Laurence Tubiana: This is no time for complacency
Oil majors need to get their act together and governments ramp up ambition to make UN climate goals a reality, writes France ambassador Laurence Tubiana
Climate finance must be based on science
Development banks can learn from corporations when it comes to getting bang for their green buck
Loss and damage meet must deliver for world’s vulnerable
Talks in Bonn this week need to protect poor and marginalised people from irreversible climate impacts, says CARE’s Sven Harmeling
New York signing marks a new age in climate cooperation
Finance will be critical to realise the Paris Agreement, says Emmanuel De Guzman – and vulnerable countries are taking a lead
Why there’s no time to dally on the Paris Agreement
The treaty may enter into force well before 2020, but let’s not wait and see – let’s start delivering actions
How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
As leaders meet in New York to sign the Paris climate deal, a water project is helping remote islands handle drought risk
Early entry: Approving the Paris climate deal in 2016 makes sense
Could the Paris Agreement set a new record for the number of countries signing up on the first day?
Why implementing the Paris Agreement starts at home
European commissioner Miguel Arias Canete and Dutch environment chief Sharon Dijksma call on governments to get to work on Paris climate agreement
Renminbi power: Will China’s wallet shape the planet?
China has big financial firepower. It must channel it towards low carbon through the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to lead from the front on climate
Europe’s Keystone XL: Planned gas pipeline is reckless
The Southern Gas Corridor risks locking in higher fossil fuel dependence and wasting colossal amounts of public money
Clinton v Sanders: Who can deliver the radical climate policy needed?
Incrementalism or revolution? That’s a question facing Democrat supporters and climate campaigners as they decide between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Letter from America: IMF urges low carbon policy stability
COMMENT: Core message from IMF/World Bank Spring Meeting is that governments must invest in low carbon revolution, writes UK shadow climate change minister Barry Gardiner
The UN’s climate science panel must adapt to stay relevant
COMMENT: We have got used to vast IPCC reports, but in the coming years tailored studies focused on land, cities and the 1.5C warming ceiling may be more useful to policy makers
Solar and Saudi Arabia: Riyadh bows to the inevitable
COMMENT: Last week deputy crown prince Salman announced the formation of a post-oil $2 trillion fund, accelerating a major Middle East energy transition
UN’s Paris climate deal could enter into force this year
COMMENT: Operational UN global warming pact would be a significant step on path to a safe and stable climate, but requires careful management says former Marshall Islands advisor
Will doubling India’s coal tax boost the clean energy sector?
COMMENT: The Modi government needs to explain where funds from the coal cess will go for it to have a transformative impact on clean energy
The G20 needs to lead on deep decarbonisation pathways
COMMENT: For the world to arrive at a collective goal of zero net emissions by the second half of the century, it needs to know where it’s going: charting that route starts in 2016
Framing climate risk: We need more than a few magic words
COMMENT: Finding ways of communicating that resonate with people’s values is a crucial first step in broadening public engagement, says the head of research at Climate Outreach
Global warming ‘hiatus’ row offers lessons to scientists
COMMENT: Scientifically prudent but publicly ill-conceived formulations can be of huge consequence in a fast-changing media landscape
Canada’s laggard: British Columbia is failing on climate change
COMMENT: BC’s carbon pollution is going up while five other Canadian provinces are bringing their greenhouse gas emissions down