Rich countries discuss $100bn climate finance pathway
CRIB NOTES SEPT 7-11: Criteria for climate funds defined, ministers discuss loss + damage, Pacific leaders gather in PNG
UN climate talks inch forward as countries agree path to Paris
NEWS: Co-chairs at Bonn conference to draft new negotiating text for global deal – set for release in first week of October
Algeria targets 7-22% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030
NEWS: North African oil-producing state highlights vulnerability to global warming and solar prospects in submission to UN climate deal
Half of CEOs are investing in low carbon – poll
NEWS: Business leaders are motivated to act on climate change but don’t see UN Paris deal as a major driver, PwC survey shows
UN climate chief expects national plans to cover up to 80% of emissions before Paris
INTERVIEW: Christiana Figueres tells RTCC Brazil and India will soon come on board with climate plans, but admits more ambition required
US, EU considering loss and damage options for Paris deal
NEWS: Major developed economies exploring compromise options on contentious issue of loss and damage at negotiations in Bonn
G20 urged to switch fossil fuel subsidies for climate finance
NEWS: Transfer public support for polluting products into green growth and protection from extreme weather, says CAN Europe
Rich countries to unveil climate finance package at World Bank summit
NEWS: Lima billed as venue for proposal to help developing countries invest in green energy and prepare for extreme weather
California state pension funds to divest from coal
NEWS: CalPERS and CalSTRS will sell up to US$240 million in mine holdings after lawmakers’ decision, in win for campaigners
Indonesia reveals draft climate offer for 2030
NEWS: World’s fourth most populous country pledge slightly builds on 2020’s voluntary goal, but details remain unclear
Pressure mounting on UN as Bonn climate talks stutter
NEWS: Seven days of negotiations remain before Paris summit to finalise global pact, but what leaders will sign is unclear
Pakistan frontier province targets carbon neutrality by 2018
NEWS: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, riven by the war on terror and extreme floods, has ambitious plans for hydropower and forests
Google lays bare overlooked deforestation ‘hotspots’
NEWS: Search giant and researchers map emerging clusters of tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa
Investors urge businesses to quit climate-unfriendly EU lobby groups
NEWS: Nine companies including Glencore, Rio Tinto and BP targeted over membership of Brussels trade body Business Europe
Ex-BP chief to advise oil giants on climate strategy
NEWS: Lord Browne-led panel to present fossil fuel industry with set of plans in November on how it can contribute to UN climate deal
UN chief to speed climate talks with New York leaders meet
NEWS: Ban Ki-moon to chair closed-door climate change session on sidelines of 2015 General Assembly, as fears grow over Paris deal progress
Dutch government to appeal court ruling on climate change
NEWS: Ministers are resisting judges’ orders to set tougher greenhouse gas emissions cuts, despite a popular campaign
Arctic countries vow ‘urgent action’ to slow polar melt
NEWS: US-led Glacier summit warns of climate impacts in sensitive region, but China and India do not sign declaration
Obama makes Arctic appeal for action on climate
NEWS: “This is a solvable problem if we start now,” US president says at close of Glacier summit in Anchorage, Alaska
Former UN climate chief criticises Paris summit plans
NEWS: Yvo de Boer questions the French presidency approach of inviting world leaders to launch the two-week conference