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Why Trump presidency may not herald climate catastrophe
Leading climate economist says environmentalists should be alert but not pessimistic over the impact of Trump’s presidency, reports the Guardian
EU to cancel 1bn pollution permits in market reforms
Latest tweak to flagship climate policy will send a bullish signal to the market, say analysts, but a surplus of carbon allowances remains
Brazil set for ‘environmental civil war’, warns minister
Jose Sarney Filho is at loggerheads with the rural lobby in Congress over a bill to tear up environmental protections
G20 panel tells energy giants to come clean on climate risks
Voluntary rules for climate disclosure will force companies to evaluate role and strategy in a carbon-constrained world, say experts
Spain’s hidden €1bn subsidy to coal, gas power plants
Support to polluting plants may breach EU state aid rules, warns think-tank IEEFA
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson nominated as top Trump diplomat
Green groups react with horror as oil magnate with strong links to Russia and history of obstructing climate policies is chosen to head up US diplomatic department
Green groups get ‘unprecedented’ Trump bump in donations
The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are among US NGOs benefitting from surging support to fight Donald Trump’s anti-green agenda
US solar power smashes records in 2016
A record glut of large scale projects saw solar capacity jump enough to connect one home every 11 seconds in the third quarter of the year
Poland green bond issue will not fund coal, says official
Investors are sceptical about Warsaw bid to finance renewables, given its coal-heavy energy policy
Iconic Kruger game park faces bleak climate future
Recent drought gives a taste of things to come for Kruger National Park, South Africa, as global warming outpaces species’ ability to adapt
Trump ‘studying’ implications of Paris climate deal
President-elect suggests decision on UN climate pact not finalised despite campaign threats, says competitiveness is main concern
How Germany’s G20 can accelerate progress on climate change
If the G20 focuses on making infrastructure low carbon and resilient it can meet its goals of boosting economic growth and insuring against climate risk
Indonesia president bans further destruction of peatlands
Norwegian pressure and financial support credited as world’s 8th largest greenhouse gas emitter targets end to exploitation of peatlands
Conservation zones exclude indigenous people, drive deforestation
Without their traditional land managers, reserves in Central America are left vulnerable to corporate interests, report finds
Gore, DiCaprio and the media: tools in Trump’s climate deception
Meetings with Gore and DiCaprio acted as a smokescreen while Trump prepared to appoint EPA chief who will tear up US climate policy
Exxon, Chevron face Philippines climate change probe
Hearings by the country’s Human Rights Commission will target some of Donald Trump’s allies in the oil sector
145 MPs warn Brexit should not lead to cull of climate laws
Greener UK coalition of 13 civil society groups and a fifth of sitting British MPs urge government to safeguard climate and environment laws
Trump EPA pick has sued EPA, is climate sceptic
Critics say Oklahoma attorney general is a “dangerous and unqualified choice” to lead the environmental regulator he has constantly attacked
There’s a secret UN climate summit taking place in Mexico
UN biodiversity chief tells Climate Home protecting and restoring ecosystems is the best way to protect the world from dangerous levels of global warming
Full circle: 33 hours in Australian climate policy
It took just over a day for the suggestion of a carbon price to be stamped out by right-wing MPs who hold the prime minister in their thrall