Don’t look to politicians and high finance, it’s pressure from below that will be the driver of change.
Australia will struggle to make real emissions reductions without making structural change away from coal in the energy sector.
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New Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau brings a very different face to climate talks in Paris. Will it project its oil extraction tradition or show global leadership on emissions cuts?
Ahead of the Paris climate summit businesses have made pledges, including to purchase power from renewable generation.
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For as long as the United Nations has been holding climate summits, protesters have been gathering outside them to bemoan the rate of progress and call for tougher action.
The stage is set for a climate agreement - although it may be political rather than legal.
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Probably not, but that might be for the best if it encourages countries to be more ambitious in their commitments, rather than playing it safe to avoid falling foul of legal obligations.
The 2015 “Conference of Parties” in Paris will bring together 195 nations rich and poor as well as the EU to try and hammer out a definitive climate agreement. So how does it all work?
A long way to go for $100 billion Green Climate Fund.
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Rich countries are supposed to give $100 billion to developing countries in the upcoming Paris climate talks to deal with climate change. How much has been committed and how will this work?
Is carbon offsetting little more than a bandaid on a much bigger climate problem?
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The United Nations is promoting a website to measure, reduce and offset your personal carbon emissions. But will this fix climate change?
To limit global warming to 2C we can’t emit more than another trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases. Burning fossil fuels is a major source.
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