
6 elections to watch before Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: A shift in public mood at the ballot box can boot out climate laggards or propel them to power. Here are six on the radar from Canada to Myanmar
UK must cut emissions 14% higher than EU average by 2030
NEWS: Burden sharing deal means major economies have to shoulder more of the bloc’s pledge to ditch fossil fuels and invest in cleaner forms of energy
BP admits climate concern makes some oil unburnable
NEWS: Oil major’s chief economist accepts analysis that two thirds of fossil fuels must stay in the ground to hold warming to 2C
‘Unreadable’ UN science reports hampering climate action – study
NEWS: You need a relevant PhD to understand IPCC summaries, find researchers, arguing for clearer writing