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Apple launches $1.5bn green bond
NEWS: Technology giant is raising finance for renewable energy, greener materials and efficiency
Supreme Court scotches US high climate ambition claims
ANALYSIS: A decision to stall President Obama’s flagship Clean Power Plan undermines US standing on global warming abroad
Bloomberg climate risk initiative targets secret polluters
NEWS: Heavyweight investigation into how business reports vulnerability to climate policies and impacts could leave many corporations exposed, say experts
Green Climate Fund holds Cape Town ‘crisis’ talks over future
NEWS: Clouds are gathering over flagship scheme UN hopes will spark ‘paradigm shift’ in global clean energy and resilience to global warming
Weekly wrap: Solar tipped for 20% global energy share by 2027
Researchers eye sunny future, Vietnam to ditch coal, France plans climate diplomacy blitz, UK panned for weak green policies
Kyte: Universal energy access possible by early 2020s
NEWS: Sustainable Energy 4 All chief says major strides in clean energy, efficiency and finance mean target of powering entire planet is closer than ever
France plans renewed climate diplomacy blitz to protect Paris deal
INTERVIEW: Laurence Tubiana says maintaining momentum from COP21 summit is vital as governments prepare to work on finer details of historic pact
UAE opens $10bn green credit line in Gulf first
NEWS: Developing countries will be the target of National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s 10-year pledge to tackle “significant” energy funding gap
Green Climate Fund must think micro for macro impact
COMMENT: Support for locally-led adaptation initiatives may not sound sexy, but small targeted interventions will help the GCF drive a climate finance paradigm shift
8 climate change takeaways from Davos
DAVOS 2016: As global elite gather at the World Economic Forum, moving to counter climate change competes with economic fears
Weekly wrap: Gulf States eye oil-free future
UAE eyes greener future, UN climate chief bullish post Paris, China emissions fall, 2015 temps hit new record + Davos 2016 round-up
Africans asked to raise billions for energy access plan
DAVOS 2016: Governments urged to radically boost energy investment under African Development Bank strategy to bring light to 645 million
Bloomberg unveils crack team to assess global climate risk
NEWS: Experts from Unilever, Axa, Blackrock and JPMorgan among those chosen to rate threat posed by fossil fuel giants to global economy
Pakistan signs coal mining deals with China
NEWS: Tharparkar opencast mine will produce 3.8 million tonnes of coal a year, under agreements signed in the past month
Wind, solar to thrive despite low oil prices, say experts
ANALYSIS: Crashing hydrocarbon prices are helping consumers and hurting exporters, but won’t halt momentum for clean energy investment
Barclays: China key to closing global emissions gap
NEWS: More than a third of greenhouse gases above a 2C pathway to 2030 are under Beijing’s control, say analysts
Weekly wrap: Obama kicks coal sector while it’s down
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Obama blocks new coal mines on public land
UPDATED: US Department of the Interior announces moratorium on leases while overhauling system to reflect climate cost of extracting fossil fuels
How Russia and neighbours could go 100% renewable by 2030
NEWS: Researchers argue Central Asia could become highly energy-competitive in a green economy, with investment in a super-grid
Bangladesh coal power plans stall
NEWS: Local sources blame bureaucracy for slowdown in programme to triple power generation and reduce dependence on gas