Q&A: China set to stay the course on green policies, despite Trump
China expert Rebecca Nadin of ODI Global tells Climate Home that Beijing will likely shrug off the US president’s attacks on climate action and trade relations
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Neglecting ‘Scope 3’ emissions could sink corporate climate action
For years, businesses have been wrestling with how to reduce emissions outside their direct control. The task remains complicated
Giving nature breathing room builds climate resilience
Farming communities in El Salvador are reaping the benefits of working with nature by planting trees, harvesting rainwater and other ecological practices
Advancing women’s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation
In Peru, women’s lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making
Renewed global violence puts pressure on climate adaptation
Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities
The world is getting smaller for pastoralists facing multiple threats
Africa’s herders are trying to maintain their way of life in the face of rising climate stress, conflict and competition for land
Production curbs needed for strong global pact on plastic pollution, campaigners say
Rather than just reusing and recycling ever-growing mountains of plastic waste, it’s essential to tackle the problem at the source
Elon Musk’s disaster capitalism
The entreprenuer has made a habit of intervening in crises, particularly climate-related ones, but it’s a high wire act
120MW Khalladi windfarm in Morocco is inaugurated
Sponsored content: ACWA Power inaugurated its 120 MW Khalladi wind farm in Melloussa, Tangier, supplying clean power to a number of large industrial companies
East Africa’s cities need to plan for climate change flooding now
Sponsored content: Flooding in Africa will be more severe as the climate changes. We need plans, policies and infrastructure for our cities as a matter of urgency
Climate Home News is seeking a full-time reporter
We are expanding our award-winning team and we want a tenacious, ambitious journalist to join us in London. Applications close Monday, August 6
No access to water in the biggest Swedish cities
Sponsored content: By 2050, 38% of the world population would be in severe water stress and 2% would be displaced
Dutch town installs more efficient, bat-friendly lighting
Sponsored content: Signify installs a specially-designed, bat-friendly lighting system for a town in the Netherlands
GCF and GEF launch joint effort to improve flow of climate finance
Sponsored content: Key funds agree to coordinate to tackle climate-related challenges around the world
In Nepal, turning waste into wealth
Sponsored content: Nepal builds biogas capacity as it transitions to a lower-carbon economy
Climate issues on wheels: Sustainable transport in Europe
Sponsored content: Transport represents a quarter of Europe’s GHG emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities
Climate Home News is offering two African reporting fellowships
We are looking for two African journalists to report deeply on the effects of climate change and climate science on the continent’s development
Field visit to Bosnia: Zenica engulfed in smoke
Sponsored content: The global steel corporation, ArcelorMittal, is accused of not taking environmental responsibility at its plant in Zenica, posing a risk to public health
Climate Home News wins online media award
At a prestigious UK journalism awards ceremony, CHN was named best specialist or local news site of 2018, beating bigger rivals like BBC East of England
Climate change in Australia: A continent on the brink
Sponsored content: Climate change is a major issue globally. Let’s take a deeper look and see the effects in Australia
Reducing carbon emissions with energy-efficient lighting systems
Sponsored content: Philips Lighting and SUSI Energy Efficiency Fund partner for carbon-saving projects.
Philips Lighting gets an A rating for supplier engagement
Sponsored content: Environmental disclosure platform recognises companies addressing sustainability as part of supply chain management.
It’s time for new climate governance – from below
Sponsored content: The Bonn climate talks will see a huge push from local and state governments who are driving climate action everywhere
How can we connect the protection of biodiversity with climate change?
Sponsored content: The two organisations met to discuss mutual goals around climate change.
Disaster reduction finance: prevention is better than recovery
Sponsored content: At recent meetings at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the GEF pushed for more money to be spent in advance of disasters
Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS
Sponsored content: Small island nations face extreme weather and rising seas. A new Green Climate Fund project aims to improve early warning systems.
Celebrating 30 years of the Montreal Protocol
Sponsored content: The Montreal Protocol, “a unique, planet-saving agreement, is 30 years old
A bottle of brandy that Trump won’t leave the Paris deal. Any takers?
Trump’s US remains firmly in the Paris climate deal. Richard Black reckons that’s how it will stay and he’s prepared to put his brandy where his mouth is
One kilometre along the Arctic sea ice – my hardest ever swim
When Lewis Pugh finished his 22-minute, awareness-raising swim his hands were so frozen he hand to grip onto his photographer with his teeth
Trump schedules Paris announcement for 3pm Thursday
Join our live blog from around 2pm ET (7pm BST) for updates from the US and around the world as Trump makes his decision on the Paris accord
To save communities from rising seas, we must open our ears
As modernity creeps into Tanna, Vanuatu, climate change is just one of many new challenges. We cannot fight the former without understanding the whole