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Ed previously worked as a Producer on BBC Radio 5 Live. He holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising in global energy and climate policy.
    Jan 17, 2017
    News

    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’
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    Jan 16, 2017
    Energy

    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
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    Jan 16, 2017
    Nature

    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
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    Jan 16, 2017
    Finance

    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
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    Jan 12, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 12, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 12, 2017
    Politics

    Guterres: tackling climate will prevent global conflict

    Incoming UN secretary general says he wants to rebalance organisation’s approach from conflict resolution to prevention
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    Jan 11, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 10, 2017
    Finance

    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
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    Jan 10, 2017
    Finance

    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
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    Jan 10, 2017
    Politics

    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
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    Jan 10, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 10, 2017
    Comment

    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
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    Jan 9, 2017
    Energy

    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
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    Jan 9, 2017
    Comment

    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
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    Jan 9, 2017
    Finance

    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”
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    Jan 9, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 8, 2017
    Finance

    Crib notes: UK’s flagship green bank faces evisceration

    This week’s top climate politics and policy stories. Sign up to have our Friday briefing and Monday’s crib notes sent to your inbox
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    Jan 6, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 6, 2017
    Energy

    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
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    Jan 4, 2017
    Science

    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
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    Jan 4, 2017
    Carbon markets

    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
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    Jan 3, 2017
    News

    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
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    Jan 3, 2017
    Comment

    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
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