Climate Weekly: Fiji fires COP23 chief diplomat

On Tuesday, Fiji’s chief climate negotiator was enthusiastically promoting the “talanoa dialogue” on twitter – a massive engagement drive to close the gap between ambition and...

Analysis: How Scotland plans to meet its climate change targets

The Scottish government released its new climate plan this week, setting out how it plans to meet its emissions targets over the next 15...

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Only one country will be to blame if the Paris climate deal fails

The Paris climate agreement is indeed “colliding with the reality”, as the Washington Post reported on 19 February.  Last year global carbon emissions increased again, following...

Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’

While much of Europe is shivering in subzero temperatures, the Arctic and eastern US have basked in unseasonably warm conditions in recent weeks. Arctic temperatures...

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