Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan could leave the UN’s climate treaty as a result of a late change to the terms of an extension period
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COP18: Agreement keeps process on track but does not increase efforts to tackle climate change as science recommends
COP18: Environmental NGOs brand Doha climate summit as a missed opportunity, saying coal and oil industry will benefit
US response in dispute over new financial set up to issue climate compensation to worst hit nations threatens to define UN summit finale
BREAKING: UN adopts extension of Kyoto Protocol, loss and damage accepted, 2015 climate deal still on track
Kyoto draft text released but key issues unresolved, Russia could join second commitment period “after Doha” and Dominican Republic makes emission pledge.
COP18: ActionAid, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF unite with vulnerable nations to call on deeper emission cuts and more climate finance.
Negotiators stretched as they prepare to hand work over to Ministers at the UN climate change talks in Qatar.
Qatar forms partnership with Potsdam Institute and forms Global Climate Forum, negotiators race to close technical discussions
COP18: Lack of firm financial and emission pledges in week one of UN climate talks leaving small island states and African countries frustrated
COP18: Hosting the latest round of UN global warming negotiations is another feather in Qatar’s cap, but it cannot ignore the real message from the climate talks forever
Proposals from Switzerland and developing countries to be merged in attempt to heal rift with Poland at the UN climate change talks in Doha.
COP18: Writing for RTCC the Tyndall Centre’s Heike Schroeder calls for the UN to rethink rules and practices around state representation at climate conferences
If you find the annual UN climate conference hard to understand, try our simplified guide to what will be going on in Qatar over the next 2 weeks
The top priorities for key nations and negotiating groups as they prepare to descend on Doha.
As policy makers the world over head to Doha for the UN Climate Talks, the Tyndall Centre’s Asher Minns asks why the climate change message is not translating into cuts in carbon.
COP18: Elizabeth May says Canada’s decision to leave iconic treaty is a disgrace and calls on Parties to UNFCCC to register anger at Doha summit
RTCC’s definitive list of who to follow at the next round of the UN climate talks
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