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Fast Start Finance web site to provide information on industrialised nations' climate funding commitments
03 Sep 2010

Official admits watchdog will struggle to deliver 17 per cent cut in emissions outlined in failed climate bill
03 Sep 2010
Reducing funding for household generation of renewable energy will jeopardise job creation and energy security, Huhne is told
03 Sep 2010Coalition of energy companies signal support for ambitious climate change bill
03 Sep 2010Civil society throws weight behind plans for carbon pricing as independent MP backs Labor
02 Sep 2010Ministerial meeting hopes for low-carbon funding breakthrough ahead of Cancun summit
01 Sep 2010Senator Harry Reid believes he could secure Republican support for bill containing Renewable Electricity Standard
01 Sep 2010Green Party agrees to support Labor in return for formation of climate change committee - but election result remains in balance
01 Sep 2010Developed nations appear surprisingly close to hitting finance target to help poorer countries fight climate change
27 Aug 2010Bob Graham: "We should be clear – this disaster represents an enormous, and shared, failure of public policy"
26 Aug 2010Ministers agree to work together on offshore wind energy and CCS, as well as oil and gas
26 Aug 2010Defra launches major new review to assess whether water watchdog is able to cope with climate change
26 Aug 2010Vice president insists stimulus dollars will lead to a doubling of US renewable energy capacity by 2012
25 Aug 2010Independent MPs who hold the balance of power in Australia's hung parliament meet to discuss demands
24 Aug 2010Climate change policy likely to play key role in coalition negotiations as Greens and independents are thrown into the spotlight
23 Aug 2010Observer obtains documents showing that Whitehall privately accepts its response to the threat of peak oil has not been good enough
23 Aug 2010Prime minister Julia Gillard makes last-ditch carbon trading pledge as polls show election is too close to call
20 Aug 2010Draft report reveals government is planning to increase support for clean tech manufacturers
20 Aug 2010"We won't try and dazzle you with green gimmicks"
19 Aug 2010Richard Lambert's progress report on government's first 100 days argues it must do better on energy, climate change and planning reform
18 Aug 2010