Climate Change News

US denies backtracking on climate change goals

NEWS: US climate envoy said that more ambitious Copenhagen pledge had been contingent upon failed legislation

COMMENT: The net zero concept is simple – and applies to everyone, but could countries really achieve it by mid century?

Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru

COMMENT: It’s five years since the COP15 summit started in the Danish snows. Talks are still painful but much has changed

ANALYSIS: Rough road to Paris lies ahead unless ministers resolve these key issues when they arrive at UN climate talks in Lima

ANALYSIS: Japan’s funding for coal exposes confusion over what climate finance means, as the need for cash grows

NEWS: Extreme weather hitting the Philippines illustrates the risks of climate change as negotiations intensify in Lima

NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands

NEWS: As negotiators make slow progress on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions, lobbyists insist fossil fuels have a future

COMMENT: Stopping climate change means valuing the people not yet born as much as those alive today, argue youth delegates in Lima

NEWS: The United Arab Emirates needs its wealth to diversify away from fossil fuels, argues lead negotiator

VIDEO: Head of 2014 Lima summit tells RTCC he hopes legacy will be wider number of actors involved in efforts to cut emissions

NEWS: Five days into the last conference before Paris, the big questions for a global climate deal remain unanswered

ANALYSIS: Growing infrastructure and investment links offer chance for joint efforts to promote green growth

NEWS: The cost of protecting people from climate change impacts are likely to be 2-3 times previous estimates, finds UN report

COMMENT: Delaying work on the role of carbon markets in a 2015 climate deal is foolish, argues international trade body

Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru

BLOG: Absent negotiator turned activist makes twitter plea for action at UN talks as typhoon Hagupit draws near

COMMENT: Typhoon-hit Filipinos are paying with their lives for climate change. A levy on fossil fuels could help protect them

NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei calls for raised ambition from developed countries on pre-2020 emissions cuts and climate finance