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We won’t let Germany build a new coal power plant
German activists plan in 2020 to block Datteln 4, the only coal power plant under construction in Western Europe, and push Berlin to exit...
Is the shipping industry’s R&D climate fund a Trojan Horse?
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2019 second warmest year on record, ends hottest decade yet, says EU observatory
Copernicus’ climate change service provides the first global picture of temperature levels and CO2 concentration in 2019
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Germany misses EU climate plan deadline
In her New Year address, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the German government would 'do everything humanly possible' to stop climate change
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Austria swears in coalition government with strengthened climate plan
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Australia’s bushfires to cost billions as climate risks rise
Australian government announces national bushfire recovery fund, as cost of natural disasters expected to rise in coming years
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