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President Hollande ratifies Paris climate deal for France
In a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the French leader called on other EU countries to formally join the UN pact
Crude politics: Reforming Nigeria’s oil sector
A new round of reforms will address fraud, corruption and cronyism in the oil import sector, but they require careful handling by central government
NASA: World just baked in hottest May on record
Extreme warmth due to man-made greenhouse gases causing coral bleaching, rapid Arctic sea ice melt and early disappearance of snow
Green Climate Fund partners condemned for fossil fuel funding
Study highlights billions channelled towards oil, coal and gas from 2013-2015, support campaigners say is ‘deeply at odds’ with Paris climate deal
How will Norway go carbon neutral from 2030?
Oslo will rely on EU or international offsets to meet ambitious goal, while asking little of its domestic oil and gas sector
Lessons from Indonesia’s fuel subsidy bonfire
Widely praised as a success when rolled out in 2014, Jakarta’s cuts to domestic oil and gas stored up long term fiscal problems that are now emerging
China’s pandas, flowers threatened by global warming
Researchers scent danger as rising temperatures threaten to eliminate vast amounts of the bamboo vital to panda diets and make flowers less attractive to pollinators
World ‘beyond return’ of historic carbon dioxide milestone
Record surge in CO2 through 2015 and 2016 saw atmospheric concentrations rise fast than 2 parts per million average to well above 400ppm
Sustained cheap oil likely to hurt global climate plans
Low oil prices “considerably” hinder transition to greener energy, say IIASA and World Bank analysts, while sustained high prices would give a boost
India coal pathway central to climate challenge – Bloomberg
Analysts expect India’s power sector emissions to treble by 2040, blowing the 2C carbon budget, unless clean energy investment increases
Meet the climate sceptics backing the Brexit campaign
Nestled in a red brick Georgian mansion, a short walk from Parliament, lies the heartbeat of the UK’s Eurosceptic and climate sceptic campaigns
Enter the suits: business must deliver on the Paris climate deal
Carbon pricing, R&D expenditure, effective reporting, efficiency standards and coherent tax and subsidy regimes can help deliver a low carbon revolution
Nobody said it was easy: Egypt’s energy reforms unwrapped
If the reform path is to stick, Sisi government needs remake its case for subsidy reform and persuade frustrated public to be patient
Crib notes: UN chief raises climate deal approval stakes
UN chief backs rapid Paris ratification, EU hosts Sustainable Energy Week, Norway debates 2030 carbon neutral goal and more this week
Why it’s wrong to label the Kyoto Protocol a disaster
The Paris climate agreement owes more to its predecessor than is commonly acknowledged – and that is no bad thing, writes Michael Grubb
Weekly wrap: Ratification, ratification, ratification
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EU gears up to approve Paris climate agreement
The European Commission has published a proposal to nudge national leaders into action, but the timeline for completing the formalities remains unclear
Iceland geothermal plant turns CO2 into stone
Groundbreaking project shows potential for large scale and permanent storage of carbon dioxide emissions, say scientists
EU energy chiefs favouring fossil fuel lobbyists, says report
Big energy gets the most facetime with commissioners Miguel Arias Canete and Maros Sefcovic, finds Corporate Europe Observatory
French senate formally approves Paris climate deal
The first G7 and G20 member to ratify the UN pact, France needs support from other EU member states to make its contribution count