Paris 2015

Aldersgate Group warns UK green economy is 'at a crossroads' without clear policy direction

The most anticipated papal letter for decades will be published in five languages on Thursday. It will call for an end to the 'tyrannical' exploitation of nature by mankind. Could it lead to a step-change in the battle against global warming?

But new report warns world is still on track to comfortably exceed 2C temperature target

After a frustrating week for the UN climate talks in Bonn, Anthony Hobley of the Carbon Tracker Initiative wonders what a successful Paris Summit would deliver

Countries agree to let co-chairs of the negotiations to make their own alterations to the draft and present it for approval in July

Worldwide Views on Climate and Energy survey reveals strong support for ambitious global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Paris summit

Persuading climate recalcitrants such as Japan and Canada to sign up for phasing out fossil fuels by 2100 is a significant achievement by Angela Merkel

G7 leaders acknowledge world needs to deliver "decarbonisation of the global economy over the course of this century"

World Resources Institute advises businesses as well as governments to increase funding to enable poor countries to cut emissions and rebuild infrastructure

French Foreign Minister warns US Congress would block any legally-binding treaty