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What Europe can do if Bolsonaro attacks the Amazon
Brazilian presidential frontrunner Bolsonaro has pledged to strip environmental protections. The EU can make those decisions hurt
Modern bioenergy is critical to meeting global climate change goals
It is controversial and often overlooked, but bioenergy is the only renewable energy today that can supply all sectors, say Kimmo Tiilikainen and Fatih Birol
Todd Stern: Remain faithful to the Paris Agreement
The deal moved away from the firewall between developed and developing countries; going backward would undermine ambition
Rich-poor cooperation crucial for Green Climate Fund, say chairs
At our next meeting, the board faces several challenges we must resolve in order to continue supporting climate action in the developing world
It’s time to make polluters pay for climate damages
As science linking storms like Hurricane Florence and Super Typhoon Mangkhut to climate change strengthens, so does the case for compensating victims
Even without the Trump administration, the US is upholding the Paris Agreement
States, cities and companies alone will put the US in touching distance of its climate goals, say governor Jerry Brown and UN special envoy Michael Bloomberg
Climate action is written in the stars
As business and civic leaders meet in California, they should look to the heavens for inspiration, writes New Zealand climate change minister James Shaw
Yvo de Boer: Heads of state must intervene to fix climate process
Former UN climate chief says trust underpinning global negotiations can only be restored at the highest political level
Rich countries cannot be allowed to buy their way out of climate change
Favouring market tools over real pollution cuts in the richest countries is a recipe for climate disaster
Heavyweight help needed at the Green Climate Fund
The UN fund has struggled with governance and urgently needs to raise new money, here are two ideas that could help it recover
We need all sectors of society to take climate action up a level
Business leaders, investors and civil society must contribute to bend the curve of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement
Kerala shows how floods are changing
Across the world, cities and communities are underprepared for the new flooding regime that climate change is ushering in
Why are German coal workers so powerful, when there are so few?
With Germany slipping from its position as a climate leader, an industry with just 20,000 jobs is dictating policy to the federal government
Three ways the global business elite is underestimating clean energy
A Financial Times reader survey found most see climate change as important, but are conservative on how fast the global energy mix can shift
The excuses are wearing thin: Eastern Europe must tackle its climate impact
The Czech Republic overtook Germany in emissions per person three years ago; it is time to stop pleading poverty and start cleaning up the region’s pollution
New Chinese-led development banks missing the point on climate
Both less than five years old, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Brics Bank are failing to back sustainable development models
The fires ravaging parts of Europe show our forest policies are failing
The death toll in Greece and suffering right up to the Arctic Circle must prompt a move to sustainable and resilient forest management
Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change
The Great Barrier Reef has become a notorious victim of climate change. But it is not the only Australian ecosystem on the brink of collapse
Are we getting climate finance all wrong?
Long term thinking about climate change challenges widely held assumptions about how we spend money today
Fragile China-EU climate pact must be backed by action
Leaders overcame differences on climate. But in the EU-China relationship, trouble is never far away