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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
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
Brexit turmoil means UK government must lead on climate
Investors will be needed to shift hundreds of billions of pounds if the UK is to meet its climate goals. But they need clarity from a pre-occupied government
EU palm oil restrictions risk sparking trade spat
The European Parliament is set to back a ban on use of palm oil for biofuels, in a bid to protect rainforests, but exporters warn this would violate trade rules
In Germany, a clean energy shift is politics-as-usual
As Trump reverses the US climate stance, Germany touts its “Energiewende” as a matter of national pride – regardless of who wins the upcoming election
Port of Amsterdam set to be coal-free by 2030
Major EU shipping hub is diversifying away from coal in line with a transition to lower carbon sources of energy, strategy paper reveals
Watchdog suspends Azerbaijan, EU gas pipeline loans threatened
Billions in development loans at risk after international human rights watchdog strips Azeri membership for failure to increase transparency
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”
Ancient tombs discovery stalls Polish coal mine development
Burial mounds from the 5,000-year-old Funnelbeaker culture stand in the way of the proposed Ościsłowo opencast lignite mine
Weekly wrap: Will China turn its back on coal?
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Lessons from London’s 1952 fog could save millions today
Air pollution is one of the world’s biggest killers. Peter Thorsheim looks back at the resistance, disinformation and solutions that emerged from the London fog
The making of Sweden’s climate law – and that photo
How Sweden’s centre right and left parties united around a tough climate goal and spawned one of the strongest anti-Trump images of his short presidency
Mogherini to Mattis in Munich: climate investments boost security
As US puts pressure on NATO members to increase defence spending, EU foreign affairs chief argues fighting climate change prevents instability
EU and China can outflank Trump on climate change
The time is ripe for Brussels and Beijing to step up their relationship as US climate diplomacy dwindles, write Maeve McLynn and Li Shuo
Campaigners claim legal win against Bosnian coal power push
Setback for Chinese-backed plant planned near Europe’s second most-polluted city, with a ruling it must comply with tougher pollution limits
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
How the G20 could save Paris climate deal from Trump
Donald Trump appears bent on unpicking the globalist cooperation that made a climate change accord possible. Can the world’s other powers band together to stop him?
UK to use carbon cuts as Brexit bargaining chip – envoy
Faster than average emissions reductions give Britain leverage in negotiations to leave the EU, says Sir David King
Norway seeks to climate-proof skiing with eco snow machines
Researchers are developing a machine that simultaneously heats homes and produces snow, to save a national pastime from global warming
Flee Trump for France, Macron urges US climate sector
Presidential candidate delivers pointed rebuke to Donald Trump, welcoming US scientists and clean energy innovators to France