Climate finance
Brazilian government fires top anti-deforestation official
Thelma Krug has lost her job in a row over the precision of official data, say sources at the environment ministry
UK is in no position to lecture Saudis on oil dependence
PM Theresa May has offered to help wean Saudi Arabia off oil, but her government’s subsidies to North Sea producers are a poor model for the Middle East petrostate
Green Climate Fund ‘a laughing stock’, say poor countries
It was hydropower dams in, community drought readiness out, amid rich-poor tensions at the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme
Rich countries oppose bid to drought-proof Ethiopian communities
Debate at Green Climate Fund board meeting in Songdo exposes rich-poor tensions over flagship initiative’s funding priorities
German coal plants burn on as EU carbon price stagnates
EU emissions trading data show €5 a tonne of carbon dioxide is not enough to drive dirty brown coal off the system
Large hydropower dams have no place in the Green Climate Fund
The UN’s flagship climate finance initiative should be driving innovation, not wasting money on old technology saddled with resilience and human rights concerns
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
Weekly wrap: China to snub EU over ETS?
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China floats split with EU over carbon trading
EXCLUSIVE: Government official tells Climate Home that carbon trading is “big challenge” for China: “We would like to use a different kind of economic instrument”
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
Climate fund, EPA likely to pay for huge Trump defence spend
As the US president announces a $54bn increase in defence spending, environmental agencies and UN climate funds face the axe
Exxon Mobil shareholders renew call for 2C climate analysis
New York State and the Church of England lead investors worth US$4trn in campaign for US oil major to disclose climate risks
Market shrugs as EU lawmakers pass carbon trading reforms
Carbon prices stayed steady at €5 a tonne in response to package filled with concessions to big polluters
Top US Republicans pitch $40 carbon tax to Trump
GOP veterans say carbon dividend could put money in pockets of 70% of poorest in US while significantly cutting greenhouse gas pollution
Coal and oil demand ‘could peak in 2020’
Solar power and electric vehicles will wreak havoc on the energy sector, say analysts from Carbon Tracker and Grantham Institute, in contrast to rosy industry forecasts
Memo to Donald: green growth is the deal of the century
Mitigating and adapting to climate change globally represents an incredible investment opportunity – Trump should get with the programme
Saudi Aramco planning $5 billion clean energy binge
As low oil prices eat into country’s $600 billion sovereign wealth fund, state energy giant starts work on radical transition towards renewables
BP’s energy outlook: reality check or PR bullshit?
Energy companies predict a dangerous climate future of high oil demand, but they persistently underestimate clean energy
Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels
Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its sovereign wealth fund from coal, oil and gas
EIB sounds Brexit warning over UK clean energy funding
Support for Britain’s green power sector will be in ‘limbo’ during Brexit talks as EU bank’s links to London cast in doubt