Xi warns Trump against quitting UN climate deal
Chinese president delivers impassioned ode to globalisation, free trade, green growth and says any trade war will leave ‘no winners’
Saudi $50 billion clean power plan close to launch
Minister says private sector will be encouraged to bid for major clean energy investment programmes as country moves to diversify economy
Carbon sink larger than England found in Congo jungle
A carbon sink as large as 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions has been identified in peatland in central Africa’s forests
7 tasks for the new Green Climate Fund chief
The new head of the UN’s green fund has a packed to-do list: here Climate Home outlines what he should focus on in his first year in charge
Trump climate advisor Myron Ebell heads to Brussels
Leading critic of US climate plans set to address Brussels summit on environment amid fears Trump may hurt Paris Agreement
US opens door for climate geoengineering research
Global Change Research Program indicates support for further exploration of how geoengineering could be used to tackle global warming
Guterres: tackling climate will prevent global conflict
Incoming UN secretary general says he wants to rebalance organisation’s approach from conflict resolution to prevention
WEF: environment dominates threats to global economy
Urgent action to address environmental degradation required says annual risk study, with only nuclear war rated as more damaging
Church of England to launch climate investment tracker
Church Commissioners say Transition Pathway Initiative will allow them to hold major polluters to account at shareholder meetings
US business to Trump: don’t ditch climate laws
Coalition of American businesses repeats call made at 2016 UN climate summit, urges new administration to respect global climate pact
Philippines to ratify UN climate deal ‘by July’
French senator Gerard Miquel extracts promise from Manila to formally approve UN’s flagship climate pact in coming months
UK to engage with Trump on climate, says minister
Nick Hurd tells lawmakers London will seek to influence US on climate policy, says momentum is with Paris Agreement and low carbon economy
Carney climate taskforce ‘misrepresents’ Paris deal
Head of the ‘Plan B’ climate NGO argues Financial Stability Board plans to enforce better disclosure of climate risk from companies are just enforcing status quo
UN shipping body rejects EU climate initiative
Head of UN shipping body accused of “siding” with countries obstructing climate pact after penning warning against unilateral action to EU chiefs
Obama warns Trump against quitting Paris climate deal
Writing in the journal Science, outgoing US president tells his successor that scrapping the UN’s 2015 climate pact would lead to economic and diplomatic harm
Why is the UK selling its flagship climate bank?
Theresa May’s government is set to flog the once-prized Green Investment Bank to an Australian outfit nicknamed the “vampire kangaroo”
South Asia’s women suffer as climate migration rises
Feminization of environmental migration is already underway in South Asia but governments have been slow to recognise the role of climate change
Crib notes: UK’s flagship green bank faces evisceration
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How China is reinforcing its climate targets for 2020
This week’s hotly anticipated five-year plan for energy shows stronger ambition for shifting from coal to cleaner sources
Mapped: China’s $32 billion overseas clean energy splurge
Long known for its huge foreign investments in coal, oil and gas, Beijing is now starting to splash the cash on greener technologies
Climate science is skewed to rich country interests, say researchers
Lack of interest in issues affecting poor countries such as adaptation informs global climate deals, argues international panel of scientists
Global 2C warming limit not feasible, warns top economist
With “extreme policy measures”, a 2.5C limit is in reach, according to latest climate model from William Nordhaus
France delivers 2050 climate plan to UN
Francois Hollande joins leaders in US, Germany, Mexico and Canada in delivering long-term plan to slash emissions to United Nations climate body
Why India’s waste pickers are key to a fair climate deal
Low-carbon measures could increase urban poverty if a clean transition is not carefully managed, research from IIED suggests