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China’s national carbon market: When, where and how?

ANALYSIS: Traders are banking on Beijing's plans for a national carbon market being a success, but challenges in its design remain

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Kevin Rudd – forget the UN, G20 must lead on climate change

NEWS: "High time" for group of top emitters to broker climate agreement outside of United Nations, ex-Australia leader says

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Private finance central to hitting $100bn climate goal, says study

NEWS: New analysis from World Resources Institute highlights challenge facing developed countries in meeting funding target

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Former Shell chair speaks of distress at climate policy inertia

NEWS: Mark Moody Stuart says dangers were evident decades ago, offers backing to divestment and carbon pricing

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Account for climate risk or lose billions, investors warned

NEWS: Fund managers told to take a prudent view of risk and use better long term models to account for changing climate

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Norway to ditch $8 billion of coal assets in state pension fund

NEWS: Green groups greet move by Parliament to authorise sale of coal holdings, the largest fossil fuel divestment in history

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Funds lacking to help poor tackle climate impacts, says World Bank

NEWS: Not enough cash is flowing to boost resilience in the face of sea level rise and weather extremes, development banks warn

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Britain rallies on climate change in mass lobby

NEWS: More than 9,000 people flocked to Westminster to urge MPs to back action on global warming, in the largest ever demo of its kind

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Credit agencies are ignoring climate risk – report

NEWS: Projects like Abbot Point coal port are getting investment grade status, but are incompatible with efforts to curb global warming

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Pakistan to set up carbon markets to cut emissions, lure investment

NEWS: 'Carbon Neutral Pakistan' initiative seeks to generate domestic green technology industry, government minister tells RTCC

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Aviation vs climate as UK airport review released

NEWS: Contentious verdict on London airport expansion shackles UK to overshoot future CO2 targets

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UK’s dirtiest region sets out pitch to bury CO2 in Europe first

NEWS: Tees Valley unveils blueprint to pioneer carbon capture and storage network from industrial plants

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Singapore downplays renewable role in UN climate pledge

NEWS: Asian city-state and shipping hub sees limited potential for clean energy as it pledges to peak emissions around 2030

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Ten banks back zero net deforestation push

NEWS: Standard Chartered is the latest to promise forest-friendly finance under the Soft Commodities Compact

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Divestment campaign swells as 100 trusts worth $5bn sign up

NEWS: Roddick and Sainsbury dynasty latest to make low carbon pledge, as fund managers say movement is now "mainstream"

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Top coal funder Deutsche Bank to become Green Climate Fund partner

NEWS: German giant one of 13 new organisations to join forces with flagship fund, but questions raised over fossil fuel backing

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China poised for a boom in green bonds

NEWS: Emerging economies are embracing new class of climate-friendly financial instruments, says Climate Bonds Initiative

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Battle over carbon freebies ahead of EU policy launch

NEWS: As heavy industries lobby for carbon price relief, experts warn against weakening flagship EU climate policy

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Why are big EU polluters moaning about carbon leakage?

ANALYSIS: Industries like cement and steel threaten to move jobs overseas if the price of emissions rises, in a challenge to climate goals

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Wind company raises $300m in first Chinese green bond

NEWS: Xinjiang-based Goldwind leads race to tap debt finance for environmental goals in world's highest emitting coun

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