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Chile’s ‘Blue Cop’ will push leaders to protect oceans to heal climate
Hosts of UN climate talks push ocean health up political agenda in year when IPCC scientists will deliver major report on climate link
Climate Weekly: Activists hold London landmarks
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‘Risk to economic stability’: 23 finance ministers pledge climate action
Coalition of developed and developing nations commit to aligning tax and spending with Paris Agreement goals, while some struggle with social implications
As climate fight enters new phase, local responses are starved of funding
Global, one-size-fits-all solutions work for cutting emissions, but adapting to warming requires an altogether different approach
Climate finance misses its mark in Ugandan landslide zones
On the slopes of Mount Elgon, residents live in fear of the next deadly landslide, as tree-planting solutions fail to take root
The African Climate Risks Conference: Call for abstracts
Sponsored content: Submit abstracts, proposals for supporting sessions and exhibition requests by 28 April to take part
Extreme weather impacted 62 million people last year, says WMO
As the impacts of Cyclone Idai continue to grow in south-eastern Africa, the global agency says extreme weather is worsening hunger and conflict
Climate models meet politics in resilience planning for East Africa
Sponsored content: Changes to rainfall patterns need to be considered alongside development pressures to support subsistence fisher-farmers in the Lake Victoria Basin
Another dam fails in Brazil – Bolsonaro must not respond by gutting protections
Environmental regulations are not arbitrary hurdles for enterprise, if this government erodes them how many more people will be buried beneath the mud?
How grants can empower indigenous peoples to protect the climate
Sponsored content: A Climate Investment Funds scheme with forest-dependent communities has exceeded expectations, according to an independent review
Six big questions as Brazil’s new president heads to Davos
After months of rhetoric and speculation, what Jair Bolsonaro will actually deliver for Brazil’s people and the Amazon will hinge on these questions
MPs call to expand post-Brexit green programme across whole government
Indications that Britain’s new environmental watchdog will be government-funded raise questions about its independence, the National Audit Office said
Katowice brief: ‘Craven, irresponsible and selfish’
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Katowice brief: Poland takes control
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The Paris Agreement rulebook explained
Vastly more complex than the Paris Agreement itself are the set of rules that will make it work
Know your NDCs from your LMDCs: A climate diplomacy glossary
Learn the lingo of international climate talks with our handy reference guide
Heatwaves could become a silent killer in African cities
Sponsored content: Policy makers pay more attention to drought and flooding, but extreme heat also poses a significant health risk
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
Trailblazing UK climate change act is a model for the world
Ten years after its creation, the landmark legislation has many lessons for other countries as they look for ways to turn the Paris deal into national action
Strong rules for Paris deal can spur global climate action
If talks in Poland produce tough rules, it will build confidence that all countries are sticking to the climate bargain