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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.
    Aug 30, 2019
    News

    Climate Weekly: What went wrong in Australia?

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    Jul 10, 2019
    News

    EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030

    Ursula von der Leyen said Europe should become the world’s first climate neutral continent, as she sought lawmakers’ backing for the top job on Wednesday
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    Jul 5, 2019
    Energy

    China scrubs its coal projects from ‘world heritage in danger’ decision

    Three coal plants that threaten the Sundarbans tiger habitat were removed from a draft text, while Unesco members declined to list the site as ‘in danger’
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    Jun 21, 2019
    Politics

    Climate Weekly: The ripple effect

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    Jun 11, 2019
    Energy

    IEA develops pathway to ambitious 1.5C climate goal

    Under pressure, the International Energy Agency has started work on a scenario in line with the toughest target of the Paris Agreement for its influential outlook
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    Jun 7, 2019
    Politics

    Climate Weekly: UK uncooks the books

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    Jun 4, 2019
    News

    UK government mulls emissions fudge, against official advice

    The Financial Times reports the government will ignore guidance and use surplus from outperforming one carbon budget to meet the next goal
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    May 27, 2019
    News

    EU plans first satellite fleet to monitor CO2 in every country

    Three orbiters will give first complete view of earth’s surface, transforming the way carbon emissions are monitored and reported
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    May 23, 2019
    Comment

    Why school strikers are guest editing Climate Home News

    It’s time we heard more from those who will live longest with the climate crisis
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    May 20, 2019
    Energy

    Australia’s coal communities, ignored by Labor, deliver brutal election defeat

    In a stunning upset, voters returned the pro-coal government, prompting soul-searching among Australia’s left wing parties
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    Apr 25, 2019
    Nature

    Podcast: Reporting from the Amazon under Bolsonaro

    At a special event in London, CHN’s Amazon correspondent Fabiano Maisonnave speaks to Karl Mathiesen about the challenges facing the world’s most important rainforest
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    Apr 16, 2019
    News

    Leading climate lawyer arrested after gluing herself to Shell headquarters

    Breaking the law has become more important than making the law, said Farhana Yamin, who charged through a police cordon outside the oil company on Tuesday
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    Apr 2, 2019
    Finance

    Australia stops payments to Green Climate Fund

    Australian budget offers nothing to flagship UN scheme as its board seeks replenishment, while climate shapes as divisive election issue
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    Mar 25, 2019
    Energy

    Leaders told to bring plans, not speeches to UN climate summit

    A landmark conference hosted by Antonio Guterres in September aims to jolt flagging international action on climate change, in line with the latest science
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    Mar 15, 2019
    Politics

    Climate Weekly: Youth bring hope

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    Mar 11, 2019
    News

    Environment community mourns victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

    UN staff and delegates to the UN Environment Assembly, which opened in Nairobi on Monday, were among 157 to die on the way from Addis Ababa
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    Mar 8, 2019
    Finance

    Climate Weekly: Norway divests (a bit)

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    Feb 14, 2019
    News

    Labour scrambles to develop a British Green New Deal

    Jeremy Corbyn meets AOC advisor to discuss US green stimulus package, while inside Labour, two camps are forming different proposals for a UK version
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    Feb 8, 2019
    Politics

    Climate Weekly: Neutralité 2050

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    Feb 8, 2019
    News

    France introduces 2050 carbon-neutral law

    New bill loosens restrictions on nuclear to bring France’s emissions down, concerning some campaigners
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    Jan 25, 2019
    Politics

    UN security council members mount new push to address climate threat

    UK, France lead push to set up UN “clearing house” to identify climate-stressed regions at risk of collapsing into conflict
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    Jan 23, 2019
    Energy

    Coal phase-out will increase German need for gas, says Merkel

    Under pressure to block a gas pipeline from Russia and end coal power, the chancellor tied their fates together
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    Dec 15, 2018
    Politics

    Countries breathe life into the Paris climate agreement

    At a summit in Katowice, Poland, nearly 200 governments agreed rules to put the historic pact into action, but failed to make strong push for faster emissions cuts
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    Dec 14, 2018
    Politics

    As it happened: Final scramble for deal at climate talks in Poland

    Reaction, news and analysis from the CHN team on the ground in Poland as negotiators reach the end of two weeks of talks
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