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Adapting to a warmer climate could cost almost three times as much as thought, says UN report

Rich countries need to give more to plug huge funding gap and help developing nations adapt to drought, flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change, says UN report

Published: 12:00 PM

Adapting to a warmer climate could cost almost three times as much as thought, says UN report
Highlights from week one at the Lima climate talks – in pictures

This week delegates and activists began arriving in the Peruvian capital for the COP20 UN climate talks, where nations will negotiate a draft text on a climate deal to be agreed in Paris next year

Published: 10:48 AM

Highlights from week one at the Lima climate talks – in pictures
COP20: Peru must give indigenous people means to combat climate change

Climate talks in Lima can save the Amazon rainforest by recognising rights of its best protectors, writes Dan Collyns

Published: 7:24 AM

COP20: Peru must give indigenous people means to combat climate change

Church of England challenges BP and Shell over global warming

Planned shareholder resolution is a ‘vital opportunity to influence companies’ climate change strategy’, says investment chief

Published: 1:15 PM

Church of England challenges BP and Shell over global warming
- Brazil should take lead on climate, not just broker talks
  
  Carlos Rittl
  
  Carlos Rittl: Country’s efforts to keep negotiations moving towards a global agreement should be backed by robust action on cutting emissions and embracing renewables
  
  Published: 11:02 AM
  
  Brazil should take lead on climate, not just broker talks
- Global development podcast Podcast: what kind of climate deal will we get in Lima? - audio
  
  With the stakes higher than ever for a climate deal at talks in Peru next week, Hugh Muir and John Vidal talk to some of the key players in Lima
  
  Published: 9:30 AM
  
  Podcast: what kind of climate deal will we get in Lima? - audio
- 'They say that in 30 years maybe Kiribati will disappear'
  
  Karl Mathiesen in South Tarawa
  
  Karl Mathiesen: On the tiny coral islands of Kiribati sandbags hold back the rising sea and drought means no fresh water. For the Pacific Islanders living at the sharp edge of climate change any result in Lima will be too little, too late
  
  Published: 1:00 AM
  
  'They say that in 30 years maybe Kiribati will disappear'

Green activists from Ecuador harassed by police on way to climate summit

Activists say their presence at the meeting in Peru would be embarrassing to President Rafael Correa, who wants to drill for oil in the Amazon

Published: 6:18 PM

Green activists from Ecuador harassed by police on way to climate summit
2014 set to be world's hottest year ever

Record average temperatures highlight the urgent need to agree a deal on emissions at the UN climate change talks in Lima

Published: 10:03 AM

2014 set to be world's hottest year ever
- Planet Oz Will Australia be the great coal defender at Lima climate talks?
  
  Australia heads to major climate negotiations in the wake of high level defence of its coal industry
  
  Published: 4:11 AM
  
  Will Australia be the great coal defender at Lima climate talks?
- 2014 on track to be England's hottest year in over three centuries
  
  Unless December turns unusually cold, 2014 will beat 1995, 2006, 1990 and 2011 as the warmest year on record
  
  Published: 4:06 AM
  
  2014 on track to be England's hottest year in over three centuries
- Lima climate talks: developing nations urge rich to aim for zero emissions
  
  Group of least-developed nations at UN climate summit say rich counties should do ‘substantially more’ to cut emissions
  
  Published: 3:56 AM
  
  Lima climate talks: developing nations urge rich to aim for zero emissions

Yeb Saño, vocal critic of west, dropped from Lima climate talks

Curious absence of the Philippines’ key negotiator could be due to political pressure from rich countries ahead of crucial climate negotiations, say NGOs

Published: 8:43 AM

Yeb Saño, vocal critic of west, dropped from Lima climate talks
Emissions targets are biggest challenge for Lima climate talks

Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs: Avoiding dangerous climate change depends on the strength of emissions reduction targets countries collectively adopt. And this remains a major concern

Published: 6:55 AM

Emissions targets are biggest challenge for Lima climate talks
Lima climate talks: EU and US at odds over legally binding emissions targets

EU says mandatory carbon emissions cuts should be set for all countries, whereas US wants individual countries to be free to adjust the scale and pace of reductions

Published: 5:19 AM

Lima climate talks: EU and US at odds over legally binding emissions targets