Climate Change News

UK pledges to end financing of coal plants

Energy secretary told delegates at climate talks the UK will join US to help developing nations to transition to low carbon economy

Delegation accused of wearing t-shirts and “gorging on snacks” during critical UN talks

Government surprises envoys attending UN climate talks by sacking the summit’s President Marcin Korolec

Connie Hedegaard tells RTCC efforts by some countries to renegotiate old treaties risk derailing a 2015 climate change deal

Live coverage from the National Stadium in Warsaw, home to the UN climate change negotiations from Nov 11-22

The fossil fuel lobby has a disproportionate influence on world leaders, but they are not as powerless as they pretend

New report warns of soaring CO2 emissions as governments gather in Warsaw to hammer out global climate change treaty

EU has confirms budget for next seven years, directing €180bn towards climate finance, with €15bn to go towards developing countries

UN chief says people “feeling wrath of warming planet”, and calls on China, EU and USA to drive forward negotiations in Warsaw

Stanford University reports majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions

Russia’s 2020 climate targets are “borderline delusional” says a seasoned Kremlin carbon observer

Coverage from the inaugural RTCC Climate Change Awards, held at the UN 2013 climate summit in Warsaw, Poland

Live coverage from the National Stadium in Warsaw, home to the UN climate change negotiations from Nov 11-22

Climate minister says other developed nations should aim to equal UK pledge to deliver $6 billion by 2015

Secretary of State says all nations need to “take on” challenge posed by global warming, promising support at negotiations

Negotiating text outlines framework for Warsaw climate pact, but does not clarify when mitigation and financial pledges will be made

Professor Jiang Kejun from Beijing’s Energy Research Institute outlines how China could lose its coal addiction

Hosts of 2014 UN summit working closely with Poland and France, but no chabce of another World Coal meeting on sidelines

Leading economist says radical injections of finance needed from public and private sector to address climate challenge

Annual World Coal Association summit fires anger among groups taking part in climate negotiations in Warsaw