Negotiations on climate change began in 1992, and the UN organises an annual international climate change conference called the Conference of the Parties, or COP.
Paris is hosting the all-important 21st conference in December 2015. The participating states must reach an agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the object of which was to reduce CO2 emissions between 2008 and 2012.
Delegates meet again this week for the final five days of negotiations to reach an international deal to cap global warming, painfully aware that much work remains to be done.
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Pacific islands demand easier access to climate finance
Est. 4minSPECIAL REPORT / "The waves will not wait for the funding to be allocated before flooding our islands," the small islands of the Pacific have warned. But climate finance is often beyond their reach. EURACTIV France reports.
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Future carbon market: The Far East
Est. 6minSPECIAL REPORT / While the price of carbon remains low, support for pricing schemes is growing. Asia will soon overtake Europe as the home of the world’s biggest carbon markets. EURACTIV France reports.
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Five days left for Paris to save the planet
Est. 5minSPECIAL REPORT / Delegates meet again in Paris this week for the final five days of negotiations to reach an international deal to cap global warming, painfully aware that much work remains to be done.
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Energy efficiency is Taiwan’s answer to COP21 challenge
Est. 4minSPECIAL REPORT/ Energy efficiency has been identified as a central economic and environmental policy response to a series of challenges faced by Taiwan, including higher fossil fuel prices as a result of this week’s UN Climate Change Conference.
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COP21: Taiwan tells China to decarbonise faster, US to dig deep
SPECIAL REPORT/ China should commit to faster decarbonisation at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, Taiwan’s Environment Minister has said, after the two countries reached a diplomatic rapprochement.
Asia-Pacific
Pacific islands demand easier access to climate finance
09/12/2015
4 min. read

Asia-Pacific
Future carbon market: The Far East
08/12/2015
5 min. read

Climate change
Five days left for Paris to save the planet
07/12/2015
4 min. read

Asia-Pacific
Energy efficiency is Taiwan’s answer to COP21 challenge
10/12/2015
4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport
COP21: Taiwan tells China to decarbonise faster, US to dig deep
11/12/2015
7 min. read