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Insurers told to pull cover from coal companies
NEWS: Climate risks linked to burning coal should make insurers think again before backing industry, says Jeremy Oppenheim
UK climate consensus fails to convince green groups
SKETCH: Fracking, aviation and Brexit spark heated debate at Greener Britain Hustings – which does not win over environmentalists
US coal crash ‘serves as a warning’ to fossil fuel investors
NEWS: At least 26 US coal companies have gone bankrupt in the last three years, finds Carbon Tracker, in a sign of things to come
Shell’s climate change strategy: narcissistic, paranoid, and psychopathic
COMMENT: In an open letter to Shell’s Ben Van Beurden, the UK’s former top climate envoy says now is the time for him to show leadership
Green energy investor returns rise as carbon bubble looms
NEWS: Falling costs of renewables, green bonds growth and prospect of UN climate deal driving confidence in clean energy sector
Shell boss calls on big oil to join climate change fight
NEWS: Ben Van Beurden says fossil fuel explorers should engage in global warming debate, but rejects calls for oil phaseout
Can the coal industry lead a carbon capture makeover?
ANALYSIS: Coal companies face a large, even existential threat from a growing divestment movement. CCS could help them offer an answer to their critics
Tate reveals “embarrassingly small” scale of BP sponsorship
NEWS: British galleries criticised for “unnecessary” link to oil company after contribution revealed as just 0.5% of income
President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union – reimagined
BLOG: How would the State of the Union address look if Obama turned environmentalist? 350’s Jamie Henn conducts a rewrite
Oil majors face climate grilling at World Economic Forum
NEWS: Agenda for this year’s Davos meeting focuses heavily on climate change, with UN carbon cutting deal on horizon
Pope urged to divest from fossil fuels as he visits Philippines
NEWS: Campaigners call on Pope Francis to show his support for victims of climate change by taking on vested interests
Investors question fossil fuel industry as renewables rise
NEWS: Increasing oil production but falling demand creates problems for fossil fuel industry as investors turn away from sector
2014 in review: hard science and historic climate pledges
ANALYSIS: US and China made friends, Russia and Ukraine split up, while scientists warned of catastrophe
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 12: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Ban Ki-moon optimistic Lima summit can deliver climate deal
NEWS: UN secretary general sees evidence countries are working better together thanks to leaders summit he hosted in September
Shell makes climate pitch as UN targets zero carbon planet
NEWS: Oil giant tells hostile delegates at Lima talks it can be part of a solution to global warming
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 7: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
Oil companies at climate talks dismiss ‘carbon bubble’ fears
NEWS: As negotiators make slow progress on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions, lobbyists insist fossil fuels have a future
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 4: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 3: UN COP20 climate change summit
Rolling commentary, news, analysis and video from the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru