Global climate talks

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• UN climate debt swap is 'fundamentally unjust', say development agencies

  Guardian Professional, 21 Oct 2014: A proposal offering small island states debt relief to pay for climate change adaptation merges legitimate and illegitimate debt, writes Karl Mathiesen

• 'Build bridges for Lima climate talks'

  20 Oct 2014: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres urges delegates to work towards achieving a historic pact in Paris in 2015

• US eyes buffet option in global climate talks

  17 Oct 2014: Deal would allow US to join other countries in cutting carbon dioxide emissions but avoid having to obtain Senate ratification

• Penny-pinching risks global climate deal success in 2015, France says

  11 Oct 2014: New climate aid pledges to poor countries are an ‘absolute precondition’ for summit, says former premier Laurent Fabius – and US must go first

• No Paris climate deal better than bad one – former French climate minister

  10 Oct 2014: Serge Lepeltier says global warming deal at Paris in 2015 must be binding, as capital hosts pre-summit meeting

• Forests are emerging out from the shadow of fossil fuels in climate debate

  2 Oct 2014: Andrew Simms: Letting people living in forests become nature’s guardian is bringing both development and saving ecosystems

• Could the 2C climate target be completely wrong?

  1 Oct 2014: Adam Vaughan: The global warming goal that nearly 200 governments have agreed on should be ditched, say scientists writing in Nature

• 10 ways to sustain momentum after the People’s Climate March

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: After the world’s largest climate change protests, a panel discuss how to stay motivated on the road to COP 21
  

• Beyond climate change treaties: 'a deal in Paris is not essential'

  29 Sep 2014: Yale Environment 360: Ahead of the climate conference in Paris, there is increasing discussion of a new way forward that does not depend on international agreements

• Despite the UN climate summit, fossil fuel firms are still in for the long-term

  29 Sep 2014: Fiona Harvey: Either the world is gearing up to tackle climate change, or there are long-term profits to be had from exploiting our remaining fossil fuel reserves. Both propositions can’t be true

• Siemens: we will be in fossil fuels 'for the really long-term'

  26 Sep 2014: Coal still key to future growth despite strong focus on renewables, says company
  

• Europe's carbon cuts should be subject to Paris climate deal – EU energy chief

  25 Sep 2014: Reconsider proposed 40% cut by 2030 if governments fail to agree on a binding deal, says Gunther Oettinger

• Nelson Mandela's widow calls for urgent climate action at UN

  24 Sep 2014: Nelson Mandela’s widow Graça Machel speaks of global leaders’ failure to rise to environmental challenge after day of impassioned speeches

• Five ways Ban Ki-moon's summit has changed international climate politics forever

  24 Sep 2014: Michael Jacobs: The UN climate summit in New York decided nothing – but it has helped put climate change back on the agenda

• Leaders under fire for failure to attend post-UN climate summit meetings

  24 Sep 2014: Greg Barker, David Cameron’s former top climate change aide, criticises heads of state for no-show at New York dinner

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