US seeking further block on compensation for climate damage
US proposal would also allow country to remain eligible to sit on governing committee of 'loss and damage' talks after it leaves Paris deal
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The legacy of Xie Zhenhua, minister who transformed China’s climate policy
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The UN climate talks can tackle fossil fuels head-on: here’s how
The UN process has largely ignored the production of fossil fuels. That can, and must, change
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Australia, Brazil and Saudi Arabia blocking climate talks, says Green MEP
Efforts to bring together different strands of the financing of climate action are being hampered at Cop25, says Bas Eickhout, while elsewhere steps forward...
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Cop25 Bulletin: ‘Spaghetti plate’
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Carbon offsets have patchy human rights record. Now UN talks erode safeguards
A new global carbon market could unleash finance for projects around the world. But protections for local communities were weakened in draft rules at...
Cop25 Bulletin: ‘We have achieved nothing’
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Irresistible Thunberg meets immovable UN climate talks
Youth march on Madrid to demand real action, while diplomats remain deadlocked over climate rules and big emitters stay silent
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Attempt to align global climate plans fails
No consensus could be found on whether new climate pledges should last five years, ten years or a mix of both as countries meet...
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