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Brazil’s Temer extends amnesty to Amazon land-grabbers
Embattled president is regularising illegally occupied land at knock-down prices, in a move environmentalists fear will lead to more deforestation
Norway, France urged to block DR Congo forestry project
NGOs warn that a project supposed to reduce deforestation could have the opposite effect, opening up large areas to industrial logging
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Scientists say east Africa will get wetter, so why is it drying out?
Despite models predicting increased rainfall with climate change, the region has collapsed into drought – a puzzle known as the East African paradox
China signed African coal deal days before Xi low emissions pledge at G20
In the week China’s president called for development banks to support low emissions in poor countries, China Development Bank loaned $1.5bn to coal in South Africa
UN climate fund criticised for accrediting growing list of private banks
Growing number of multinational banks becoming conduits for UN climate funds means money will not reach certain projects, NGOs warn
Hope and anger in Bangladesh as Unesco reverses coal plant opposition
“I want grid power,” say locals, despite concerns that Rampal’s mega-plant may threaten the world heritage listed Sundarbans mangrove forests
This G20 will be remembered for division, not unity
Efforts in Hamburg to rally 19 countries to the Paris Agreement were successful, but deeper ambition feels further away
Who checks corporate claims of climate leadership?
Big companies say they are leading the way to a cleaner future, but with only voluntary disclosures to keep them honest we just have to trust them
Finland’s plan to increase logging is a danger to the climate
Finland’s government has attempted to discredit scientists who criticised its increased logging programme, writes Hanna Aho from NGO Fern
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May meets Trump on climate, but her Brexit will damage the Paris accord
Despite May’s G20 overture to Trump, her government is preparing a divorce from the EU that will have profound negative consequences for the climate
If US states are really ‘still in’ Paris, here’s what they need to do
The Paris accord isn’t only about cutting emissions, some states are already finding ways to meet climate finance commitments
The tax-free shipping company that took control of a country’s UN mission
How the tiny, climate-threatened Marshall Islands came to be represented at UN shipping talks by a private company based in Virginia, 11,000km away
Sick of waiting, poor countries prepare to fight climate change alone
Developing countries have been promised $100bn per year by 2020, with no sign of it arriving some are taking matters into their own hands
Universities in global south aim to end reliance on western experts
A cooperative of developing-world universities aim will share curricula on climate change, reducing the need for consultants from wealthy countries
US called on to give permanent rights to Marshallese climate migrants
Their colonial, nuclear past means the US must guarantee full rights to the Marshallese, says Frank Bainimarama, who also launched a broadside at the G20
Pacific islanders: Shipping must comply with Paris climate goals
Representatives of four Pacific island nations join today at the IMO in London to ask the shipping industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions
Cash begins trickling out of Green Climate Fund
After a barrage of criticism, the UN’s primary climate fund has released $5.2m to a handful of projects
Cycle tour of Kenya promotes clean energy democracy
Ahead of an August general election, ride organised by Christian Aid is pushing access to renewables up the political agenda