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Climate fund, EPA likely to pay for huge Trump defence spend
As the US president announces a $54bn increase in defence spending, environmental agencies and UN climate funds face the axe
Court forces Turkish coal plant to suspend operations
Three years after it came online, Izdemir power station has been stripped of its environmental licence, in a win for campaigners
Mozambique expands coal port lapped by rising seas
Dignitaries celebrate the expansion of Maputo port, but experts warn fossil fuelled climate change threatens development gains
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
100+ species face extinction as warming hits Australia’s southern waters
Scientists tell senate committee that marine animals and plants at Australia’s southern-most point have “nowhere to go” and will disappear this century
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
India subsidises electricity for the rich while millions lack access
While over 20% of India’s population has no access to electricity, the richest 40% of the population gets highly subsidised power
Bush EPA chief damns Pruitt with faint praise
Mike Leavitt, Republican ex-governor of Utah, offers lukewarm endorsement of Donald Trump’s environment pick, calls for international climate cooperation
Australian Labor will not back 2030 renewable energy target
After political attacks, Labor says it will not legislate a renewable energy target, despite a policy promising to deliver a 50% share by 2030
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
Fossil fuels subsidies ‘jeopardising climate deal’, say major investors
A group of investors and insurers who manage $2.8trn has called on the G20 to end public funding for coal, oil and gas by 2020
India may never need another coal plant: TERI
Power stations running or under construction will meet demand up to 2026, say analysts, by which point renewables can start to compete on cost
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
Australia: Fires, floods, flying foxes and political farce
On a weekend rural communities suffered dangerous weather events, the government doubled down on coal
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
Brazil ex-environment minister slams ‘land grabbing’ plan
Izabella Teixeira has hit out at a “shameful” parliamentary proposal to cut conservation zones in Amazonas state