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UK anti-pollution drive undermined by leaving EU, say campaigners
As he launches new restrictions on pollution secretary Michael Gove says Brexit is a chance to go greener, but NGOs worry the regulatory bite is missing
Stoke’s potteries backed remain, now they want May’s deal to reshape climate policy
As the PM visits the pro-Brexit heartland, the major industry, once overwhelmingly against leaving, sees an opportunity to lighten the burden of EU carbon pricing
Seven EU nations miss climate and energy plan deadline
Bulgaria, Greece and Spain among countries that fail to present plans to the EU, while Germany submits only a ‘provisional’ version
Who should be 2019’s climate champion?
Chile faces huge challenges as 2019’s UN climate presidency, it will need to use every tool available, including the underused climate champion role
Departing World Bank chief leaves climate job unfinished
Jim Kim reformed world’s largest development lender, but it continues to finance fossil fuels and his climate legacy could be challenged if the US chooses his successor
Chile issues 2019 wildfire warning amid heat forecasts
As massive fires burn in the centre of Chile, dry, windy predictions for the summer mean 70,000 hectares could be lost, the government warns
Carbon clubs turn national self-interest into climate action
How did Poland, one of Europe’s strongest advocates for coal power, end up with one of the world’s strongest carbon prices?
EU reaches coal subsidy phase-out deal – with caveat for Poland
In late-night talks, negotiators agreed to end backdoor subsidies to coal generators, with some leeway for the most coal-dependent member state
China open to ‘uniform’ climate rules, sidestepping old allies
Shift comes as EU and China hastily draft proposals to break an impasse on the toughest issues at UN climate talks in Poland
Sydney and Melbourne vow to ditch coal power
Australian cities joined global alliance to end coal-fired power, while the federal government proposes using taxpayer cash to underwrite new plants
Saudi version of climate justice rejected by developing countries
Oil-rich country’s resistance to welcoming findings of science report on 1.5C warming has marked it out from poorer countries
The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future
As the White House hosts an event on fossil fuels, the state department is in Poland to make a deal that will shape the global accord
Exxon knows renewables are cheaper, even if Trump doesn’t
The US is pushing fossil fuels at UN climate talks, but prices for clean energy have tumbled so fast even oil companies are investing in renewables
Brazil to review Paris Agreement status, says Bolsonaro environment minister
Ricardo de Aquino Salles, a close ally of farming interests, was named as minister on Sunday, he said the conversation about global warming was ‘secondary’
French senate ‘failed to heed’ UN science warning before protests
A major climate report in October found shifting to a green economy risked social disruption, but French senators told a scientist they were ‘powerless’ to respond
Britain backs strong rules to bring the Paris Agreement to life
The Cop24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland, needs to turn talk into action, writes UK minister for energy and clean growth Claire Perry
On their patron saint’s day, Polish miners pray for a decent future
Twenty kilometres from Cop24 climate talks in Katowice, mining trade unionists look to St Barbara, not Warsaw, Brussels or the UN, for answers to their struggles
Macron suspends fuel tax hike in face of ‘worst protests since 1968’
Diesel policy reversal will not stop disruption, said protest leaders, who “want the whole baguette”
Paris Agreement fight could push US out permanently, warn top Obama officials
A deal in Poland that draws a hard line between developed and developing countries may be unacceptable to future administrations – Democratic or Republican
France and China declare joint climate commitment at G20
The major economies promised to work together to set robust rules for the Paris Agreement sending a political boost ahead of crucial UN talks next week