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U.S. pledge to green climate fund could build climate action momentum
Tony Abbott called it a Bob Brown slush fund, but Barack Obama has promised to inject serious capital into Green Climate Fund.
Alex Doukas and Athena Ballesteros

Nov 14, 2014

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New study says Paris climate talks won’t keep the world under 2°C
Hopes the world will do something meaningful to cut carbon emissions hang on the Paris climate talks, but agreement there may not be enough.
Jeff Spross

Aug 8, 2014

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‘Censored’ IPCC summary reveals jockeying for key UN climate talks
In the wake of this month’s IPCC report accusations began to fly in the media that the report had been censored by governments.
David Stern

Apr 24, 2014

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Votes, not vetoes: a new way to cut a United Nations climate deal
Could changing the decisions process from vetoes to majority voting force climate negotiations to make more substantial progress?
Luke Kemp

Apr 9, 2014

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The complexities of an international climate deal
Latest round of UN climate talks in Bonn end with pact to start drafting international climate agreement set to be finalised in 2015.
Jennifer Morgan

Mar 18, 2014

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UN Investor summit: in search of the clean trillion
Its green bonds galore at UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk in NY as Clean Trillion report is launched.
Sean Kidney

Jan 21, 2014

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Action on climate not sufficient, but COP 19 still rocked
Global ambition to fight climate change is insufficient and much remains to be done. However, the Warsaw climate conference broke new ground.
Christiana Figueres

Dec 13, 2013

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China surprised and disappointed by Australia’s carbon repeal
Chinese officials have expressed surprise and disappointment Australia is repealing its carbon price, just as it launches its own carbon markets and seeks international links.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 22, 2013

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The coal hard facts of Australia’s fossilised climate strategy
Delegates in Warsaw marvel at Australia’s opportunities in solar, wind and other renewables. They don’t understand why it is stuck in the fossil fuel age.
Frank Jotzo

Nov 22, 2013

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Environment groups walk out of Warsaw climate talks
In an unprecedented move, leading environmental NGOs have walked out of the UN climate talks in Warsaw, saying they had had enough of the “coal COP”
Graham Readfearn

Nov 22, 2013

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Australia reputation hits new low over t-shirt climate diplomacy
Australia’s reputation hits a new low as poor nations take offence over its hardline attitude and negotiating behaviour. It may be grandstanding, but Australia has set itself up as the whipping boy of international climate politics. Meanwhile, Poland sacks its environment minister, who had been getting in the way of shale gas development.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 21, 2013

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Australia turns into ‘anti-climate’ force at Warsaw
Within a week, Australia’s reputation as a constructive force in international climate negotiations has been trashed, as the Abbott government exports its hard-line domestic policy onto the international stage. This came as the UNFCCC head gave coal a dressing down at the Warsaw summit, and warned most of it may have to stay in the ground.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 19, 2013

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