Marshall Islands fires broadside at UN shipping chief over climate stance
NEWS: Soaring maritime emissions threaten world prosperity and survival, argues minister Tony de Brum in rebuttal to IMO
Warming seas devastate coral reefs in global bleaching event
NEWS: Climate change and El Nino are wreaking ecological destruction across the world’s oceans, marine scientists confirm
Emerging economies should embrace carbon pricing – report
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets work and must extend to the developing world, says New Climate Economy report
OECD estimates climate finance flows at $60 billion
NEWS: Report aims to build confidence in funding for poor countries ahead of Paris summit, but analysts say challenges remain
ExxonMobil boss warns against tougher climate regulations
NEWS: Global warming risks “serious” says Rex Tillerson, but innovation not regulation is answer to soaring greenhouse gas emissions
India poised to overachieve ‘cautious’ emissions target
NEWS: Clean energy policies put country on track to outperform carbon-cutting aims for 2030, says Climate Action Tracker
New UN climate science chief touts role for business
NEWS: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should harness private sector knowledge in its assessment reports, says Hoesung Lee
Oil majors to release climate plans on 16 October, says Total chief
NEWS: Industry must take offensive with carbon cutting plans to avoid portrayal as “devils”, CEO tells top executives at London conference
Ex-BP chief: Oil majors must heed Volkswagen scandal
NEWS: Lord Browne urges fossil fuel giants to prove their worth, as executives downplay climate risk at major industry event
South Korea’s Hoesung Lee wins top UN climate science job
NEWS: South Korean beat Belgium’s Jean-Pascal van Ypersele to claim prestigious chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, at election in Dubrovnik
Pakistan PM delays climate pledge over provincial rivalries
NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom
BBC apologises for radio show that mocked climate science
NEWS: Half-hour programme did not make clear climate sceptics were a “minority voice”, UK broadcaster admits, in “an unfortunate lapse” of editorial policy
OPEC chief defends members over missing climate pledges
NEWS: Petropowers like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria should only submit carbon-cutting plans if they are “win-win”, says Abdalla Salem El-Badri
Shell chief: Business must account for cost of climate change
NEWS: Ben van Beurden says industry, regulators should rally behind Shell and European oil majors’ joint call to make polluters pay
African candidate opens up IPCC climate science chief race
NEWS: As governments go to vote on next IPCC chair Tuesday, Sierra Leone’s late nomination adds to uncertainty over the result
Climate change migration is ‘genocide’, says Marshall Islands minister
NEWS: Spectre of lost traditions as low-lying islands become inhabitable cause for climate action, says top envoy, Tony de Brum
Conservative UK climate chief defends green cuts
NEWS: Energy secretary Amber Rudd says rollback of clean energy subsidies not borne of ideology but faster way to cut emissions
Germany offers India €2 billion in solar, clean energy funds
NEWS: Leaders Modi and Merkel agree renewables finance package and to cooperate on plans for global climate deal in Paris
UN releases 20-page negotiating text for climate deal
NEWS: Shortened document makes clear which elements will be legally binding and sets out decisions to be made before Paris summit
India targets 33-35% emissions intensity cut by 2030
NEWS: Hotly anticipated climate pledge from New Delhi needs an estimated US$2.5 trillion of international support