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Renewable energy is now “unstoppable”, and no government can prevent the shift to a global low-carbon economy, UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has said.

More than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists try to reduce role of oil and gas firms in the talks

· 5-min read The host country of this year's UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has rolled out “red carpet” treatment to fossil fuel bosses and lobbyists, the Guardian can reveal.

Wealthy nations are yet to offer the hundreds of billions of dollars that economists say are needed to help the developing world cut emissions

Leaders of the world's biggest economies meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Monday must agree to provide the finance that the world's poorest need to tackle the climate crisis or face “economic carnage”, the UN has warned.

Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over their differences this week and come to a deal – because if talks

A group of senior voices on the climate wrote to the UN calling for reforms to the process of Cops under the 1992 UN framework convention on climate change

Future United Nations climate conferences must prioritize action over negotiation and restrict fossil fuel influence, experts urge.

UN climate chief addresses climate summit with no agreement in sight on how to help developing countries

Experts say mix of taxes with development bank and private funding can provide $1tn a year needed by 2030