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Trump letter to UN on leaving Paris climate accord – in full
Trump’s communication with the UN and media release clarified some details and set the scene for political manoeuvring to come
Paris climate deal needs to be politically, not legally, binding
Whether countries have the legal right to back out of their climate commitments is irrelevant. It’s up to defenders to make sure it hurts them politically
Climate Weekly: China spreading coal in Africa
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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
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
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
Climate Weekly: Merkel’s climate rhetoric undermined
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Tullow oil project in drought-hit part of Kenya suspended
Energy minister announces hold on Canadian-British firm’s plan to export oil from the unstable, drought-ravaged region of Turkana
End of coal: Failure to see it coming will hurt miners most
History shows governments that don’t anticipate and make provisions for the decline of coal burden communities for generations
Coal industry begs Congress to save carbon capture from Trump
Future of US carbon capture and storage looks shaky after Trump tried to cut domestic research then choked off access to international collaboration
EU-China climate statement is a manifesto for a new global order
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant
Donald Trump says US will leave Paris climate agreement
Donald Trump withdraws the US from 2015 Paris climate agreement, leaving the US standing almost alone against action on climate change
Trump: Paris Agreement decision will ‘make America great again’
Unconfirmed reports said the president had decided to leave the Paris agreement, turning the US away from the global effort to fight climate change
Exxon shareholder rebellion gains momentum ahead of climate vote
Major investors BlackRock and Vanguard could tip the balance and force oil firm to publicly divulge risk clean technology and regulations pose to its business
Climate Weekly: Trump meets the G7
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Climate talks end in call for solidarity, but real Trump test is to come
A fortnight of climate talks in Bonn ran smoothly enough, but political tensions await Pacific island presidency at November summit
Weekly wrap: Macron win, Amazon murder and Arctic accord
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US endorses global action to curb greenhouse gases at Arctic summit
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson signed the Fairbanks Declaration, calling for climate action but holding judgement on the Paris Agreement
Climate advocates in Bonn stumped by Trump dilemma
Defenders of the Paris climate agreement are fudging the question of whether nations, namely the US, should be allowed to water down their commitments
Weekly wrap: who controls Africa’s clean energy destiny?
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