Belfast’s bid to join UK environment law raises post-Brexit border issues
Adding Northern Ireland to the environment law adds pressure on London to keep its regulations in step with the EU's
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Norway calls for $1 trillion fund to sell some oil and gas stocks
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Next UN climate summit scheduled for December in Chile
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The Green New Deal contains a tension between climate and social goals
The original New Deal spurred a massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions, so can it be successfully adapted for the transition away from fossil...
UN aviation body agrees to close carbon emissions loophole
Rules to avoid double-counting of emissions cuts are a step forward, say campaigners, but more assurances are needed to meet the sector's climate promises
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Macron puts European climate bank on EU election agenda
French proponent 'pleased' Macron has backed a new institution, although the president's support was left deliberately vague, said a government official
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New UK green watchdog to be based on EU system, says Gove
'Whatever else are the defects of the EU - that is a good working model,' the environment secretary told MPs
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Turkish supreme court blocks coal plant, as wave of new projects stalls
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As invasive water hyacinth chokes fishing communities, the World Bank launches a third phase of investment to try and restore the degraded lake
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Burning wood for power breaches EU treaty, new lawsuit claims
Plaintiffs from six European countries and the US argue biomass does more harm than good and should be not be counted as a renewable...
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