Climate politics
Climate Weekly: Cogs turn for ambition
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Eight EU countries signal openness to increased Paris climate pledge
UK among signatories of call for greater ambition, one day after the EU climate chief said the bloc could raise its Paris commitment. Poland was notably absent
Eastern Europe turns to private sector as EU clean energy budget cut
Czech officials warn the loss of EU structural funds and carbon market revenues leave a funding gap for renewable and energy efficiency projects
EU can increase 2030 pledge to Paris Agreement, says climate chief
The EU should raise its Paris deal pledge to a 45% emissions cut by 2030, commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete tells ministers in Brussels
The ice beneath the EU-China climate bonhomie
When it comes to clean technology, German chancellor Angela Merkel says China is no longer seen as a developing country but a competitor
EU climate efforts not living up to Paris promises, says NGO
Report ranking national efforts finds many European nations are working against efforts to increase ambition to act on climate change
Climate action must protect economy and society, say Germany and Poland
As officials meet for talks in Berlin, Europe’s biggest coal states call for a ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels
Climate Weekly: From Pope to Petersberg
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Germany to pressure rich countries to pledge new climate cash
The Petersberg Climate Dialogue will start a replenishment drive for the Green Climate Fund and focus on protecting jobs in the shift to clean energy
South Africa draft climate law would set emissions targets for every sector
The bill calls on every part of government to coordinate in climate action, but South Africa’s heavy use of coal remains its biggest challenge
The EU needs to update its climate ambition – here’s how
The bloc needs to have a political debate on raising climate targets, develop green financial policies and listen to progressive member states
G6 leaders advance climate agenda while Trump’s US defends fossil fuels
European leaders, Japan and Canada back carbon pricing and a “just transition” to clean energy at G7 summit in Charlevoix, as Trump refuses to engage
Activists plan worldwide climate demo to spur on the clean energy transition
Organisers expect tens of thousands to participate in Rise for Climate on 8 September, showing support for action ahead of a key summit in California
Climate Weekly: Climate to suffer as G7 splits
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Poor world calls on G7 to stick to climate agenda, despite Trump
With the US likely to be isolated when the G7 meets in Canada, poor countries reminded other leaders of their own climate responsibilities
10 key moments on the road to the Cop24 climate talks
Leaders meeting at the G7 this weekend kick off six months of diplomatic moments that will be decisive in shaping the future of the Paris Agreement
Climate Weekly: Trump’s Paris anniversary
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Trump has damaged the Paris Agreement, say its architects
One year on from Donald Trump’s announcement he would withdraw the US from the UN climate pact, leading figures assess the “dire consequences”
Canada oil pipeline buyout ‘subsidising a market failure’
Nationalisation of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline breaches a G7 commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, say analysts, ahead of leaders summit
Climate Weekly: Shareholder climate activism 2.0
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