AIIB must stop backing gas in climate-hit Bangladesh
The Beijing-headquartered development bank is skewed towards fossil fuels, when it should be helping poorer countries access clean renewable power
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Climate Home News launches African reporting programme
If you are an experienced African journalist, we want to hear your story ideas on the links between climate science and development
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EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030
Ursula von der Leyen said Europe should become the world's first climate neutral continent, as she sought lawmakers' backing for the top job on...
UK told to close climate policy gap or ‘be embarrassed’ in 2020
The British government is off track for its 2050 net zero emissions target, advisors warn refusal to comply will end up with government in...
Russia to ratify Paris Agreement; Putin says wind power ‘shakes worms from ground’
Russia says it wants a seat at the climate negotiations table, but the president warned problems with renewable energy must be considered
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David Attenborough: Climate change may one day be abhorred like slavery
Just as 19th century attitudes toward slavery have transformed, so too may the public perception of ecological destruction come to be reviled, the naturalist...
France announces tax on air travel in climate push
A proposed levy of €1.50-18 on each outbound flight comes as part of a climate strategy, with France pushing the EU to follow suit
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UN fund removes veto power over climate projects
The Green Climate Fund changed its rules so no single country can block finance, as recently happened when the US intervened in a Chinese...
European Greens demand action on climate as condition to approve EU top job
Green grouping co-chairs in the European Parliament set tough conditions to ratify Ursula von der Leyen as next Commission president after meeting her on...
Finland’s forestry myth undermines its radical climate ambition
The next EU presidency wants to drive the climate agenda, but its forestry industry is bad for carbon emissions, biodiversity and its indigenous Sámi...
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