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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
Five burning issues for Lima climate talks this week
ANALYSIS: Rough road to Paris lies ahead unless ministers resolve these key issues when they arrive at UN climate talks in Lima
Lost in Lima: Why climate finance figures can’t be trusted
ANALYSIS: Japan’s funding for coal exposes confusion over what climate finance means, as the need for cash grows
Typhoon Hagupit focuses minds in week two of UN climate talks
NEWS: Extreme weather hitting the Philippines illustrates the risks of climate change as negotiations intensify in Lima
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
Why unborn children must be part of the UN climate deal
COMMENT: Stopping climate change means valuing the people not yet born as much as those alive today, argue youth delegates in Lima
Oil-rich Arab emirates duck climate finance obligations
NEWS: The United Arab Emirates needs its wealth to diversify away from fossil fuels, argues lead negotiator
Leisurely in Lima: COP20 climate talks show little urgency
NEWS: Five days into the last conference before Paris, the big questions for a global climate deal remain unanswered
Climate adaptation costs could hit $1trn a year by 2050 – UN
NEWS: The cost of protecting people from climate change impacts are likely to be 2-3 times previous estimates, finds UN report
LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 5: 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
Yeb Sano: I will not be ashamed to cry for my people
BLOG: Absent negotiator turned activist makes twitter plea for action at UN talks as typhoon Hagupit draws near
China outlines vision for 2015 UN climate change deal
NEWS: Lead negotiator Su Wei calls for raised ambition from developed countries on pre-2020 emissions cuts and climate finance
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
Widows of murdered Peruvian forest defenders demand justice
NEWS: As Peruvian government reveals rising deforestation at Lima climate talks, indigenous people accuse them of neglect
India considers emissions peak 2035-50
NEWS: Government officials say US president Barack Obama pushed for an announcement when he visits in January
UN carbon market fights for its future at Lima talks
NEWS: Clean Development Mechanism is “in crisis” after EU decision, says chair Hugh Sealy, but can be salvaged under a new carbon market architecture
WMO: 2014 set to be hottest year ever
NEWS: Climatologists’ report shows the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions as UN climate negotiators meet in Lima
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
Lima climate talks: One in three countries not sending ministers
NEWS: Political interest declines in UN climate talks, as fewer ministers attend Lima than Warsaw negotiations
Civil society returns to UN climate talks, but for how long?
BLOG: 12 months after bailing on COP19 in Warsaw, green groups are back, but with the same concerns