Africa

Encouraging moves on climate funding, deforestation and the US climate bill are all overshadowed by increasingly fractious row over future of Kyoto Protocol

Agreement edges fractionally closer as African nations group scales back funding demands

Deadlock continues over emissions targets, but reports claim gradual progress is being made on climate funding mechanisms

Late night in store for Copenhagen negotiators as African leaders insist they are willing to scupper talks and China refuses to budge on carbon monitoring

Small island states and African nations insist proposal for 1.5 degree temperature target is not up for negotiation

But officials insist they are still hopeful for a "binding and real political agreement" next month

But threaten to throw negotiations into crisis unless rich nations commit to more ambitious emission reductions

Meetings in Barcelona suspended as coalition of African countries refuses to discuss technical issues until industrialised nations put forward detailed commitments

eSolarSA to target seven southern African countries with utility-scale solar technologies

Siemens, Deutsche Bank, RWE and E.on ready to invest in ambitious plan to power Europe with clean electricity from Africa