German vice chancellor attacks China’s electric car targets
New proposals to set minimum quota for electric cars in China are “clearly discriminatory” toward German carmakers, says Sigmar Gabriel
China’s top envoy criticises Trump climate stance
Xie Zhenhua tells US presidential candidate a wise political leader conforms with global trends
BADEA: committed to a low carbon and resilient Africa
Development bank plans to drive funding towards low carbon and climate resilient programmes as part of Paris climate deal pivot
Global carbon intensity falls, on declining coal use
China leads the charge for emissions efficiency, but faster progress is needed to meet the Paris climate goals
Saudi Arabia to ratify Paris climate deal before Marrakech talks
Petropower will join historic pact ahead of further climate negotiations next week, says minister Khalid Al-Falih
UN to deliver climate plan for shipping in 2023
Envoys agree roadmap to tackle maritime sector’s rising share of global greenhouse gas emissions, but final plan won’t be ready for six years
Bosnia faces legal action over Chinese-backed coal dash
Green groups are slinging legal challenges at proposed coal plants in a bid to prevent pollution and climate damage
Carbon majors respond to climate and human rights inquiry
Fossil fuel companies including Rio Tinto, Glencore and BHP Billiton defend their records from Philippines probe
German minister: we’ll burn coal till the 2040s
Ministers say there’s little chance of Europe’s top economy switching off its coal plants for next two decades, despite raft of green policies
UK public support for fracking is collapsing
Government survey shows fracking policy lacks support, while positive attitudes towards renewables remain high
Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions rise on deforestation spike
Emissions increased 3.5% between 2014 and 2015, the latest independent analysis shows, while the economy shrank
UN climate body: no ‘Plan B’ if Trump is elected
Republican victory would likely mean climate policy heads for the bin, but Patricia Espinosa says world will hold US to deal made in 2015
Scientist calls for crackdown on methane gas leaks
With the latest technology, there is no excuse for not tackling fugitive emissions from oil and gas extraction, says professor
UN faces deadlock over shipping climate deal plans
Emerging economies face off coalition of EU, African and small island states over plans to ratchet up reductions to industry’s CO2 pollution
Green Climate Fund talks ‘hijacked’ by India-Pakistan conflict
After objections by the Indian representative, the Green Climate Fund has kept on hold a project to reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods in northern Pakistan
Pope’s climate message did not sway US Republicans – study
Right-wing Catholics attacked Pope Francis’ credibility rather than change their political views, survey shows
IEA: strategy shift needed to keep up renewables growth
Clean power installations will flatline without sustained policy improvements, says influential forecaster
EU focused on shipping climate deal by 2018
Transport commissioner says bloc will stick to plans to deploy unilateral climate regulations on vessels, but wants to secure global consensus
UN shipping chief warns of industry’s rising climate impact
Existing fuel efficiency measures won’t cut it as shipping demand grows, says Kitack Lim at environmental meet
World has entered new climate reality – UN weather chief
Global average CO2 concentrations breached symbolic milestone of 400ppm for the first time in 2015, while temperatures soared