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Climate adaptation: how do we know we’re doing enough?
There is no single metric for tracking adaptation, making it hard to work out who is doing what, but a new model developed by IIED offers greater clarity
Carbon majors respond to climate and human rights inquiry
Fossil fuel companies including Rio Tinto, Glencore and BHP Billiton defend their records from Philippines probe
German minister: we’ll burn coal till the 2040s
Ministers say there’s little chance of Europe’s top economy switching off its coal plants for next two decades, despite raft of green policies
Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions rise on deforestation spike
Emissions increased 3.5% between 2014 and 2015, the latest independent analysis shows, while the economy shrank
UN climate body: no ‘Plan B’ if Trump is elected
Republican victory would likely mean climate policy heads for the bin, but Patricia Espinosa says world will hold US to deal made in 2015
Why the Marrakech summit must deliver on climate finance
Vulnerable countries urgently need predictable support, funding that will offer countless health, economic and development co-benefits of cleaner energy sources
Brazil forest clearance is rising in a recession – that’s worrying
Latest data shows forest protection schemes are not enough to protect the Amazon rainforest, writes Natalie Unterstell
UN faces deadlock over shipping climate deal plans
Emerging economies face off coalition of EU, African and small island states over plans to ratchet up reductions to industry’s CO2 pollution
Green Climate Fund talks ‘hijacked’ by India-Pakistan conflict
After objections by the Indian representative, the Green Climate Fund has kept on hold a project to reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods in northern Pakistan
Pope’s climate message did not sway US Republicans – study
Right-wing Catholics attacked Pope Francis’ credibility rather than change their political views, survey shows
EU focused on shipping climate deal by 2018
Transport commissioner says bloc will stick to plans to deploy unilateral climate regulations on vessels, but wants to secure global consensus
UN shipping chief warns of industry’s rising climate impact
Existing fuel efficiency measures won’t cut it as shipping demand grows, says Kitack Lim at environmental meet
Rapid glacier melt threatens Bolivia water supplies, homes
Area of the Bolivian Andes covered by ice has shrunk 43% in a generation, study finds, with alarming implications
Wind, solar costs undercut new coal plants in South Africa
Wind and solar power are 40% cheaper than new coal generation today, analysis of government data shows
Netherlands accounting fudge reduces 2020 carbon cuts
Revised emissions forecasts relieve pressure on government to close coal plants in response to Urgenda court case
Brazilian senate approves new coal funding
Support to “modernise” coal power plants was smuggled into a bill about electricity sector privatisation, prompting calls for a presidential veto
Antarctic ice shelf collapse pits fishing against science
British scientists want a fishing moratorium while they study newly open waters, but Russia stands in their way
Slums boom in Philippines typhoon danger zones
Communities destroyed by Haiyan refuse to join government relocations as new residents swell unauthorised seaside neighbourhoods
Podesta email dump reveals tight US-China climate ties
Todd Stern and Xie Zhenhua were opposing climate envoys for nearly five years – but in the heat of international negotiations they forged a vital friendship
Saudi Arabia says oil industry must meet climate goals
Oil chief Khalid Al-Falih cites the Paris climate deal at industry event in London, but adds oil and gas will provide the bulk of world energy supplies for decades