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UN urged to hold world leaders’ climate bash every five years
Marshall Islands president says heads of state need regular reminders about threat posed by global warming
Saudi Arabia warns UN over 1.5C climate study
Riyadh says IPCC must retain independence from political process, and will not be able to offer full picture of climate challenges for governments
Legal wins, coal price up but Adani’s Australian mine still “unbankable”
Despite consistent legal victories, Adani cannot change a coal price that languishes far below the level necessary to make the huge Carmichael mine viable
Film spotlights resource conflict in the Peruvian Amazon
The makers of When Two Worlds Collide talk indigenous rights, economic development and the bloodiest political struggle of Peru’s recent history
Brazil to ratify Paris climate deal amid forest fire surge
President Michel Temer is expected to formalise climate commitments next week, as critics warn of failure to tackle deforestation
Asia and the Pacific must spearhead a climate resilient future
As one of the world’s most climate vulnerable regions and a growing emitter of greenhouse gases in its own right, regional governments must take the initiative
Germany publishes 30-year climate change strategy
Berlin delivers new decarbonisation proposal but lack of detail on coal phaseout and electric cars anger green groups
In pictures: the citizen scientists tracking Kenya’s water woes
Smallholder farmers are helping to monitor water levels in the Sondu river catchment, to pave the way for better flood and drought warnings
Coal mine judgment shows Australia’s environment laws are flawed
The Australian Federal Court dismissed climate arguments against Adani’s massive Carmichael coal mine, which threatens the health of the Great Barrier Reef
UK may delay Paris climate deal ratification till 2017
New UK climate minister thin on details but says government will play an active role in global low carbon diplomacy
EU-sized coal fleet shelved since Paris climate deal
China and India are cracking down on excess projects, but remaining pipeline will still blow the 2C carbon budget, say analysts
China’s top ministries commit to green finance drive
Proposals to ensure China’s financial sector backs green projects gains influential support, though doubts over what can be classed as ‘green’ persist
Poland to back UN climate deal – if it can burn more coal
Warsaw’s demand for financial guarantees for new coal plants could delay EU ratification of the Paris Agreement
G20 reaffirms climate commitments – but dodges deadlines
Leaders back rapid implementation of the Paris agreement and ramping up of green finance, but fail to set timeline for phase out of fossil fuel subsidies
EU, US, China confirm support for aviation climate deal
G20 backs airline emissions pact, but green groups say voluntary nature of proposals undermine climate integrity
Climate the ‘signature issue’ of US political polarisation
Scientists have shown that hurricanes are hitting the US harder than ever, yet many Republican-voting men remain unswayed by evidence of climate change
Isis’ oil empire is employing thousands of children
Satellites reveal boom in cottage industry in which tens of thousands of civilian workers are engaged in dangerous, toxic work that props up extremist regime
Reaction: US and China ratify Paris climate agreement
Leading civil society groups, Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg and UN leaders say formal approval by biggest polluters is a tipping point in climate fight
US, China ratify Paris climate agreement together
Observers laud cooperation between world’s two biggest carbon polluters as “a pivotal moment for our planet” as G20 gathers in Hangzhou
India shelves coal mining target on weak demand
Delhi is backtracking on a goal to produce one billion tonnes of coal by 2020, as power consumption growth falters