350.org put on a massive event in New York on Thursday night – joining with international partners to discuss ideas, strategies and a vision for the future of the climate movement in the months leading up to Paris and beyond.

Climate Action Network Europe mapped out all the important facts and figures about coal in Europe. Want to know where the most emissions-related deaths are? Or which countries are leading and which are lagging in the switch to cleaner energy?

Kazakhstan has proposed to set a 2030 target of keeping greenhouse gas emissions 15% below 1990 levels over 2021-2030, but could deepen the target to 25% by 2030 with climate finance support.

Reuters reports that Bangladesh is going ahead with an ambitious plan to reclaim land from the sea to help relocate people who have lost their homes to sea level rise, erosion and extreme weather.

Venezuela is urging the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to hold an emergency meeting to halt the fall in oil prices amid a global oversupply. However, media reports say Saudi Arabia won't allow OPEC to intervene.

South Asian economies stand to lose around 1.3% of their collective annual GDP by 2050 even if global temperature increases are kept to 2degC, experts and public officials warn. But if temperature increases are allowed to increase above 2degC, losses will mount to 1.8% of GDP by 2050 and a staggering 8.8% by 2100, according to the analysis.

Pacific leaders failed to come to a common position on climate change after nine hours of tense talks at the Pacific Island Forum. The final communique has accepted that Australia and New Zealand will not back the push by smaller island states for the rise in global temperatures to be limited to 1.5 degrees.

As Paris summit nears, negotiators are trying to defuse tensions over national responsibilities for climate change. Ed King breaks down the latest progress in their efforts.

France will end subsidies for building coal plants abroad. Instead, subsidies will be provided to French companies building renewable energy plants.

Responding to public backlash over impacts on farmland and concerns about pollution, Government officials will delay negotiations over coal power plants until after the country's November 8 election.