Sexual harassment at UN talks weakens the fight against climate change
When we began publishing stories of sexual harassment at UN climate talks earlier this month, I did not know how people would react.
After Farhana Yamin and Meera Ghani broke the silence...
EU commission urged bank to support Azerbaijan gas pipeline
Top European officials intervened in European Investment Bank (EIB) deliberations over a public loan to a huge pipeline project that will carry natural gas from...
Cleaner coolants fund gets $540m – and US backing
Rich countries will pay $540 million over three years into a fund to support a shift to cleaner coolants, under a deal agreed in Montreal...
Climate Weekly: German political crisis creates emissions stalemate
Fresh from hosting UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany is turning inwards. The collapse of coalition negotiations leaves it in government limbo.
It means there...
German Greens reveal coal phase-out red line for joining government
Germany’s Green Party has made the closure of seven gigawatts (GW) of coal power a deal-breaker if it is to enter government, a key negotiator...
We are [not] still in: can the world ever trust US again on climate?
Entering the white domes of the US Climate Action Center at UN climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany this month was a surreal experience.
A low...
What climate advocates can take from anti-smoking campaigns
Just before the delegates for the annual Conference of the Parties on climate change started meeting in Bonn this month, the Lancet, the leading...
Russia brands environmental NGOs ‘foreign agents’
The Russian government is using anti-spying legislation to silence environmental campaigners, a leading watchdog warned on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) found 29 environmental NGOs had been...
Former UN climate chief lobbies against $1bn loan to Australian coal train
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has made a rare intervention in Australian politics, urging the Turnbull government not to grant a controversial coal project a...
Rich countries ‘trying to turn climate funds into World Bank’
Rich countries are blocking climate finance projects in middle income countries without justification, a powerful developing world group has claimed.
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