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Countries inking Paris climate treaty to break 34-year UN record
NEWS: More than 130 are set to sign the agreement in New York on April 22 showing ‘high level of engagement’ on climate
World Bank to ramp up climate change investments
GUARDIAN: The world’s biggest provider of public finance to developing countries will refocus financing efforts towards tackling climate change
Greg Barker: Time for ‘fresh thinking’ on UK energy policy
NEWS: Former climate minister and envoy says he will advise new initiative to develop centre-right climate and energy policies, claiming greens are being wedded to ‘same answers’
Emerging powers to sign Paris climate deal on 22 April
NEWS: Brazil, China, India and South America RSVP for UN ceremony and pledge to ratify emissions-cutting treaty as soon as possible
Ratification, not signing, is critical test for Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: The recent fuss over who will sign the UN’s new climate pact is a distraction. The real test will come when countries have to pass the deal into domestic law
US shale gas investors eye billion-dollar gamble
ANALYSIS: US shale oil and gas equity investors are expecting a rebound in prices, given share issuance figures in the first quarter of 2016. But are they backing a dud?
Vietnamese celebrities oppose coal plants in striking photo campaign
PICTURES: Popular artists don gas masks in posters, warning: ‘Don’t let coal pollution destroy your life’
Welcome to the world’s clean energy revolution, in 11 slides
ANALYSIS: Record investments in wind and solar are transforming our energy landscape, as this presentation from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s explains
Solar and Saudi Arabia: Riyadh bows to the inevitable
COMMENT: Last week deputy crown prince Salman announced the formation of a post-oil $2 trillion fund, accelerating a major Middle East energy transition
Maldives becomes fourth island state to ratify Paris climate deal
NEWS: Environment minister says new research on potential sea level rise makes approval of UN pact vital for vulnerable low-lying countries
21 countries show how to grow GDP while cutting emissions
NEWS: Much of Europe and the US has ‘decoupled’ economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions since 2000
Belgium quits coal power with Langerlo plant closure
NEWS: Country is seventh in EU to go coal-free, joining Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Baltic countries
For Myanmar, temptation of cheap coal ‘hard to ignore’
NEWS: Big expansion of coal power on track as Aung San Suu Kyi forms first civilian-led government in over 50 years
Indian minister mocks the West’s Africa energy initiatives
NEWS: Piyush Goyal says citizens in poorer countries deserve more than just a light bulb, urging richer countries to deliver power for TVs and fans
Panama papers reveal how oil wealth goes offshore
NEWS: Top officials and ministers from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria named in mass data leak
India affirms commitment to sign Paris climate accord
NEWS: Delhi ready to ink UN deal at 22 April ceremony, says minister, joining US and China in push for early entry into force
Australia approval of vast coal mine ‘evil’ says marine scientist
NEWS: Greens, scientists brand leases for $22bn Adani mine irresponsible in face of whitening Great Barrier Reef
Call for EU carbon market overhaul as emission cuts slow down
NEWS: Low carbon price and glut of free permits give power sector and industry little incentive to reduce their climate impact, say analysts
Saudi Arabia: By 2035 we won’t depend on oil
NEWS: Investments, not crude, will bankroll government in twenty years, says deputy crown prince as he plots sale of state oil company Aramco
Will doubling India’s coal tax boost the clean energy sector?
COMMENT: The Modi government needs to explain where funds from the coal cess will go for it to have a transformative impact on clean energy