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Why is the world’s newest development bank investing in coal despite its green promise?
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is backing a coal-fired cement works in Myanmar through an intermediary, in a worrying sign for its climate credentials
I’m Tory he’s Labour, the UK climate act shows what happens if we work together
When politicians from opposing sides look for solutions, on the basis of evidence and in the common interest, remarkable things can be achieved
Court cases will expose Big Oil’s hypocrisy on climate change
In court, oil majors say climate action is a matter for governments; outside it, they lobby against climate policies. They can’t have it both ways
US Republican mayors pursuing climate policies undercover
Study shows that while Republican mayors are unwilling to join climate coalitions, they and their voters favour action on emissions
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
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
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
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
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
Will the IMO deliver the climate deal of 2018?
As a key meeting kicks off in London, the hopes of climate hawks are pinned on the shipping industry finally setting course for reform after years in the doldrums
10 years of success, but the UK climate change act needs an upgrade
The pioneering piece of legislation has helped bring emissions down, but the challenges of the Paris Agreement require more ambition from the government
Climate change victims need money to survive, not words
There is an opportunity in May to help people hit hardest by climate change; governments must take it
Germany’s new government deal fails the Paris climate accord test
It’s three steps forward and four back as Angela Merkel resumes government in coalition with the social democrats
Why are the world’s climate funds ignoring coral reefs?
Vital marine ecosystems are threatened by ocean warming and acidification, yet get a tiny fraction of climate finance, E3G research shows
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
Those living in city slums unrecognised by law must not be forgotten as local governments try to adapt to a warmer world
Only one country will be to blame if the Paris climate deal fails
The agreement’s challenges should not be painted as a collective global failure: the US, with its malignant politics, is the only country that truly matters
As China counts its emissions, has growth shaken free of carbon?
As the economy surged in 2017, experts are divided over whether emissions stayed flat. It could mean pollution has peaked more than a decade earlier than expected
Peru ends era of ‘roadless wilderness’ in its Amazon rainforests
Roads spread destruction and deforestation in the Amazon, now Peru, driven by neoliberal imperatives, plans a highway for one of the regions most sensitive forests
Why climate pariah Trump is welcome at the World Economic Forum
Far from being shunned, US president Donald Trump has been warmly welcomed at the Davos ski resort by business chiefs who benefit from his policies
The climate solution no-one in Davos will be talking about
Economists say a global carbon tax would efficiently shift the world to safer energy production. So why is it barely mentioned?