Global climate talks
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Eleven member states signed letter opposing withdrawal of draft EU law on air quality and waste
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Entrepreneur claims Saudi Arabia is encouraging collapse in oil price in bid to undermine fracking and clean energy
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Chinese media broadly positive of climate deal but critical of ‘double standards’ on historical emissions
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An agreement was finally reached in Lima’s climate talks late last night. But what do NGOs think about what was achieved?
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John Vidal: Poorer countries likely to reject agreement in Paris next year if onus falls on them while those largely responsible for global warming shirk their responsibilities
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With the stakes higher than ever for a climate deal at talks in Peru next week, we talk to some of the key players in Lima
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Environmentalists warn of ‘very dangerous development’ after Lima climate summit fails to agree on greenhouse gas emissions curbs
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UN climate talks wrapped up in Peru with a modest agreement about the building blocks of a deal due to be agreed in Paris next year
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A global warming pact has been struck, but now, says Nicholas Stern, nations must not only meet targets but fund clean development
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Editorial: There's just a year to go before the Paris summit on emissions targets
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Deal would for first time commit all countries – including developing nations – to cutting emissions
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This weekend’s deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions gave everyone at the talks in Peru what they came for - sort of
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Proposals too weak to keep global warming to the agreed limit of two degrees above pre-industrial levels
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Updates and reaction from the UN climate summit in Peru, where nearly 200 countries are trying to agree the draft text for a deal to avoid dangerous global warming
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Talks stumble amid rising frustration over ‘ridiculously low’ cash commitments offered by rich nations to help pay for emissions cuts
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From high-level sessions of international delegates to an alternative People’s Summit and Climate March, here are the highlights from the UN’s climate change conference in Lima
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Anomaly due to carbon accounting rules, says Climate Action Tracker, as it accused Australia of going to ‘considerable diplomatic effort’ to ‘hide’ its true emissions levels
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As crucial UN climate summit in Peru draws to a close, negotiators have made little progress on draft text
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Ed Davey boosts argument that companies’ coal, oil and gas holdings will lose value as world moves to cut carbon emissions
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Veteran observers say the foreign minister’s position in negotiations is more reasonable than statements made to a domestic audience
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Culture ministry says it will press charges against activists for damage to world heritage site as UN climate talks began in Lima
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Graham Readfearn: Looking through the spin of the Australian foreign minister’s speech to the Lima climate talks
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Bill McKibben: If fine words at the Lima climate talks mean anything, the US-Canada tar sands pipeline and a series of Australian coal mines must be shelved
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Indigenous peoples from the Andes to the Amazon joined trade unionists, students and women’s groups in demonstration in the Peruvian capital
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Peru summit will result in largest emissions of any UN climate conference so far but hosts say they will offset the pollution
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PM lists areas where Australian funds would go, but experts say no country is able to determine exactly where money is spent
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The world’s action has not so far matched its responsibilities, said UN secretary-general at Lima summit on climate change
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Regional powers like Brazil and Peru see themselves as key facilitators for Paris deal, but critics say they should also take bold action on emissions domestically
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Australian foreign minister to use Lima climate talks to warn other nations that downgrading the reef’s world heritage status would set a ‘dangerous precedent’
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Graham Readfearn: Campaigners in Lima are eyeing an ‘inevitable’ end to the fossil fuel industry by mid-century
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Global plan to plant hundreds of millions of trees will save over 1bn tonnes of CO2 a year and restore degraded land as natural forests or as agro-forestry
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Coalmining firm damned in report on lobbying that denounces private-sector’s role in climate negotiations, published in Lima to coincide with Cop20
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Performance index released at Lima climate talks puts Denmark in the best-performing slot, followed by Sweden and Britain
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Activists believe death of Shuar leader José Isidro Tendetza Antún, missing since 28 November, linked to opposition to state-Chinese mine project
Topics
- Climate change (Environment)
- Cop 20: UN climate change conference | Lima
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Peru
- Americas
- United Nations
- Fossil fuels
- Energy
- Climate change (Science)
- China
- Australian politics
- Julie Bishop
- Europe
- Coal
- European Union
- Asia Pacific
- Oil
- Renewable energy
- Mining
- Environmental sustainability
Lima deal represents a fundamental change in global climate regime