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Dispute over coal exit set to dominate G20 leaders’ summit
The Italian presidency is seeking to secure an agreement to phase out coal power but there is resistance from members including China, India and Australia
G20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies
The EU’s threatened carbon tariff on imports has spurred trading partners like Indonesia and Turkey to consider making polluters pay at home
Climate vulnerability should be factored into debt relief, says IMF head
Kristalina Georgieva said the IMF was considering proposals to ensure climate vulnerable middle-income nations receive support to build back better from Covid-19
Saudis and Europeans reach compromise on climate as G20 projects unity
EU leaders endorsed Riyadh’s contentious “circular carbon economy” vision at the G20 summit, in exchange for a renewed commitment to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
Saudi-led G20 energy statement backs fossil fuel bailouts
Neglecting to mention climate change or commitments to end fossil fuel subsidies, G20 energy ministers focused on stabilising the oil market
Saudi Arabia censors fossil fuel subsidy discussion as G20 host
Riyadh is scrubbing the word “subsidy” from expert briefings, despite a commitment from G20 countries to phase out “inefficient” support to coal, oil and gas
Japan waters down G20 climate commitment ahead of leaders’ summit
Draft communique circulated by the host stops short of endorsing implementation of the Paris Agreement, in an apparent bid to keep the US onside
France and China declare joint climate commitment at G20
The major economies promised to work together to set robust rules for the Paris Agreement sending a political boost ahead of crucial UN talks next week
G20 countries must break their addiction to fossil fuels
Leaders of major economies meeting in Argentina this month need to step up climate action if the world is to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement
Argentina accused of caving to Trump by dropping carbon price from G20 talks
G20 presidency denies US a factor in turn away from carbon pricing, but upcoming Japanese and Saudi leadership could mean issue is pushed off agenda for years
This G20 will be remembered for division, not unity
Efforts in Hamburg to rally 19 countries to the Paris Agreement were successful, but deeper ambition feels further away
May meets Trump on climate, but her Brexit will damage the Paris accord
Despite May’s G20 overture to Trump, her government is preparing a divorce from the EU that will have profound negative consequences for the climate
Vulnerable nations call on G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020
Ministers from countries on the front line of climate change have urged rich nations to stop pouring money into the coal, oil and gas industries
G20 report shows competing visions of a clean energy future
The IEA and IRENA issued separate press releases for their joint report, reflecting a gulf in expectations on the relative roles of renewables, nuclear and carbon capture
EU and China can outflank Trump on climate change
The time is ripe for Brussels and Beijing to step up their relationship as US climate diplomacy dwindles, write Maeve McLynn and Li Shuo
How the G20 could save Paris climate deal from Trump
Donald Trump appears bent on unpicking the globalist cooperation that made a climate change accord possible. Can the world’s other powers band together to stop him?
World’s poorest urge G20 to make long-term climate plans
Chair of Climate Vulnerable Forum looks to Merkel for leadership as developing countries try to ratchet up pressure on wealthy nations
Mark Carney, the unlikely climate champion
Former Goldman Sachs banker is calmly, steadily steering the financial sector in a greener direction
How Germany’s G20 can accelerate progress on climate change
If the G20 focuses on making infrastructure low carbon and resilient it can meet its goals of boosting economic growth and insuring against climate risk
Germany makes climate change G20 priority
Agenda for Hamburg summit submitted by chancellor Angela Merkel to cabinet calls for global push on climate and development goals