World Bank branch to prefer private banks that exit coal
International Finance Corporation will require partners to publish their support for coal and seek those with plans to divest
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Dutch court shoots down government appeal of landmark climate ruling
Campaigners celebrated as an appeals judge endorsed their 2015 victory, confirming the Netherlands must cut emissions faster or breach its duty of care
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Reality check: is the 1.5C warming target even possible?
Scientists have warned that warming more than half a degree above now is dangerous, but can we stop it?
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Climate lawyers to use UN 1.5C report to sue governments
Lawyers have long planned to use a report released on Monday to lend weight to calls for climate damages or redress through the courts
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Dear EU leaders, why we are suing you for a 1.5C global warming limit
Across Europe, we already feel the impacts of climate change on our farms, forests and livelihoods. Yesterday's UN science report showed the urgency of...
Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM
The country won't withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but it's not obliged to follow UN recommendations either, Scott Morrison said
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Bolsonaro has made grim threats to the Amazon and its people
Presidential favourite would abolish Brazil's environment ministry, exposing world's largest rainforest and its indigenous owners to criminal gangs of loggers and miners
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Economics Nobel goes to inventor of models used in UN 1.5C report
William Nordhaus originated the idea of a 2C global warming limit but last year cast doubt on our ability to reach it. He shares...
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The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal demanded by vulnerable countries. We break it...
‘Most important years in history’: major UN report sounds last-minute climate alarm
Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, will avoid it
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