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EU climate laws undermined by Polish and Czech revolt, documents reveal
As the world looks to the EU for leadership on climate, eastern states are diluting laws supposed to guide Europe toward its carbon reduction targets
Climate Weekly: Trump meets the G7
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Kenya signs China deal for coal plant beside Unesco site
Government assessment contains “grossly insufficient detail” about impact on world heritage site, said campaigners, who fear deal will prejudice an ongoing legal case
Small-scale renewables cheapest for rural Africa, says Dutch report
Africa’s quest for full access to electricity needs governments to support small, off-grid projects that are typically disregarded by investors
France set for ‘massive’ renewables boom under president Macron
Emmanuel Macron’s picks for prime minister and environment minister support rapid expansion of clean energy
EU countries have brought in $1bn of coal subsidies since Paris
In the shift to renewables, several member states are paying coal generators to be available for back-up power
Have Chinese CO2 emissions really peaked?
We are really bad at predicting Chinese emissions. Why do we think we know what happens next?
Executive disorder: Trump’s climate policies bid goodbye to reality
Despite the rhetoric, US president Donald Trump’s irrational climate order will fail to benefit the miners he has championed
Trump scraps Obama climate plan, undermining international trust
The US is becoming a “rogue state” as it backslides on hard-fought global pact, say international observers
Weekly wrap: Trump budget savages climate finance
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Port of Amsterdam set to be coal-free by 2030
Major EU shipping hub is diversifying away from coal in line with a transition to lower carbon sources of energy, strategy paper reveals
Lessons from London’s 1952 fog could save millions today
Air pollution is one of the world’s biggest killers. Peter Thorsheim looks back at the resistance, disinformation and solutions that emerged from the London fog
World is well placed to stay under 2C – if we have carbon capture
“We are broadly in the right starting position to keep warming below 2C,” but most models require carbon capture to meet the Paris goal, researchers say
Weekly wrap: Rex Tillerson debuts at the G20
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EU and China can outflank Trump on climate change
The time is ripe for Brussels and Beijing to step up their relationship as US climate diplomacy dwindles, write Maeve McLynn and Li Shuo
Australia: Fires, floods, flying foxes and political farce
On a weekend rural communities suffered dangerous weather events, the government doubled down on coal
Weekly wrap: farewell to editor Ed King
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Carbon capture lags behind 2C pathways – study
Technology to pump emissions from coal and gas plants underground is a weak link in climate plans, say researchers
Brexit Britain plan boosts smart grid and electric cars
Climate analysts give a cautious thumbs up to industrial strategy they say will support the clean energy transition
Obama’s climate legacy: can it survive President Trump?
In the third of our Obama years trilogy, we ask whether the climate gains of the past eight years can last as the Donald takes power