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Saudi oil chief hails Trump’s ‘realistic’ energy plans
Khalid Al-Falih welcomes new president’s pro-fossil fuel approach, rejects suggestion US will quit Paris climate agreement
New gas pipelines could face EU climate test
Energy infrastructure should align with climate targets to avoid stranded assets, European Commission is expected to advise on Wednesday
Laurence Tubiana: prepare for G20 climate showdown
France’s former climate ambassador runs though the countries we should expect to protect the Paris Agreement in 2017
Myron Ebell visits Number 10, does not meet PM
High profile US climate sceptic visits 10 Downing Street but did not meet Theresa May or any ministers, stress officials
Check the blueprints for Trump’s climate wipeout
Myron Ebell’s 9-point plan to dismantle US climate policy would see Washington pull out of UN climate body, freeze clean energy subsidies and oppose carbon taxes
Fiji says 2017 climate summit to focus on vulnerable nations
Host of COP23 meeting in Bonn calls for a focus on delivering support to at-risk nations and crafting Paris Agreement rulebook
Trump advisor: green movement a ‘threat to freedom’
Myron Ebell admits at a London event he has never met the US president, but is confident US will pull out of Paris climate agreement
Beijing is clamping down on provincial coal plans
At least 11 regions have been ordered to shelve coal power plants as China deals with surplus capacity
China energy efficiency improved in 2016, reports Xinhua
World’s largest carbon polluter making progress on efficiency, but doubts remain over accuracy of state data
Saudi Aramco planning $5 billion clean energy binge
As low oil prices eat into country’s $600 billion sovereign wealth fund, state energy giant starts work on radical transition towards renewables
Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels
Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its sovereign wealth fund from coal, oil and gas
Diplomatic blowback of US climate retreat may hurt Trump
The last time a US administration quit a UN climate deal was in 2000, and George W Bush’s team described the angry response from capitals as a ‘sobering experience’
Gagged: US climate scientists face uncertain future
Scientists are opening rogue twitter accounts as new president seeks to limit ability of scientists to share findings openly
Mr Trump, planetary conditions are not negotiable
Japan’s former environment and climate ambassador offers his analysis on how the international community can tackle the US president’s climate war
Trump planning review of UN treaties, funding – report
US press suggests White House is planning to pull out from many UN institutions and quit funding others
Justin Trudeau: climate leader or charlatan?
The photogenic Canadian promised a new politics and talked tough on climate, but his embrace of three oil pipelines in as many months tells a different story
Talk climate sense to Trump, British MPs urge Theresa May
Lawmakers set for final push on global warming message as British prime minister heads to Washington for first meeting with new president
Trump timeline: week one of the US climate action crackdown
In the first seven days from inauguration, we track the key events of Donald Trump’s push to fry the planet
How Ireland bent EU climate rules to protect farting cows
Analysis of flexibilities – or loopholes – in EU 2030 emissions targets gives Dublin the prize for creative accounting
Donald Trump: environmentalism is ‘out of control’
New US president shows every sign of following through on campaign promises to scrap climate laws and boost fossil fuels