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COP 21: Paris climate change conference 2015

Latest news and comment on the COP21 UN climate change conference in Paris, France

September 2019

  • US activists take part in an environmental protest

    Most of world's biggest firms 'unlikely' to meet Paris climate targets

  • Climate protesters in Glasgow

    UK to host crucial global talks on tackling climate emergency

July 2019

  • The Funafuti atoll on Tuvalu.

    Pacific leaders plead with Australia to drop plans to carry over emissions credits

  • FILE PHOTO: Comb Wash is seen in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding<br>FILE PHOTO: Comb Wash cuts from north to south through Cedar Mesa in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah, U.S., October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen/File Photo

    Donald Trump's five most dangerous attacks on the environment

June 2019

  • FWY Warring 2 Br Bus Lane<br>Sydney Warringah freeway heavy rush hour traffic enterin Sydney Harbour Bridge along 24 hours bus lane in the morning.

    Australia quizzed by EU and China on whether it can meet 2030 Paris climate target

  • Fridays for Future climate change protest, London, UK - 24 May 2019

    Brexit has distracted us from the climate disaster awaiting us. Britain must step up

    Jake Woodier

April 2019

  • An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland.

    Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact – study

    Study shows how destabilised natural systems will worsen man-made problem
  • Mark Carney

    Mark Carney tells global banks they cannot ignore climate change dangers

    Financial sector warned it risks losses from extreme weather and its stakes in polluting firms
  • Rio Tinto

    Rio Tinto ready to quit Minerals Council if it doesn't support Paris climate targets

    Miner expects industry associations to argue against coal subsidies

February 2019

  • Emissions for the year to September 2018 were up 0.9% on the previous year, primarily due to a 19.7% increase in LNG exports

    Australia's annual emissions continue to rise, driven by LNG production

  • Greta Thunberg, 16, at an EU meeting in Brussels.

    Greta Thunberg tells EU: your climate targets need doubling

December 2018

  • Smoke and steam billow from Bełchatów power station in Poland, Europe’s largest coal-fired plant.

    Can Poland wean itself off coal?

    Climate experts say the renaissance can be stopped but change must happen now – and the main obstacle is at the top
  • A wind farm in the UK.

    China demands developed countries 'pay their debts' on climate change

    Key sticking point at UN negotiations is how countries should account for their greenhouse gas emissions

    • Global warming should be called global heating, says key scientist

    • Labor won't rule out using 'accounting tricks' to meet emissions reduction targets

    • The 'climate diaspora' trying to save the Paris agreement from Trump

November 2018

  • A dead fish lies on cracked earth in La Sorrueda reservoir in Gran Canaria, Spain.

    World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change, says UN

  • A ferry linking Sakhalin with mainland Russia.

    UN shipping agency accused of secrecy over maritime pollution

  • Great Barrier Reef

    G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds

  • Climate migrants in Myanmar

    'We feel like hermit crabs': Myanmar's climate dispossessed

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