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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
Our climate heroes of 2016
Climate Home writers pick some of the defiant optimists they came across in 2016
2016: the year climate change came home
During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed
2016 mapped: around the world in top climate stories
Look back on a year of weird weather and clean energy breakthroughs around the world
Let climate sceptics have their moment – it will not last
President-elect Donald Trump heralds a new age of climate doubters, but can this army backed by fossil fuel companies hold off reality in 2017?
Mark Carney, the unlikely climate champion
Former Goldman Sachs banker is calmly, steadily steering the financial sector in a greener direction
Dear Green Climate Fund board, Samoa needs you to deliver
This week’s meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in the Samoan capital Apia – here the country’s ambassador to the UN outlines his hopes
Gore, DiCaprio and the media: tools in Trump’s climate deception
Meetings with Gore and DiCaprio acted as a smokescreen while Trump prepared to appoint EPA chief who will tear up US climate policy
Did Marrakech climate talks deliver for world’s poorest?
Lead envoy of Least Developed Countries bloc and chief advisor assess whether the COP22 talks last month offer hope dangerous warming will be stopped
Why the UN’s Green Climate Fund is not fit for purpose
We need to recognise that adaptation to climate change is a new activity for which there is no real pre-existing “expertise” available – it’s time the GCF recognised this
Brazil needs new coalitions to halt forest clearance surge
The latest data confirms an increase in tree-cutting, including in the most valuable carbon-rich areas of Amazon rainforest
EU climate chief: we need to be deal makers
Climate Commissioner makes case for new energy package, arguing it will boost clean energy, security and hand more power to consumers
As envoys bicker, it’s time to focus on real climate action
Countries have two years of arguing over the fine-print of the Paris climate deal ahead of them: it’s time to focus on what’s happening in the real world
Art of the deal: how Trump can win by playing climate game
If Trump’s goal is to do good for American workers by promoting US interests, a decision to quit the new global climate regime would be misguided
7 things you missed at COP22 while Trump hogged the headlines
It was a ‘uuugggggee story. But while the media reacted in horror, the world – soon to be renamed Planet Trump – and the COP22 climate talks kept turning
Cash is needed to tackle damages from climate impacts
The Paris Agreement is a great diplomatic win, but it still needs to be made to work for the poorest and most vulnerable
How scientists plan to avoid another global warming “pause” row
Scientists need to fight the inevitable misinformation campaign when temperatures fail to rise in orderly fashion
Now the Paris climate deal is live, the hard work begins
UN climate chief and president of 2016 climate summit in Marrakech say greater levels of climate finance are needed to deliver historic agreement
Why it’s time to come clean on climate finance
Transparency in adaptation finance might not be as sexy as other issues in the climate change debate but it’s a key to meaningful progress
Water security: huge climate risk, huge business opportunity
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) plans to help millions of vulnerable people better adapt to shocks and chronic stresses and thrive in a more resilient future