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South Korea launches Asia’s first national carbon market
NEWS: Allowances traded at US$7-8 a tonne, a similar price to Europe’s emissions trading system
Obama visit to India unlikely to deliver US-China climate pact repeat
NEWS: Washington and Delhi likely to agree pact on renewables and HFCs, but little chance of any major climate deal say insiders
Social cost of carbon six times higher than thought – study
NEWS: It is worth taking more expensive measures to curb emissions, say scientists, to avoid hit to economic growth
Queensland election could slow Australia’s dash for coal
ANALYSIS: Snap election offers unique opportunity to halt developments that menace the Great Barrier Reef and the climate
Greenpeace slams Indian government after activist blocked at airport
NEWS: Campaigner Priya Pillai was due to brief London MPs on proposed coal mine in Mahan forest
Stanford professors call for full fossil fuel divestment
NEWS: California university was the wealthiest to cut ties with coal companies last May; 295 academics want oil and gas to go next
Kerry faces heat after Nebraska court gives Keystone green light
NEWS: Focus turns to State Department judgement after route of Keystone XL pipeline approved in supreme court
EU climate official vows to protect heavy polluters
NEWS: Jos Debelke says Brussels is committed to climate leadership, but will ensure steel, cement industries get help to comply with regulations
Australia wildfires turn up heat on Abbott climate policies
ANALYSIS: Firefighters and regional politicians are calling on the prime minister to tackle climate change after a year of heatwaves
Obama prepares crackdown on methane emissions
NEWS: New EPA regulations set to address potent powerful gases leaked from oil and gas industries
Oil price slump boosts Egypt fuel subsidy phase-out
NEWS: Lower commodity prices have eased pressure on Egypt’s budget as it moves to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies by 2019
2015 – a year for the EU to rebuild climate diplomacy links
News: Latvia has made climate action a priority of its EU Council presidency, so where next for the bloc?
Arctic oil “unburnable” in 2C world – study
NEWS: UK research shows which regional fossil fuel reserves are unviable if the world is to avoid catastrophic warming
World Bank urges leaders to use oil crash to slash subsidies
NEWS: As oil price hits 5-year low, chief economist warns emissions could rise without government leadership
Chinese coal demand fell in 2014
NEWS: New figures from Beijing government shows China’s hunger for coal is waning
President Obama threatens Keystone XL veto
NEWS: Polluting oil pipeline faces more setbacks as Obama threatens to block Congress bill
Future of fracking in doubt as oil prices spiral
NEWS: Increased US supply a major reason for the drop in oil prices, but there are warnings that the industry now faces a crisis
China carbon trading to almost double in 2015
NEWS: More Chinese companies must manage their greenhouse gas emissions as Beijing plans national carbon market
Population boom driving Philippines’ climate vulnerability
NEWS: More people living in Philippines has worsened pollution, deforestation and waste problems, says government report
How climate change is making its mark on the world – pictures
BLOG: NASA gallery reveals how global warming is taking its toll on the planet’s glaciers, lakes and forests