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French draft climate law criticised for weakening ambition of citizens’ assembly
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Portugal makes deal on EU climate law ‘big priority’ of its six-month presidency
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China launches world’s largest carbon market for power sector
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UK net zero commitment questioned, as government allows new coal mine
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Russia-Ukraine dispute over Crimea spills into UN climate forum
Moscow has furiously denied Ukraine’s claim in a routine carbon accounting report that Russian annexation of the Crimea region made it hard to collect...
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