Weekly wrap: Trump puts climate advocates in a spin

The debate around US membership of the Paris climate deal took a strange turn this week.In their eagerness to keep Donald Trump’s administration on board,...

In depth: The EU’s plan to become the first climate-neutral continent

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The shipping sector has the technology to go green, it just needs the policy...

The International Maritime Organization should build on growing industry awareness and agree an ambitious climate target for shipping this week The post The shipping sector...

Executive disorder: Trump’s climate policies bid goodbye to reality

An unreality field surrounds US president Donald Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order (aka Executive Order to Neuter Obama’s Climate Legacy). You can read the White House news...

Heads of state must intervene to fix broken climate process

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China-backed coal plants on EU’s doorstep hide huge carbon costs 

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“Beef caucus” takes over indigenous policies in Brazil

Donald Trump is not alone in choosing collaborators seemingly at odds with the jobs they are given in government. While the US has climate change denier...

Democrat frontrunner Biden says he will stop China spreading coal around the world

Joe Biden, who tops opinion polls in the Democratic primaries, pledges to build a coalition of nations to scrub dirty energy from China's belt...

Rich countries must provide funds for climate change victims

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Kerala shows how floods are changing

Across the world, cities and communities are underprepared for the new flooding regime that climate change is ushering in The post Kerala shows how floods...

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