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2015 Paris climate talks

In November 2015, nations met in Paris to negotiate an international agreement to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. Nature tracked the run-up to the twenty-first meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which produced a historic global accord.

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Five books for the COP negotiator
"Solutions need to emerge from the psychological push and pull of the negotiating room. On to the books that in my view could move mountains."
Nature (07 December 2015)

Climate content from the Nature journals and Scientific American
News, comment, overview and original-research articles that discuss what is at stake at the Paris climate talks, along with the scientific foundations for the negotiations.
Nature (25 November 2015)

Outlook for Earth
This Nature special issue explores the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international body of hundreds of scientists and policy experts.
Nature (19 September 2013)

After Kyoto
In this special issue, Nature examines the end of the 1997 Kyoto climate treaty – and the path ahead.
Nature (29 November 2012)

Rio+20
Twenty years after global leaders pledged to protect Earth's climate and biodiversity at the Rio Earth Summit, they are back for another try at Rio 2.0.
Nature (08 May 2012)

Climate showdown in Durban
The seventeenth meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change begins on 28 November in Durban, South Africa, and marks a crucial moment for negotiations on how to limit global warming.
Nature (24 November 2011)

Road to Copenhagen
In the run up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, Nature covered every aspect of the effort to forge a new deal on climate.
Nature (07 December 2009)