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Emmanuel Macron vows climate action as French president
Centrist candidate supports a coal phase-out by 2022, carbon price rise and trade sanctions on polluting countries, but needs a parliamentary mandate to deliver
US sends “much smaller” team to climate talks in Bonn
While the White House wrangles over the Paris deal, diplomats gather for climate talks in Bonn where the US presence will be much reduced
EU countries have brought in $1bn of coal subsidies since Paris
In the shift to renewables, several member states are paying coal generators to be available for back-up power
US to UN: jobs come before carbon cuts
In answer to queries from China and others, the Trump administration said it was reviewing policies to promote “jobs for American workers”
Directionless, US climate negotiators head to UN talks
As Trump mulls over leaving the Paris agreement, US officials fly in to interim talks with no clear mandate
China, India swoop on first barrels of Kenyan oil
In a remote region, riven by years of drought and conflict, the prospect of new oil is attracting attention from oil-hungry economies in Asia
Rainfall extremes to become the Nile’s new normal
With global warming, the mighty river basin will swing from devastating floods to withering drought, models show
Trump complains US share of climate finance is unfair
Donald Trump suggests China, India, Russia should pay more into the UN-backed Green Climate Fund
EU must stop trying to dictate Africa’s clean energy future
Strong-arm tactics by the European Commission and France to bypass African leadership are unacceptable, writes Mohamed Adow
EU, France accused of hijacking ‘Africa-led’ clean energy scheme
African head of $10bn programme quits, saying French environment minister Ségolène Royal intervened to impose EU-preferred projects
UK foreign office cut climate staff in half under Tory government
Labour says the 46% reduction in foreign office climate jobs since it was in power is “staggering” and a sign the government is not serious about the issue
Groundwater recharge offers hope to drought-hit Indian farmers
In Odisha, where late monsoons mean crop failures, poverty and even suicide, a novel scheme aims to boost water access
Fund considering Adani coal mine loan ‘obsessed with secrecy’
Experts say $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s repeated rejection of requests for information on Adani coal project loan has no basis in law
UK set for first coal-free work day since pre-industrial times
Britain is expected to be coal-free on Friday, reports National Grid, as the power sector shifts to cleaner sources of supply
Energy efficiency becomes breakthrough issue in French election
All five leading candidates in France’s presidential election have made prominent energy efficiency pledges, now UK Labour have followed suit
China’s plan to cut shipping emissions
With pollution from shipping killing 18,000 Chinese every year, the government is cracking down on the use of dangerous fuels in port
EU should block Nord Stream 2 on climate grounds
Planned gas pipeline from Russia undermines long-term EU energy security and climate goals, writes Marcin Stoczkiewicz
‘We are praying it rains soon’ – Nairobi on severe water rations
Some districts are receiving just 12 hours of water each week as drought hits the Kenyan capital – home to more than 3 million people
Boko Haram terrorists thriving on climate crisis: report
As chronic water shortages create instability and violence around Lake Chad, researchers warn climate change feeds terror
Rain stopped play: Cricket ignores its climate threat
Cricket – that most weather dependent of games – is slow-bowling its way into a future in which English seamers no longer swing and more and more games are washed out