Doha Climate Talks

• Qatar climate talks fail to break deadlock

  Qatar, the host country, today launched desperate measures to salvage the failing climate talks in Doha by proposing a compromise agreement that was low on ambition but kept the Kyoto Protocol and the prospect of a successor deal alive, as the talks went down to the wire.

• Money in focus as United Nations climate talks enter last day

  A dispute over money clouded U.N. climate talks on Friday, as rich and poor countries sparred over funds meant to help the developing world cover the rising costs of mitigating global warming and adapting to it.

• Doha climate talks threatened over funding

  A row over who will pay for dealing with the accelerating impact of climate change soured UN debate in Doha, where a final day of haggling was expected to do nothing to curb greenhouse gas pollution.

• Poor countries demand action at UN climate talks

  A delegate from typhoon-hit Philippines demanded on Thursday that ministers at the United Nations climate talks put aside their political differences and take bold steps to combat global warming.

• Typhoon-hit Philippines seeks action at climate talks

  Catastrophe-hit Philippines on Thursday led a host of countries in making an emotional plea to rich nations to salvage the listless climate talks here, as civil society groups launched a scathing attack on 'deal blockers', warning that the Doha round was on the "brink of disaster."

• Activists accuse Arab states over climate change at UN talks

  Arab nations have failed to use U.N. talks on climate change to put forward any meaningful measures on tackling the problem in their own countries, delegates and environmental activists said on Wednesday.

• United Nations chief urges 'strong commitment' at climate talks

  UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged negotiators at global climate talks in Doha to show "strong political commitment" to reducing Earth-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.

• Climate talks deadlocked as countdown starts for final week

  UN climate negotiators bickered in Doha on Monday over cash and commitments needed to curb Earth-warming greenhouse gases, even as fresh alarm bells were rung about the perils the planet faces.

• United Nations climate talks open in Qatar

  U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed on Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.

• UN talks seen falling short despite climate change fears

  Despite mounting alarm about climate change, almost 200 nations meeting in Doha from Monday are likely to pay little more than lip service to the need to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions.