UK releases plan to ‘lead the world’ on growth with carbon cuts
The UK government emphasised the economic benefits of tackling climate change on Thursday as it unveiled a long-awaited clean growth strategy.
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EU plans satellite fleet to monitor CO2 in every country
Three orbiters will give first complete view of earth's surface, transforming the way carbon emissions are monitored and reported
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India says it will smash 2022 renewable power goal. Will it happen?
Power ministry officials say renewable power capacity could exceed the 175 GW goal, reaching 227 GW, but analysts caution it depends on demand growth
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EU and others to fill UN climate science funding gap left by Trump
The UN’s climate science panel is soliciting donations from member governments to fill a big funding shortfall at a meeting in Montreal, Canada.
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‘End of the road’ for UK citizens’ climate case rejected by appeal court
The case, brought by 11 members of the public and the NGO Plan B argued the UK's 2050 climate target was not in line...
Violence spreads ahead of election in drought-hit Kenya
A racially-charged conflict between private landowners and nomadic herders in the drought-stricken county of Laikipia, Kenya, has spread to affect indigenous forest-dwellers.Water shortage is driving Maasai pastoralists...
Trump complains US share of climate finance is unfair
Donald Trump has suggested that countries like China, India and Russia should pay a bigger share of climate finance, in an interview with Reuters.After...
Transparency is essential to make aviation climate deal work
Last October, many rejoiced when 190 governments reached agreement on a climate deal for international aviation, but it’s not time to sit back and...
Tullow oil project in drought-hit part of Kenya suspended
Kenya’s energy minister on Thursday announced the suspension of the East African nation’s plan to pump crude oil in a drought-ravaged northern province by British-Canadian firm...
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