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Is avoiding 2C of global warming possible?
VIDEO: Models that suggest the world can rapidly cut CO2 emissions are optimistic, says CICERO’s Glen Peters
Is Russia moving towards a fracking future?
NEWS: US fracking has challenged the Kremlin’s hold on the global gas market and Russia is keen to regain its share, say analysts
Obama welcomes Pope’s climate call, Republicans cry foul
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
May 2015 was the hottest on record, say US govt scientists
NEWS: Record temperatures and impending El Nino set year on course to be warmest since 1880
Pope takes climate debate mainstream in bullish intervention
ANALYSIS: ‘We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth’, Pope Francis tells flock of 1.2 billion
AS IT HAPPENED: Pope Francis’ climate call to action in encyclical
BLOG: Rolling coverage from the launch of the Pope’s call to all Catholics to respect the environment and tackle climate change
What does the Pope’s encyclical mean for the climate fight?
COMMENT: Pope Francis’ unequivocal call to arms will reverberate globally in acting on climate change says IIED’s Camilla Toulmin
Britain rallies on climate change in mass lobby
NEWS: More than 9,000 people flocked to Westminster to urge MPs to back action on global warming, in the largest ever demo of its kind
Tea Party supporters score high on climate ideology, low on facts
NEWS: Researchers find “ideological roots” for a false sense of understanding among US right wing faction
Ditching China’s coal addiction will take decades, warns expert
NEWS: Despite renewables growth, top energy expert Yufeng Yang predicts slow reduction in China’s emissions 2030-2050
‘Moisture mill’ shows clean energy potential of evaporation
NEWS: US scientists have harnessed humidity in the lab to run a toy car and flashing light and say the technology could scale up
Peru climate pledge hinges on forests wager
NEWS: Amazon country pins two-thirds of draft carbon-cutting target on halting deforestation, but critics question government’s resolve
Venezuela: The climate paradox of the petro-state
ANALYSIS: Dependent on petrol exports, the South American country is fraught with contradictions as it resists overhaul of fossil fuels
Lifestyles must change to avoid climate disaster, says Pope
NEWS: Destruction of nature is a “crime” says Pontiff in leaked draft of encyclical; official version due out on Thursday
Greening the world energy mix in 9 graphs
ANALYSIS: The International Energy Agency has published a special report on climate change: what does it tell us about energy emissions?
Hillary Clinton mocks climate sceptics at presidential campaign launch
NEWS: Democrat hopeful lashes out at sceptics and says she’ll back growth of solar, wind and other green energies
Climate change the “biggest” economic risk facing the world
NEWS: Former US Treasury chief Hank Paulson leads call for US politicians to take global warming seriously
Chinese premier Li commits to 2030 CO2 peaking goal
NEWS: Government set to maintain plans to slash emissions and boost clean energy use in UN pledge due on June 17
Energy ‘transformation’ needed to save climate, says IEA
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions could peak by 2020 says influential agency if governments take radical steps now
Storm clouds gather as Pope prepares climate warning
CRIB NOTES JUNE 15-19: Papal encyclical, China INDC, EU green week & London climate march