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Nile countries prepare water monitoring system to fill data gaps
Officials hope the hydromet system will help neighbours along the world’s longest river to manage the pressures of population growth, infrastructure and climate change
G20 countries must break their addiction to fossil fuels
Leaders of major economies meeting in Argentina this month need to step up climate action if the world is to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement
Island president beats no-confidence vote, days before leading climate summit
Marshall Islands Hilda Heine narrowly defeated the motion, just days before she is due to open a virtual summit of climate-vulnerable nations
Climate Weekly: All eyes on Brazil
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Bill Gates throws new weight and cash into climate fight
In back-to-back events this week, the billionaire launched projects to slow global warming and limit the damage it causes
Brexit: Avoiding the nuclear fallout
UK government report card on replacing the EU’s atomic energy community shows progress, but no deal on March 29 still threatens power and medical supply
Road to more climate-resilient future runs through Mozambique
Sponsored content: With the help of these development programmes, Mozambique is adapting its infrastructure and agricultural systems to a new climate reality
Harnessing tradition to adapt to climate change
Sponsored content: Climate adaptation projects tap a vital resource: community engagement
Yvo de Boer: Heads of state must intervene to fix climate process
Former UN climate chief says trust underpinning global negotiations can only be restored at the highest political level
Bangkok bulletin: ‘We are not ready’
UN talks on the Paris Agreement reach a critical stage in Bangkok, sign up for daily briefings
Climate Weekly: Brazil’s climate-denying dynasty
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The excuses are wearing thin: Eastern Europe must tackle its climate impact
The Czech Republic overtook Germany in emissions per person three years ago; it is time to stop pleading poverty and start cleaning up the region’s pollution
120MW Khalladi windfarm in Morocco is inaugurated
Sponsored content: ACWA Power inaugurated its 120 MW Khalladi wind farm in Melloussa, Tangier, supplying clean power to a number of large industrial companies
How the Paris Agreement can take on fossil fuel supply
The UN deal doesn’t mention coal, oil or gas, but it can still be used to limit their extraction
Sustainable energy for all goal is woefully off track. Here’s how we fix it
Just 1% of funding for energy access goes to decentralised energy, but it’s the only hope for delivering the UN goal to bring energy to all by 2030
In Nepal, turning waste into wealth
Sponsored content: Nepal builds biogas capacity as it transitions to a lower-carbon economy
Pakistani senator calls for climate cooperation with India amid water crisis
As drought bites, senate opposition leader Sherry Rehman says climate action is a security priority for South Asia
Climate Weekly: From Pope to Petersberg
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Norway at loggerheads with DR Congo over forest protection payments
International donors have frozen funding to conserve the world’s second largest rainforest, with the DRC environment minister said to have gone “rogue”
11 key themes as countries take stock of Paris Agreement progress
The Talanoa Dialogue could be a springboard to stronger action on climate change, or just another talking shop. Here are the discussions to watch