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Muslim leaders tell petropowers to lead on climate change

NEWS: Islamic declaration on climate change calls on rich and oil producing states to lead according to religious principles

NEWS: Leading investor put four major companies on its banned list for links to environmentally destructive palm oil plantations

NEWS: Many plant species cannot migrate uphill fast enough to escape rising temperatures, scientists have found

NEWS: Extreme weather events linked to climate change represent a huge risk for Manila, but green groups say the government is embracing dirty energy

NEWS: Organisers say 1,000 activists got into RWE’s opencast lignite mine in Rhineland, Germany on Saturday and halted diggers

NEWS: Levi Draheim joins 20 other youth activists in unusual legal challenge to US president Barack Obama

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NEWS: Shifting funds out of coal, oil and gas could make “a very important contribution” to Paris deal, says Connie Hedegaard

NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting for global climate deal talks; critics say he can lead by stopping Shell drilling for oil

NEWS: Organisers expect a thousand people from across Europe to target opencast lignite mine, a major source of emissions

NEWS: Solar manufacturing giants are struggling on slim profit margins, hefty debts and excess production capacity

NEWS: Anote Tong urges aggressive push to stop carbon emissions from coal use and save his low-lying islands from rising seas

NEWS: Forestry giant is retiring 7,000 hectares of plantations to conserve carbon-rich peat, a major source of emissions

NEWS: Istanbul summit will issue statement urging Muslims to treat action on global warming as a religious duty

NEWS: Green groups say plans to fast track shale gas are an assault on democracy, but government insists new rules are needed

NEWS: Governing council plans to sell some $5.9 billion worth of shares in coal, oil and gas companies over climate concerns

NEWS: Former BP boss Lord Browne says high cost, environmentally sensitive project could harm Shell’s reputation

NEWS: Arvind Subramanian says demands for finance from developed countries should be moderated, and emission cuts made a priority

NEWS: Solar activity has not increased since 1700, leading scientists conclude after review of diverging datasets

NEWS: Emissions cut of 26-28% by 2030 lacks scientific credibility and harms country’s international reputation, say critics