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China calls on developing nations to honour financial pledges

China, the world’s second largest polluter, has called for every nation to be able to develop its own solution to global warming. China’s President

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World leaders as never before kick-start climate talks at Paris COP21

The United Nations climate conference in Le Bourget, Paris has brought together 150 of the world’s heads of state and government and more than 40,000

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Brandalism crashes the COP21 summit and lampoons greenwashing businesses

One group making headlines at the Paris Climate summit is British activists Brandalism, who have coined a new word to describe their subversive

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Obama accepts duty of US to help fix climate change

Speaking at the Paris summit, US President Barack Obama said the United States accepted its duty as the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter

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Ring of steel surrounds Paris amid high alert over climate

A massive security operation is underway elsewhere across the French capital. With some 8,000 police and soldiers carrying out border checks, nearly

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World leaders in Paris begin bid for breakthrough in climate talks

Representatives from more than 150 countries have started their ambitious attempt to bring down the earth’s rising temperatures. The climate change

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COP21: shoes replace marchers in Paris

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Paris climate summit begins as leaders arrive for 12-day talks marathon

Paris is again at the centre stage of world news this week and next as the COP21 Climate Summit begins with the arrival of world leaders. All Monday

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China gets daily reminders of the pressing need for a cleaner environment

Sunrise in Beijing, just like many other sunrises, was hidden behind a wall of smog. This is why the climate change summit is so vital, as the cost

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'There's no Planet B' - climate change campaigners rally around the world

“There’s no Planet B” in the fight against global warming. That was the message coming out of the world’s biggest day of climate change activism

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World leaders arrive in Paris to talk tough on climate change at COP21 summit

World leaders have been arriving in Paris to talk tough on climate change, as the COP21 summit gets underway. The aim of the international

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Paris summit has 50-50 chance of success - Greenpeace climate chief

A UN summit aimed at securing legally-binding global commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions has only a fifty-fifty chance of success. So says a

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'Save our planet' say demonstrators worldwide on eve of UN climate summit

On what may be the biggest day of climate change activism ever seen worldwide, tens of thousands of people marched as far afield as Sydney and Madrid

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Over 100 arrests made as Paris scuffles precede COP21 climate forum

French police say they have arrested at least 100 people following scuffles in the centre of Paris. Some 10,000 people gathered to form a

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Put yourself in their shoes: Paris presents new twist on climate march

Around 10,000 pairs of shoes line the French capital’s Place de la République in stark contrast with the 120,000 police and armed forces patrolling

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Campaigners vow to defy protest ban on eve of Paris climate summit

Security is tight at the Le Bourget conference centre near Paris, on the eve of the COP21 international climate summit. French Foreign Minister

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COP21: climate change provokes protests of all shapes and sizes

Marching against climate change: around the world, thousands take to the streets ahead of the COP21 conference.

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Ahead of COP21, climate-change activists prepare to march on London

Activists in London are preparing for Sunday’s (November 29) People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs. The rally in the English capital is

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Climate change campaigners pile pressure on world leaders ahead of Paris conference

Pressure is mounting on world leaders ahead of Monday’s international climate change conference in Paris. Demonstrators took to the streets of

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World Bank looks for backers for $16B plan for Africa to adapt to climate change

The World Bank has announced it is calling for some 15 billion euros to pay for a “plan”