Karl Mathiesen
Karl Mathiesen is Climate Home News' editor. He has written for national newspapers, newswires and magazines in Australia and the UK. Before joining Climate Home News in 2016, he worked mostly with the Guardian’s environment desk. He is based in London.
The seven men who will decide US role in Paris climate deal
Donald Trump’s most powerful advisors are set to debate whether the US stays in the UN climate pact. Here’s what we know about their positions
EPA boss: US should exit Paris climate agreement
“It’s a bad deal for America,” said Scott Pruitt, adding he had told counterparts in Germany and Canada that he would not risk the US economy to comply with Paris
Indian power minister celebrates record low solar price
French company breaks new ground in affordable solar, but Piyush Goyal tells parliament coal will “remain our mainstay”
Azerbaijan president: gas pipeline to EU will not be stopped
Environmental protests against the $46bn Southern Gas Corridor are baseless, says Ilham Aliyev, who expects to begin exporting gas through the pipeline by 2018
G7 fails to agree Paris climate statement as US turns spoiler
All G7 nations, except the US, expressed support for the Paris climate accord, but the Trump administration did back an end to fossil fuel subsidies
Indonesia calls EU palm oil fuel ban ‘discriminatory’, ‘protectionist’
Indonesia’s foreign ministry has slammed the EU’s proposed ban on palm oil in biofuels
This is China’s strongest statement yet on climate action
As President Trump rolls back climate policies and finance, China’s UN representative makes a detailed pitch for global leadership
The frontline of the dirty air crisis, where no-one keeps a record
Beside Nairobi’s notorious Kariokor roundabout, Climate Home finds an unmonitored health catastrophe
Kenyan Met Office predicts rains to fail sparking crisis worse than 2011
Study released on Thursday shows a 2016 drought was made worse by climate change – but with March rains predicted to fail, the Met Office has warned of worse to come
Trump budget: US to stop funding UN climate process
“America First” budget would axe 20% of the UN’s climate body’s funding and $2bn to help developing countries deal with global warming
Businesses urge Trump to rethink climate bonfire
More than 1,000 companies are backing an ad campaign warning that an anticipated rollback of green regulations will harm the US economy
Philippines senate unanimously votes to ratify Paris climate deal
Argument the UN pact is in vulnerable country’s best interests prevails over doubts expressed by President Rodrigo Duterte last year
Weekly wrap: China to snub EU over ETS?
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Watchdog suspends Azerbaijan, EU gas pipeline loans threatened
Billions in development loans at risk after international human rights watchdog strips Azeri membership for failure to increase transparency
Coal lobbyist Trump attorney seeks to bypass US kids’ climate lawsuit
Trump temporary appointee asks for fast-track appeal to avoid ‘overly burdensome’ request for climate data
Maldives president defends Saudi atoll deal, but reveals no detail
Maldives “should be afforded the ability to expand our economy” says president in response to criticism of a US$10bn development deal with Saudi Arabia
Anti-fossil fuel activists stage Louvre oil slick
Group protesting against museum’s links to oil major Total create symbolic river of crude on steps in front of one of the museum’s main attractions
Saudis make Maldives land grab to secure oil routes to China
Proposed multi-billion dollar deal sparks protests in the tiny atoll nation, which has found itself at the centre of a great game over oil, power and religion
Weekly wrap: Will China turn its back on coal?
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Climate change made NSW’s hottest summer 50 times more likely
Researchers find strong climate signal behind the heatwaves and record average temperatures that beset Australia’s eastern states this summer