France to Trump: ‘No Paris Agreement, no trade agreement’
There will be no trade deal between the EU and US if the Trump administration follows through with its threat to withdraw from the Paris climate...
France to Trump: ‘No Paris Agreement, no EU trade agreement’
There will be no trade deal between the EU and US if the Trump administration follows through with its threat to withdraw from the Paris climate...
Poland to put ‘common sense’ over climate ambition as host of critical UN talks
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Chile declares start of coal power phase-out
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Warming could breach 1.5C within five years, says UK Met Office
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China to monitor human health impacts of pollution for first time
For the first time, China’s environmental watchdog will monitor, investigate and evaluate public health risks posed by environmental pollution.
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Climate change affecting stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN security council
The UN Security Council has identified climate change as a driver of conflict across West Africa and the Sahel, in a statement published on Tuesday.
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UN makes open call for ideas on fighting climate change
Researchers, campaigners, business leaders and members of the public have an unprecedented chance to influence UN climate talks in 2018.
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Peru ends era of ‘roadless wilderness’ in its Amazon rainforests
Biodiversity reaches its zenith in south-east Peru.
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Climate Weekly: The Davos paradox
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos creaks with irony: where the rich talk earnestly about solving inequality and big emitters promise to solve climate change –...
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