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Rising middle class threatens China’s climate targets
China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being undermined by increased Western-style consumption habits among the urban rich
British Army accused of thwarting Kenya’s climate plans
Who should account for emissions from overseas military training bases? UK defence planners say Kenya must deal with pollution from army manoeuvres
Australian climate sceptics may form new party
A right wing government backbencher with ties to mining magnate Gina Rinehart has registered a website for a new political brand, Australian Majority
2016: the year climate change came home
During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed
Letters reveal Trump rants against Scottish offshore windfarm
Furious missives from golf magnate and US president-elect said wind power was useless and would ruin Scotland’s economy
What Exxon’s 2017 energy outlook tells us about Rex Tillerson
Whether or not he wants it to, Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state expects the Paris climate deal to fail
India ‘lacks plan’ to cope with climate-linked migration
ActionAid says South Asian governments should work on better mechanisms to cope with large-scale movements
2016 mapped: around the world in top climate stories
Look back on a year of weird weather and clean energy breakthroughs around the world
Chilling in Kigali: how the world sealed a climate deal for fridges
In the first in our 2016 in review series, Chatham House’s Duncan Brack reflects on the UN deal to curb HFC use that was agreed in October
Growing water stress drives desalination push in Kenya
As drought hits crop yields and livelihoods, Kenya approves the first of a planned fleet of plants to get drinking water from the ocean
Dirtier than tar sands: California’s crude oil secret
Lawyers are gearing up for a courtroom battle over some of the most carbon intensive supplies in the world
Obama’s last climate play: US, Canada agree Arctic oil ban
Over 115 million acres of Arctic will be free from oil and gas exploration under decrees by leaders of US and Canada
Turkish gas companies with corrupt past get World Bank loan
Businessmen who have secured contracts to build massive gas pipeline linking EU and Azerbaijan were convicted for tender rigging and bribery
BP looking to sell off Great Australian Bight interests
Correspondence with the federal regulator reveals oil major is in discussions with others to offload drilling rights in environmentally sensitive region
Brazil’s coffee growers face bleak future as world warms
Small-scale farmers who produce most of the world’s coffee beans face reductions in crop yield and quality as a result of rising temperatures and extreme weather
EU member states split on carbon market ambition
Spain, Italy and Eastern European countries resisted reforms to boost the flagging carbon price at a ministerial meeting on Monday
Kosovan villagers to take coal mine woes to human rights court
After the World Bank ducks responsibility for harm caused by botched coal mine expansion, community leaders plan to sue at human rights court in Strasbourg
India to halt building new coal plants in 2022
Draft government plan finds no need for new coal stations beyond those already under construction, calls for massive renewable energy push
US will be a ‘rogue state’ if Trump backtracks on climate: UN envoy
Former Ireland president Mary Robinson says incoming administration must live up to the country’s commitments or be ostracised
Peruvian climate lawsuit against German coal giant dismissed
Claimant living under the threat of flooding from melting glaciers is likely to appeal to a higher German court, says lawyer