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A gold mine swallowed their village. This Amazon tribe is here to take it back

At the head of a poisoned river, the Munduruku find a devastated land where their village once stood. Can they stop the illegal mining that stole their homes?

China to monitor human health impacts of pollution for first time

Environment ministry paper sets out system for evaluating and responding to national health crisis, a move once seen as inconsistent with growth

The Brazilian state letting illegal Amazon loggers keep logging

In Mato Grosso, logging permits are issued that allow export to European markets, even to those charged with crimes by federal authorities

Davos 2018: climate change rhetoric and reality

The movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum warn climate change is a major threat to prosperity, but what are they doing about it?

Trump solar tariff ‘will cause disruption’, says UN renewable chief

Energy leaders in Davos were critical of trade intervention the US solar industry said could cause 23,000 job losses

Climate Weekly: Estonia’s shrinking forests

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No legal action taken against Delhi’s polluters since 2014

Despite desperately toxic air and powerful anti-pollution legislation, not a single case has been taken up against polluters in India’s capital

What would Hannah Arendt have seen on a beach covered in plastic bottles?

Only banal good can defeat banal evil. Kerrie Foxwell-Norton writes from the rubbish-strewn beaches of the southern Maldives

Sexual harassment at UN talks weakens the fight against climate change

‘Zero tolerance’ only works when victims feel comfortable coming forward. Meanwhile smart, passionate women are driven away from the UN process

We are [not] still in: can the world ever trust US again on climate?

The US has always been an unreliable actor on climate change. This month’s sideshow to UN talks in Bonn only emphasised its internal conflicts

Russia brands environmental NGOs ‘foreign agents’

At least 14 green groups have shut down since falling foul of Moscow’s anti-spy legislation, according to Human Rights Watch

UN, NGOs issue harassment warning as climate delegates prepare to party

Safety officers have been appointed to handle complaints of inappropriate behaviour at the annual party organised by Climate Action Network

‘Don’t wake the bear’: fragile climate talks begin in Bonn

Despite calm rhetoric, negotiators are nervous of the Trump effect, telling Climate Home News the Paris consensus ‘can unravel very quickly’

Despite Trump, US climate team to forge on with Paris deal

As UN climate talks resume in Germany, a team of experienced, familiar diplomats are expected to take up many of the same positions the US has been fighting for years

Jerry Brown: ‘California will sue Trump over climate’

Governor says state will use the courts to block the erosion of US climate actions, ‘just like the Republicans tried to block Obama’s efforts’

Bonn climate talks raise tough questions about German coal

Chancellor Angela Merkel, with no concrete plans to curtail its huge coal industry, will be exposed as her country plays host to Fiji’s climate presidency

Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS

Sponsored content: Small island nations face extreme weather and rising seas. A new Green Climate Fund project aims to improve early warning systems.

Amazon forest fires pushing climate change ‘beyond human control’

Leading Amazon scientist highlights ‘grave problems’ in Brazil’s management of the world’s most important forest as climate-driven fires eat it away

Lead diplomat: Bonn climate talks must ‘restate vision of Paris’

Fijian negotiator Nazhat Shameem Khan says upcoming talks must make a strong political statement in the face of Donald Trump’s antagonism

Forest diamonds

How family rivalry and the Catholic church helped miners devastate an indigenous Amazon territory

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