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Why Scotland won’t take the soft option on climate
Holyrood’s climate change secretary Roseanna Cunningham talks ambition, electric cars, tree planting and Brexit
Atomic politics: UK mends China links with Hinkley deal
Choosing your power source should come down science and economics, but as the UK’s Hinkley saga shows it’s also a deeply political game
Renewable investment beats rising demand for first time
There have been huge falls in renewable energy costs. But investment is still not enough to avoid dangerous climate change, says intergovernmental agency
Renewables cheaper than half-idle fossil fuel plants – analysis
As coal and gas-fired power stations run less, they are becoming less competitive on cost, finds Carbon Tracker
Film spotlights resource conflict in the Peruvian Amazon
The makers of When Two Worlds Collide talk indigenous rights, economic development and the bloodiest political struggle of Peru’s recent history
UK may delay Paris climate deal ratification till 2017
New UK climate minister thin on details but says government will play an active role in global low carbon diplomacy
G20 will blow the Paris climate targets – report
Proposed cuts are “far from sufficient” and must be six times greater by 2030 to stop the world warming beyond 2C, a study finds on the eve of the G20 leaders meeting
Weekly wrap: Brazil, US and China drop climate deal hints
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Weekly wrap: Paris deal set for ratification in 2016
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UN science panel debates 1.5C as climate records fall
Scientists to explore emission pathways that could lead to lower levels of global warming with IPCC study due in 2018
China doesn’t need any more coal plants
China’s current coal power capacity can meet electricity demands up to 2030, two of Beijing’s top climate and energy experts tell China Dialogue
Why post-Brexit UK can be a climate champion
Ex No.10 advisor says Brussels has held back British climate ambitions: without its oppressive regulations carbon emissions can fall further and faster
Rio Olympics: five missed opportunities in the green opening ceremony
Indigenous people, clean energy and climate finance were absent from a parade of environmentalist clichés, writes India Bourke
Weekly wrap: Climate-stressed Rio gears up for Olympics
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Amazon megadam denied licence over environmental, indigenous concerns
The 8GW Sao Luiz do Tapajos hydropower project is expected to get the thumbs down from Brazilian regulators, in move cautiously welcomed by activists
The Republicans fleeing Trump because of climate change
Libertarian Party emerges as unlikely home for climate-concerned Republicans as Donald Trump rails against green laws
Atomic shambles: UK nuclear plans need urgent rethink
Planned celebrations by the nuclear industry were cancelled last week following the shock decision to put the world’s largest electricity project on hold
János Áder: Hungary’s unlikely climate change leader
Janos Ader has taken a hawkish stance on global warming in his time as president, but change at home has proved harder to deliver
Weekly wrap: Democrats, Philippines target ExxonMobil
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Renewables overtake coal in UK power generation
Biomass, wind and other clean sources produced a quarter of UK electricity last year, government figures show, as plant closures reduced coal’s share to 22%