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Mauritius oil spill: questions mount over ship fuel safety
More than six months after the Wakashio spilled fuel oil into a pristine lagoon, Mauritians are still waiting for answers and compensation
DR Congo campaigners take minister to court over illegal logging rights claims
Environment minister Claude Nyamugabo is accused of violating a moratorium on logging in the Congo rainforest, by awarding concessions the size of Wales
Colombia banks on forest economy to deliver climate ambition leap
Since the end of a 50-year civil war, Colombia has seen a spike in forest clearance, that the government now hopes to reverse with agroforestry initiatives
Mark Carney oversees blueprint for scaling up carbon market as offset demand soars
With more and more businesses setting net zero emissions targets, the voluntary carbon market needs stronger quality control to scale up, says UN special envoy
UN fund pays Indonesia for forest protection as deforestation rises
Campaigners accuse the Green Climate Fund of letting governments game the UN’s Redd+ forest protection scheme, as Indonesia is awarded $103 million
Forest destruction spiked in Indonesia during coronavirus lockdown
Travel restrictions allowed illegal deforestation to flourish in Indonesia – and government plans to cut environmental protections raise fears for the future
Watchdog: Germany must reach net zero emissions by 2038
An independent advisory body on environmental policy warned Germany risks exhausting its carbon budget by 2029 without robust climate action
NDC INVEST supports Latin American climate action during coronavirus
Sponsored content: The Inter-American Development Bank is working with governments to keep up momentum on climate action despite the public health crisis
Carbon markets will not help stop climate change
Trading carbon is widely said to make emissions cuts cheaper. But for whom? And why is it dominating climate diplomacy in Madrid?
What is Article 6? The issue climate negotiators cannot agree
It has proven the hardest part of the Paris Agreement to create rules for, with warnings a weak decision could undermine the accord. Now it will dominate UN talks in Madrid
In Tanzania, ownership of the forest offers new prospects for old loggers
In one of Africa’s fastest deforesting nations, community control over the land offers villages new income, infrastructure and dignity
Climate Weekly: The climate elections
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Lake Chad not shrinking, but climate is fuelling terror groups: report
Satellite analysis shows ‘vanishing’ lake has grown since 1990s, but climate instability is driving communities into the arms of Boko Haram and Islamic State
Spain’s socialists win election with Green New Deal platform
Vote share up in mining regions after deal to transition away from coal, manifesto calls for ‘consideration of planetary limits as conditions for economic progress’
Developing world split on climate finance at UN flagship fund
Vulnerable countries are backing governance reform at the Green Climate Fund, while emerging economies resist efforts to impose conditions on finance
How grants can empower indigenous peoples to protect the climate
Sponsored content: A Climate Investment Funds scheme with forest-dependent communities has exceeded expectations, according to an independent review
Empowered Indigenous voices drive forest protection
Sponsored content: Community-led projects launch Indigenous perspectives onto the global climate stage
World’s three biggest rainforests face year of precarious politics
Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia all face a year of political flux placing their vast rainforests in peril
With the clock ticking on 1.5C, we need a new approach to climate finance
Sponsored content: To make real progress on climate requires a multi-sectoral, programmatic approach
Rich countries cannot be allowed to buy their way out of climate change
Favouring market tools over real pollution cuts in the richest countries is a recipe for climate disaster