NEWS: In first energy initiative since Paris climate deal, Brussels backs public funds for fossil fuel projects, in clash with climate goals
BLOG: With or without Washington, governments in developing countries are already taking steps to slash emissions and clean up their economies
CRIB NOTES 15-19 FEB: Game on for Clean Power Plan, top climate scientists gather in DC, air pollution linked to 5.5 million deaths a year
INTERVIEW: Pay-to-pollute rules in some countries, but not in others are ‘worst possible solution’, says industry head
CRIB NOTES 1-5 FEB: BP and Shell results due, Tubiana named a champion, Bloomberg predict $12.5 trillion needed to back Paris, UN to debate loss and damage
ANALYSIS: Seven pilot schemes are swamped with pollution permits, analysts say, boding ill for national roll-out of mammoth climate policy
BLOG: 2011 disaster survivors urge UK to ditch atomic plans: “Don’t consider Fukushima as something that could never never happen to you. It could.”
NEWS: Consignment from Japan to the US highlights hidden cost and security risk of growing nuclear waste stockpile
ANALYSIS: Crashing hydrocarbon prices are helping consumers and hurting exporters, but won’t halt momentum for clean energy investment
ANALYSIS: The global elite gathers at the World Economic Forum for a four-day summit – and energy transition is high up the agenda
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NEWS: Super-strong carbon nanotubes could transform materials like steel and plastics to slash carbon pollution, claims Russia
NEWS: China primed to launch two carbon-tracking probes in 2016, but global data coordination needs improving says head of European Space Agency
Next 12 months will see China roll out a new 5-year plan, UN maritime & aviation agencies discuss new climate policies and a new president elected to the White House
ANALYSIS: A groundbreaking simulation carried out in Delhi this year highlights shifting weather extremes and rising seas can raise security threats
INTERVIEW: Outgoing boss of Greenpeace International says he’ll stay in environmental movement to challenge injustice and target top coal funders
ROLLING COVERAGE: Agreement aims to hold global warming to ‘well below 2C’ and help the world’s poor cope with climate change impacts
LIVE: Paris summit will spill into overtime as COP president Laurent Fabius reveals he will deliver the final draft on Saturday morning
ANALYSIS: Oil producers, forest nations, high-tech trading centres, low lying and desert countries all have distinct interests to protect. This is where it gets serious.
NEWS: Experts say 2440 power plants in global pipeline would knock world over 2C warming limit, as row over ‘decarbonisation’ heats up at talks