World
Germany ‘massively weakened’ draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump
Latest draft of German plan for next week’s Hamburg meeting contains major concessions to US and opens door for coal projects to be defined as “clean”
Violence spreads ahead of election in drought-hit Kenya
Politicians have been accused of stoking land conflict between farmers, herders and indigenous groups to win votes, while failing to address the root cause
Calling China’s carbon market ‘ambitious’ shows how low the bar has fallen
China is planning the world’s biggest carbon market, but with little detail given for its design, praise for the scheme is premature
Modi and Adani: the old friends laying waste to India’s environment
India’s environment has been subjugated to the whims of the prime minister’s industrial cronies. How can the world believe him on climate change?
Modi and Trump avoid climate change tension on state visit
Trade and migration are dominated the Indian prime minister’s visit to the White House, with differences on the Paris Agreement side-stepped
‘Nobody wants to be part of a dying culture’: Reddit on the end of coal
Donald Trump wants to revive the coal industry. But Redditors from declining US coal towns say their families need a future rather than a return to the past
Indians want ‘jugaad’ not ‘climate justice’, study shows
The language of self-sufficiency chimes better with Indian citizens than blaming the rich world for global warming, workshops by Climate Outreach find
End of coal: Failure to see it coming will hurt miners most
History shows governments that don’t anticipate and make provisions for the decline of coal burden communities for generations
US joins UN resolution to protect human rights from climate change
The US said climate change had “a range of implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights”, in a departure from recent diplomacy and Trump’s rhetoric
Women’s co-op dairy in Kenya breaks agricultural glass ceiling
Raising cattle instead of selling firewood and charcoal is empowering women and allowing trees to grow back in a denuded part of rural Kenya
Indian manufacturers eye cleaner coolants to meet air con demand
Following a global deal in Kigali to phasedown HFCs, a class of potent warming gases used in refrigeration, Indian industry is developing cleaner alternatives
Al Gore likens climate movement to suffrage and abolition of slavery
Gore says Trump’s withdrawal from Paris agreement is akin to resistance faced by other great moral movements
Trump-era climate resistance, from a beachside in Rhode Island
States claiming climate leadership will be held to account by local groups like Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, fighting against fossil fuel developments
Australia: new climate policy, same old politics
A major review of Australian climate policy has been compromised by the malignant politics that has sent Australia to the back of the international pack
Brazil prepares to grant land rights to criminals who stripped Amazon
Brazil’s government is set to roll back protections on vast areas of the Amazon that would legitimise land claims often made under fake names to avoid prosecution
‘Bad-ass business women’ bring solar empowerment to Nepal
NGO that helps women overcome cultural taboos and start their own clean energy businesses to be awarded prize in London ceremony
Sweden passes climate law to become carbon neutral by 2045
Legislation makes Sweden the first country to significantly upgrade its ambition since the world agreed a climate deal in Paris, in contrast with US backsliding
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
Several US states and cities have committed to cut emissions despite president Trump, but only Seattle remembered cash commitments to the developing world
Seattle pledges support for climate fund barred by Trump
Council resolution goes beyond backing emissions reductions, stepping up to honour the financial commitments made by the US
FORE! Trump’s Paris speech was an awful mishit
The golf-loving president says he will pull the US from the Paris agreement. The UN’s renewable energy chief explains why that’s dumb in terms he’d understand