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Visiting Paris from Gambia, Saiba Suso explains the politics and euphemisms that climate negotiators use and that conceal how the talks impact lives.

What makes a climate leader? For all of us gathered here at COP21, it becomes increasingly evident with every passing day, writes Morgan Curtis.

Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam Greenberg reports.

Ten performers were arrested today at the Louvre for challenging its sponsorship by oil companies Total and Eni. But they managed to smuggle a phone into their cell to get this message out.

Today, hundreds protested against oil sponsorship at the Louvre and ten were arrested. Jess Worth was in the thick of the action.

The ‘high ambition coalition’ is really about undermining developing world groups, argues Nick Dearden.

As the climate talks come to a head, a surprising number of rich countries are signing up to ambitious goals. But this isn't the big win for the climate justice movement that it may appear, explains Dipti Bhatnagar from Friends of the Earth International.

Developed countries are determined to undermine any remnant commitment to justice in this process. Morgan Curtis reports for New Internationalist.

Justin Kenrick meets with Sengwer community's Yator Kiptum and Milka Chepkorir about the meaning of climate justice.

Samoan-American Terisa Siagatonu has brought her stunning poem Layers to Paris to connect racism, social justice and climate change. She is part of the Spoken Word for the World crew.

Last week, the sterile hallways at COP21 rang with the chants ‘1.5 to stay alive!' Morgan Curtis reports from Paris as climate talks enter their final week.

Malawian environmental journalist Charles Mkoka reports on how communities are already adapting to the ever-changing climate around them.

The Paris climate negotiations aren't looking good for climate justice. Could developing countries walk out of the talks? Lidy Nacpil from the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice gives a quick halftime summary from inside the summit.

The oil producing giant blocked efforts in Paris to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, Kyla Mandel and Brendan Montague report.

There is a diplomatic silence over carbon trading at COP21, but a Paris climate agreement could offer a lifeline to carbon ‘offsetting’ schemes, while new rules could help build a global carbon market, writes Oscar Reyes.