As climate change negotiations get into full swing ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, debate over the basis upon which developed countries should compensate developing countries for their historic emissions intensifies.

Britain and other rich countries are using aid money as a lever to bully developing countries over climate change, according to a new report by an anti-poverty pressure group.

The World Bank is seeking synergies with the EU in an attempt to incorporate climate change considerations into the long-term economic planning of developing countries, Michele de Nevers, senior manager of the bank's environment department, told EurActiv.

While the US Senate seems to be far from reaching a compromise on a climate change bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Senator John Kerry has unveiled a proposal to help developing nations to combat global warming and adapt to climate change.

Countries negotiating to deliver an international climate deal are back in business and both Denmark and Mexico, the outgoing and incoming chairs of the UN-led talks, are developing a "GPS system" to successfully arrive at their destination on time by December, Danish Energy and Climate Change Minister Lykke Friis told EurActiv in an interview.

EU leaders meeting in Brussels are poised to postpone crucial decisions on financing the fight against climate change in developing countries until their October meeting, according to draft conclusions obtained by EurActiv. But leaders will agree on a number of principles setting out the terms for financial contributions, said Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. 

The UN's "climate change chief" is accusing EU politicians of moving the goalposts in global talks on climate change hysteria. This is Yvo de Boer, secretary of the UN climate programme (UNFCCC). He is calling in the EU agreement at the Bali climate summit last December, when the "colleagues" promised to bankroll clean technology in developing countries if they agreed to take appropriate acti...

Differences between rich and developing countries prevented G20 finance ministers from agreeing measures on Saturday (5 September) to curb global warming, casting more doubt on UN efforts to agree a new climate treaty.

Poland is pushing EU economic and finance minister to agree on how the industrialised world should divide the burden of financial assistance to developing countries to fight climate change.

Labour MP for Southampton Test, Dr Alan Whitehead, today asked Gordon Brown to work with other world leaders for a strong agreement on climate change at the UN summit in Copenhagen this December. During the weekly exchange between MPs and the Prime Minister, the Test MP asked the following question, specifically focusing on the important role of developing countries in combating climate change: "M...