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Saudis make Maldives land grab to secure oil routes to China
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The Pacific atolls of the Marshall Islands became the first country to ratify a global agreement to slash use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).The Kigali amendment to the...
China coal use fell again in 2016, solar capacity rose 82%
China’s coal consumption fell in 2016 – the third year in a row the world’s biggest polluter has cut back its use of the...
World is well placed to stay under 2C – if we have carbon capture
Last year we found that the growth in global fossil fuel emissions have stalled over the past three years. But does this mean we...
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