‘Manels’: Male speakers outnumber women two to one at UN climate talks
Panel organisers promise to change policy after Climate Home News analysis finds there are significantly more men than women invited as speakers at Bonn talks
Fossil fuel companies should be part of UN climate process, says top Polish official
Tomasz Chruszczow said calls to exclude organisations from talks based on a conflict of interest test were not ‘very useful’
German renewables meet 100% of power demand for second time ever
Preliminary data suggests that renewable supply alone met demand for about two and a half hours on a sunny, windy public holiday on Tuesday
Fiji launches climate story time amid calls for stronger Paris pledges
European and vulnerable countries say the Talanoa Dialogue must lead to strengthened national targets by 2020, while emerging economies resist prescribed outcomes
UN climate chief steps in to resolve Poland COP24 presidency spat
Patricia Espinosa backed Polish government nominee Michał Kurtyka to preside over Katowice talks, despite a bid by Jan Szyszko to keep the role
Russia fumes as US raises Crimea occupation during climate talks
Western allies say Russia is using UN climate talks to ‘normalise’ its claim to the peninsula, while Russia accuses them of politicising the delicate process
Seven member states push for EU to raise climate targets
Germany, France and Sweden are among the countries advocating a faster transition to a clean economy, in a critical year for strengthening ambition
China reshuffle brings ‘challenges’ for national carbon market: senior official
Many more staff need training on the emissions trading system as climate policy moves to a new, enlarged environment ministry, says director Li Gao
Trump and Macron plant a tree in DC, but disagree on climate change
On a state visit to the US, French president Macron brought a green gift but showed no sign of convincing Trump to reconsider his rejection of the Paris Agreement
Three quarters of EU climate finance goes to middle income countries: report
The Act Alliance is calling on the EU to direct more climate finance to the most vulnerable, after finding Turkey and Ukraine were the biggest beneficiaries
Commonwealth leaders express ‘grave concern’ about climate change impacts
Without urgent action, global warming could push 100 million people into poverty by 2030, warns coalition of developed and vulnerable countries
Hurricane-hit Barbudans protest to save communal land from developers
Outside a Commonwealth summit in London, islanders demand their Antiguan prime minister, who called them ‘imbeciles’, reveal how aid money has been spent
UK will legislate net-zero carbon emissions target, says minister
Britain will legislate new emissions targets and order a review on bringing them in line with the Paris Agreement, minister Claire Perry announced
UK Labour supports call for ‘climate damages tax’ on oil companies
Those responsible for climate change should pay a greater share, said UK shadow climate minister, as Vanuatu lobbies Commonwealth to support tax
Commonwealth heads meet in London amid claims of climate inequality
The UK emits as much as 18 of its former colonies, a report finds, and, along with Australia and Canada, isn’t doing its fair share to cut carbon
Shipping to halve carbon footprint by 2050 under first sector-wide climate strategy
Countries adopted a compromise emissions target at the International Maritime Organization on Friday, with further battles to come over how to put it into practice
Shipping sector to weigh the effects of Arctic heavy fuel oil ban
The International Maritime Organization has started the process to force ships to use cleaner fuels in the sensitive north pole region
Countries inch towards ‘bare minimum’ climate target for shipping
EU and island leaders are calling for more ambition at the International Maritime Organization, while major emerging economies resist a tough cap on emissions
Argentina accused of caving to Trump by dropping carbon price from G20 talks
G20 presidency denies US a factor in turn away from carbon pricing, but upcoming Japanese and Saudi leadership could mean issue is pushed off agenda for years
Arctic countries call for regional heavy fuel oil ban at UN shipping talks
Melting sea ice is opening the Arctic up to increased maritime traffic, raising fears of toxic fuel spills and climate pollution