EU pushes Poland to drive climate ambition as UN host
As climate hosts, Poland will be charged with spurring greater efforts to cut emissions. The EU has some suggestions
‘Scientifically right’: EU commission president backs deeper carbon cuts
Jean-Claude Juncker urged the European Union to raise its goals for limiting climate change, but did not mention the forthcoming 2050 strategy
Poland’s plan to leave its mark on UN climate talks
Declarations on forests, electric vehicles and the impact of climate action on coal workers will be a central legacy of this year’s talks in Katowice
A green transition can help save money: France’s new environment minister
De Rugy presents himself as more pragmatic than his predecessor, calling to end divisions over nuclear energy and work within budgetary constraints
Secretary-general to throw entire UN into fight against ‘suicidal emissions’
Antonio Guterres to outline personal and institutional crusade on climate change in ‘major’ speech in New York on Monday
Green power set to surge while fossil fuels decline: report
Electricity will be dominated by renewables and supply nearly half of total energy demand by 2050. Yet the rise is not enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals
‘Everyone was frustrated’: US-China stand-off holds up climate talks
A week of climate negotiations in Bangkok proceeded unevenly, as old fights about the firewall between rich and poor countries resurfaced
As he prepares to host climate bash, will California’s Brown bring gifts?
With a sweeping climate bill waiting for signature and an oil industry of his own, activists pressure governor Jerry Brown to live up to the vision of his own summit
Governments begin work on universal environment pact
UN will take stock of environmental failures and may create sweeping legal pact, or treaties on single issues, such as plastic pollution
End of coal power in Australia ‘inevitable’ – report
Market forces alone will see huge drop in coal use over next decade, academics find, adding that planning for a future without coal is ‘prudent risk management’
Australia joins Pacific to declare climate ‘single greatest’ security threat
Region of island states calls for the Paris Agreement to be upheld, with Australia joining despite recent political turmoil over climate policy
Carbon trading rules meet socialist sticking point
Progress on market rules for climate credits faces ‘a giant sticking point’ as Venezuela and others push for similar progress on ‘non-market’ tools in Bangkok
Governments standing in way of $26 trillion green bonus, global commission finds
Landmark report finds huge downside to slow climate response and says governments must ‘take their feet off the brakes’
In Bangkok, governments scramble to agree Paris climate rulebook
UN climate chief calls on nations to make decisive progress in last-chance talks in the Thai capital
UN to fight for future of carbon offset scheme
Amid calls for the Clean Development Mechanism to be axed, the UN climate chief has weighed in on its behalf
Polish climate chief calls on former presidents for back-up
Michał Kurtyka convened a meeting with French, Mexican and Moroccan heads of previous UN climate summits, in preparation for December’s critical talks
Poland’s ‘last coal power plant’ depends on subsidies, say analysts
A planned EU phase-out of state aid to fossil fuel power generation could make the Ostrołęka C coal station project unprofitable within years, according to Carbon Tracker
Australia’s new PM risks climate trade-off with EU
Scott Morrison is not expected to quit the Paris Agreement, as it could jeopardise ongoing trade talks with the EU, although he has no plan to meet climate targets
Keep calm and carry on flying and eating steak: UN Climate Change ad criticised
A video promotion for carbon credits was taken down after viewers complained it mocked green lifestyle choices and downplayed the urgency of the climate challenge
Green fund woes loom over upcoming climate talks
Difficulties within the UN Green Climate Fund will bleed into sensitive negotiations on climate change next week in Bangkok