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Climate Weekly: Climate to suffer as G7 splits
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10 key moments on the road to the Cop24 climate talks
Leaders meeting at the G7 this weekend kick off six months of diplomatic moments that will be decisive in shaping the future of the Paris Agreement
US Republican mayors pursuing climate policies undercover
Study shows that while Republican mayors are unwilling to join climate coalitions, they and their voters favour action on emissions
US cities sue Big Oil, but ignore their own climate guilt
Rich cities and counties claiming reparations from oil companies increases the inequality at the heart of climate change. But it can be fixed
Documents shed light on BP’s failures in the Great Australian Bight
A major oil spill in the region would have covered up to 750km of beaches and disrupted whale migration, reveal government documents BP tried to suppress
Shell threatened with climate lawsuit in the Netherlands
Friends of the Earth has warned it will take the oil giant to court unless it overhauls its business plan in line with international climate goals
Climate Weekly: (Finally) the Green Climate Fund chief speaks
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Four ways the Trump administration has buried climate science
When Donald Trump became US president, there were fears for public information on climate science. So what happened?
Ex-UN climate chief calls for green bonds to hit $1 trillion by 2020
Christiana Figueres is urging public authorities and corporates to scale up climate-friendly infrastructure investment by 2020, under the “green bond pledge”
Climate Weekly: Shipping climate deal, ahoy!
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Fiji climate lead challenged consultants’ influence before losing job
Nazhat Shameem Khan was removed from her role in the UN climate talks presidency after a protracted power struggle with Australian and European advisers
Video: Michael Bloomberg appointed UN climate envoy
The New York billionaire immediately called on Donald Trump to revise his views on climate change and show he was a “great leader”
Only one country will be to blame if the Paris climate deal fails
The agreement’s challenges should not be painted as a collective global failure: the US, with its malignant politics, is the only country that truly matters
EU subsidies to a massive gas pipeline clash with climate goals
The European Investment Bank approved a €1.5 billion loan to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline last week. This is why it matters
Greenpeace appeals Norway Arctic oil drilling case
Campaigners plan to take their bid to block Arctic oil exploration licences to Norway’s supreme court, after a district court dismissed their case
Indian mogul Mahindra pledges to align with Paris climate agreement
The chair of a $19bn Indian conglomerate committed to science-based targets, saying all efforts to cut carbon ‘have given us a return’
Los Angeles lawmakers propose “climate emergency” department
In the wake of the devastating Thomas wildfire in southern California, city council members are calling for emergency funds to ramp up climate action
Macron summit touts green finance progress – despite Trump
Paris meeting showed movement towards cleaner investments by development banks and the private sector, but there was little new money for the poorest
Trump seeks pro-coal alliance as global push against fuel grows
While leaders gather in Paris to celebrate the second anniversary of global climate pact, Trump official says US wants to form group of countries to promote “clean” coal
Belt and road countries could emit triple China’s carbon, warns official
Top green finance official Ma Jun tells a conference in Paris that China wants international support to clean up its investments abroad