Policy Watch in 2015

With the charismatic former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, behind bars on a widely derided terrorism charge, Anna Petherick asks whether small island states can really make themselves heard in Paris.

To succeed, any new global climate deal agreed upon in Paris must be fair and equitable — Sonja van Renssen reports.

Reform of carbon trading in Europe could help claw back its credibility as an instrument to cut emissions. Sonja van Renssen reports.

Calls to curtail exploitation of coal reserves are rife, but the industry has other ideas — Sonja van Renssen explores the issues.