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UK out, Chile in to renewable investment top 10
NEWS: British cuts to clean energy support have baffled financiers, says consultancy EY, while Santiago has a winning strategy
‘Predictioneers’ forecast Paris climate talks outcome with game theory
NEWS: What will countries agree to at this December’s critical UN summit? Researchers are mapping the likely outcome
US, China to outline new climate cooperation package
NEWS: World’s top carbon polluters to sign declaration binding cities and states to a raft of green policies like carbon cuts
Long term goal vital for Paris climate pact – Tubiana
NEWS: Pathways to ensure world avoids 2C of warming should be outlined as part of a 2015 UN deal, says top French diplomat
Argentina set for ‘cheating’ climate pledge – NGOs
NEWS: Mooted target to cut CO2 15% by 2030 is based on existing infrastructure projects and doesn’t raise ambition, say experts
Australia PM Tony Abbott ousted by Malcolm Turnbull
NEWS: After a dramatic vote, leadership change is expected to bring more progressive stance on climate and carbon pricing
California feels the heat of record wildfires
NEWS: A state of emergency has been declared in two regions as long-running drought and heatwave combine to spark blazes
EU to discuss strategy for Paris climate change summit
CRIB NOTES SEPT 14-18: Brussels to outline COP21 plans, General Assembly gathers in NYC, WWF releases global oceans study
Burn all fossil fuels and New York drowns – study
NEWS: Exploiting global reserves would melt all Antarctica and jack up sea levels by 50m. Though it would take 10,000 years
Pacific islanders blast Australian minister over rising seas jibe
NEWS: Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony de Brum criticises Peter Dutton for “insensitive” remarks, in week of tension on climate
France ends state aid for coal technology exporters
NEWS: Country to scrap subsidies for power plants sold to developing countries as it prepares to host UN climate change summit
Shell exits Prince of Wales climate group amid row rumours
NEWS: Controversial plans to drill in Arctic said to be last straw for fellow members of influential European climate grouping
Rich-poor climate reconciliation in sight at UN talks
ANALYSIS: As Paris summit nears, negotiators are trying to defuse tensions over national responsibilities for climate change
Permafrost diaries: Touching down in northern Siberia
BLOG: Olga Dobrovidova investigates the social and economic impacts of thawing permafrost in Russia’s remote Arctic towns
Ecuador reheats oil export tax in climate pitch
NEWS: Carbon levy more valuable in UN deal than “simple promises” of underfunded climate pledges, says Quito envoy
EU: climate damage must be treated with “urgency” in Paris deal
NEWS: Signs of shift in focus on compensation for warming impacts as EU Commissioner sets out stall at Pacific meeting
UN climate science panel too northern, too male – study
NEWS: World authority on climate change’s lack of diversity reduces clout, but broader make-up could divide it
‘Renegade’ UK physicists say they’re on fast track to nuclear fusion
ANALYSIS: Venture capitalists take on establishment with experimental device, but are optimistic time frames damaging the race?
Shipping regulators wary of UN climate intervention
NEWS: UK and US envoys admit to industry the International Maritime Organization could be overruled on emissions goals
Countries edge towards loss and damage deal at climate talks
NEWS: Proposals published late Friday show positions once light years apart are slowly converging, although much work remains before Paris