Round up of issues on the weekend before the 2011 UN climate talks get under way in Durban. The collapse of carbon markets is one key topic to follow.
Climate finance has a mountain to climb in Durban
On the eve of the Durban climate conference, the usual suspects (headed by Canada) line up to undermine the Copenhagen promises of climate finance.
UK carries its climate credentials to Durban
Thanks to its pace-setting climate change legislation, the UK will occupy the moral high ground at the Durban climate talks. Will the minister put this advantage to the cause of the planet?
Test for alliances at Durban climate talks
Is Africa split over future of the Kyoto Protocol? Can REDD survive without a second commitment period? Are the BASIC countries singing from the same hymn sheet on climate change? Key questions for the climate talks next week.
Climate finance promises haunt Durban COP
Climate negotiators in Durban may defer a new treaty until 2020 but this is not an option for climate finance.
The blind alley of impeccable climate science
In the first published report since the 2010 UN inquiry into its methods, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is taking no chances with its choice of language. But is the cautious science of the Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters going to save the planet?
Moral climate hazard and real disaster risks
In the approach to COP17, the IPCC SREX report is published whilst the Stockholm Environment Institute looks at suspect economic assumptions for emissions projections.
Parties jostle for position at Durban climate talks
US, EU and Ethiopia have things to say about the forthcoming UN climate change negotiations in Durban.
Shipping emissions under scrutiny at Durban COP
Reports released by the International Maritime Organization and the International Chamber of Shipping defend the continued exclusion of shipping emissions from climate change negotiations. But the clock is ticking for this lobby.
Vulnerable countries show climate leadership
The world’s poorest countries attending the Climate Vulnerable Forum in Bangladesh resolve to overturn the status quo and lead the way towards low carbon economics.