Cities and regions call for access to Green Climate Fund
In a joint declaration published after the World Summit for Climate & Territories, leaders from around the world called for access to the Green Climate Fund to be improved. EurActiv France reports.
View Article‘Sanctions’ and ‘punishment’ barred from COP21 vocabulary
Negotiators have several terms for the way they plan to enforce any deal reached at global climate talks in Paris this December. "Peer pressure" and "cooperation" are a couple. "Race to the top" is the...
View Article‘Time is short’ to stop climate change
With the COP21 climate change conference on the horizon, scientific experts have warned that this is the international community's last chance to reach a long-term agreement. EurActiv's partner El País...
View ArticleIf COP21 cannot deliver a 2°C deal, what must it do?
With eight weeks until the close of COP21, it’s now clear how much more ambitious world leaders’ commitments must become in order to prevent irreversible climate change, writes Jeremy Woods.
View ArticleUN climate change expert: National contributions not enough
National plans for reducing CO2 emissions are not yet ambitious enough to meet climate goals, but progress has been made. EurActiv Germany reports.
View ArticleThe climate circus comes to town
The soap opera of global climate talks has been playing for 20 years. As it comes to Paris on Monday, Suzanne Goldenberg reviews the tears, the bloodshed and the unspeakable catering. EurActiv's...
View ArticleWhere does the road from Paris lead?
The Paris climate deal is a tremendous, historic achievement. For the first time since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the world has been able to agree on a common path to fight climate change, writes Jim...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon calls for clean energy investment to be doubled
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for global investment into clean energy to be doubled by 2020 in order to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius, as set out in Paris....
View ArticleUN climate chief: Paris Agreement could take effect ahead of schedule
The UN's soon-to-depart climate chief has said that the Paris climate change pact agreed last December could come into force two years earlier than the originally planned date of 2020. EurActiv’s...
View ArticleUN boss: Brexit would mean rewriting Paris Agreement on climate change
A vote for Brexit in tomorrow’s UK referendum on EU membership (23 June) would mean that the COP21 agreement would have to be rewritten, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on...
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