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Diesel subsidised by €21bn a year in Europe
Amid scandal and a public health crisis, diesel was a major beneficiary of government support for fossil fuels between 2014 and 2016, a report reveals
China, EU and Canada to take lead on climate at Montreal meeting
New partners move to take on global climate leadership at meeting in Canada this weekend as US influence declines
India’s Modi pushes international solar agreement
Indian prime minister says renewables are “particularly important” to the development of five nations meeting in Xiamen
Climate Weekly: After the deluge, reflection on climate injustice
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India’s floods expose poor countries’ total vulnerability to climate change
In West Bengal, residents say Hurricane Harvey in the US is “no comparison” to devastation for which their country left them woefully unprepared
Gender remains one of climate change’s great inequalities
Globally, women are more affected by climate change. Sweden’s deputy prime minister and the head of the Green Climate Fund say they must be brought into the discussion
Humans massively increased odds of three consecutive hottest years
New research shows odds of record years and runs of record years have changed from tiny to probable because of greenhouse gases
Trump lays groundwork for staying in Paris Agreement
After notifying the UN that he intends to leave the Paris climate deal, the prospect of Donald Trump doing so seems increasingly uncertain
Climate Weekly: the Trump delusion
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African countries urged to prepare for rise in extreme El Niño events
Early warning systems and early action funds are needed to prevent repeats of the 2015/16 famine, experts warn in response to latest science
Climate Weekly: China spreading coal in Africa
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Hope and anger in Bangladesh as Unesco reverses coal plant opposition
“I want grid power,” say locals, despite concerns that Rampal’s mega-plant may threaten the world heritage listed Sundarbans mangrove forests
Cash begins trickling out of Green Climate Fund
After a barrage of criticism, the UN’s primary climate fund has released $5.2m to a handful of projects
UN committee urges Australia to rethink support for Adani coal mine
Human rights review finds Australia’s coal production ambitions will contribute to dangerous climate change and asks government to reconsider
Modi and Adani: the old friends laying waste to India’s environment
India’s environment has been subjugated to the whims of the prime minister’s industrial cronies. How can the world believe him on climate change?
Adani’s Australian mine green light can’t change economics of coal
The ‘final investment decision’ taken by Adani this week leaves many near and long term questions unanswered about the project’s viability
‘Dirty lie’ of cheap fossil fuels must end, says German economist
Ottmar Edenhofer said the low cost of carbon ignores the social, environmental and human health costs of burning coal, oil and gas
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
Brazil’s pro-beef president Temer, betrayed by the industry he courted
Even as he handed more and more power to an agricultural lobby that would strip the Amazon for pasture, Michel Temer was being double-crossed
US endorses global action to curb greenhouse gases at Arctic summit
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson signed the Fairbanks Declaration, calling for climate action but holding judgement on the Paris Agreement