Why state action is no answer to bonfire of US climate rules
President Trump says states know better than federal government how to protect the environment, but history shows they are creative at ducking collective problems
‘Issue for the left’: how climate change can shake this tag
A new poll shows the view that climate change is mostly a left-wing concern is prevalent and problematic. It’s time to change the conversation
Paris climate deal needs to be politically, not legally, binding
Whether countries have the legal right to back out of their climate commitments is irrelevant. It’s up to defenders to make sure it hurts them politically
Fiji presidency must not fail climate change victims at “Pacific COP”
Despite warm words about protecting the vulnerable, the island presidency of this year’s UN climate talks is showing no urgency on “loss and damage”
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
Finland’s plan to increase logging is a danger to the climate
Finland’s government has attempted to discredit scientists who criticised its increased logging programme, writes Hanna Aho from NGO Fern
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
If US states are really ‘still in’ Paris, here’s what they need to do
The Paris accord isn’t only about cutting emissions, some states are already finding ways to meet climate finance commitments
Pacific islanders: Shipping must comply with Paris climate goals
Representatives of four Pacific island nations join today at the IMO in London to ask the shipping industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions
Even Boeing-747 tanker jets can’t win our total war on fires
The more effectively we suppress fires, the worse they become. As climate change makes the world more combustible, we need a new approach
‘Nobody wants to be part of a dying culture’: Reddit on the end of coal
Donald Trump wants to revive the coal industry. But Redditors from declining US coal towns say their families need a future rather than a return to the past
End of coal: Failure to see it coming will hurt miners most
History shows governments that don’t anticipate and make provisions for the decline of coal burden communities for generations
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
Several US states and cities have committed to cut emissions despite president Trump, but only Seattle remembered cash commitments to the developing world
FORE! Trump’s Paris speech was an awful mishit
The golf-loving president says he will pull the US from the Paris agreement. The UN’s renewable energy chief explains why that’s dumb in terms he’d understand
Multi-faith leaders target Pruitt with G7 call to respect creation
Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists have issued a plea to the G7 environment ministers to act faster on climate change
EU-China climate statement is a manifesto for a new global order
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant
Environmental protections are under siege across the world
Not only in the US, the laws that safeguard the global commons are being watered down or washed away
Pope’s climate essay won’t convince Trump, it didn’t even work on Catholics
Pope’s encyclical on climate change appealed to liberals, but conservative Catholics were driven away by the values it invoked
Transparency is essential to make aviation climate deal work
As countries write the rules for airlines to offset their emissions growth, they must make sure there is no double-counting
G20 must support good jobs in the low carbon transition
Donald Trump’s unrealistic promise to put coal miners back to work shows why we need a positive strategy to create green jobs