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US cities sue Big Oil, but ignore their own climate guilt
Rich cities and counties claiming reparations from oil companies increases the inequality at the heart of climate change. But it can be fixed
Field visit to Bosnia: Zenica engulfed in smoke
Sponsored content: The global steel corporation, ArcelorMittal, is accused of not taking environmental responsibility at its plant in Zenica, posing a risk to public health
Climate change in Australia: A continent on the brink
Sponsored content: Climate change is a major issue globally. Let’s take a deeper look and see the effects in Australia
German coal phase-out commission to balance jobs with climate
Leaked strategy paper leads on jobs and calls for environmental concerns to be ‘harmonised’ with economic development
The UN Security Council is starting to take climate change seriously
The most powerful UN body is tentatively addressing the links between global warming and instability. It can and should do more, writes Ashley Murphy
London’s ‘light touch’ regulatory hub for African oil ventures exposed
DeSmog UK investigation finds secretive companies using UK’s Alternative Investment Market to raise finance for new oil and gas projects
German renewables meet 100% of power demand for second time ever
Preliminary data suggests that renewable supply alone met demand for about two and a half hours on a sunny, windy public holiday on Tuesday
When will the world’s polluters start paying for the mess they made?
At UN climate talks in Bonn, governments must find sources of finance to support the victims of climate disaster, write officials from four vulnerable countries
We need bold action before 2020 to hold global warming below 1.5C
If rich countries fail to live up to their promises over the next two years, they condemn small islands to catastrophic warming impacts, says Maldives minister
Three quarters of EU climate finance goes to middle income countries: report
The Act Alliance is calling on the EU to direct more climate finance to the most vulnerable, after finding Turkey and Ukraine were the biggest beneficiaries
Commonwealth heads meet in London amid claims of climate inequality
The UK emits as much as 18 of its former colonies, a report finds, and, along with Australia and Canada, isn’t doing its fair share to cut carbon
Shipping to halve carbon footprint by 2050 under first sector-wide climate strategy
Countries adopted a compromise emissions target at the International Maritime Organization on Friday, with further battles to come over how to put it into practice
Shipping sector to weigh the effects of Arctic heavy fuel oil ban
The International Maritime Organization has started the process to force ships to use cleaner fuels in the sensitive north pole region
We need long-term strategies to meet the challenge of climate change
The Paris Agreement sets a vision to transform the global economy; now it is time for countries to draw their roadmaps for the coming decades to make it reality
Countries inch towards ‘bare minimum’ climate target for shipping
EU and island leaders are calling for more ambition at the International Maritime Organization, while major emerging economies resist a tough cap on emissions
Argentina accused of caving to Trump by dropping carbon price from G20 talks
G20 presidency denies US a factor in turn away from carbon pricing, but upcoming Japanese and Saudi leadership could mean issue is pushed off agenda for years
‘We have brought swallows into Milan’, says father of the vertical forest
Stefano Boeri dreamed up the idea of a living building from a childhood story, now he is exporting them around the world
Arctic countries call for regional heavy fuel oil ban at UN shipping talks
Melting sea ice is opening the Arctic up to increased maritime traffic, raising fears of toxic fuel spills and climate pollution
The shipping sector has the technology to go green, it just needs the policy signal
The International Maritime Organization should build on growing industry awareness and agree an ambitious climate target for shipping this week
Shell threatened with climate lawsuit in the Netherlands
Friends of the Earth has warned it will take the oil giant to court unless it overhauls its business plan in line with international climate goals