Climate advocates in Bonn stumped by Trump dilemma
As negotiators at the latest UN climate conference in Bonn ground through procedural matters inside the plenary, the media was only interested in one thing:...
China warns Trump: leaving Paris accord risks bad deals at G7, G20
A US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement would unleash a wave of international anger, delegates at climate talks in Bonn have told Climate Home.As the White...
Solar power brings light to dark corners of Indian train stations
The pounding of trains running through the night does not disturb the fatigued sleep of the homeless migrants huddled at the foot of the...
Emmanuel Macron vows climate action as French president
Emmanuel Macron promised to promote international cooperation on climate change in his victory speech on Sunday, after being elected president of France.The centrist, pro-EU...
US sends “much smaller” team to climate talks in Bonn
The US delegation at this week’s UN climate talks in Bonn will be “much smaller” than in years previous, according to the state department.With...
EU countries have brought in $1bn of coal subsidies since Paris
EU countries are using the low carbon transition to justify new subsidies to the coal industry, instead of investing in clean alternatives, say analysts.Six...
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,...
US deflects questions in climate plan peer review
The US state department has responded to a peer review of its climate plan with curt answers emphasising the Trump administration’s view that climate action kills jobs.Under...
Directionless, US climate negotiators head to UN talks
As UN climate talks prepare to resume in Bonn on Monday, records show the US state department has had no formal engagement with the...
It’s time for honesty about climate uncertainty
Last fall, I attended a meeting of the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, hosted by the World Bank.The small, somewhat ad-hoc organization...
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Addendum: Biomass enables the transition to a carbon-negative power system across western North America
Nature Climate Change 5, 230–234 (2015); published online 9 February 2015; addendum published after print 2 March 2017.
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A lesson on warming, from an icy river.
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