Climate justice
Youth activists urge African governments to do more to curb climate change
Africa emits only 5% of world greenhouse gas emissions yet is most at risk from worsening heatwaves, droughts and floods
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Indigenous lands, protected areas limit Amazon’s carbon emissions
Greater international support for indigenous land rights and livelihoods is a cost-effective way to limit climate change, PNAS study
Oslo court backs Arctic oil exploration in defeat for environmentalists
Greenpeace says it will appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing oil exploration violates Norway’s constitutional guarantees of a healthy environment
Australia’s climate change polarisation hampers long-term bushfire fixes
‘We need to re-invent and re-think the management of our landscape,’ say bushfire experts, warning adapting to climate change will require bipartisan political support
Into another decade – Climate Weekly
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2019 in review: Polarised world entering era of climate impacts
We look back on CHN’s reporting from a year that saw a great collision of political and physical forces
For the vulnerable, UN climate talks are no longer fit for purpose
I have been to all 25 UN climate conferences. I won’t be attending next year unless major changes are made to achieve real action
Cop25: What was achieved and where to next?
After two weeks of talks, many issues remain unresolved. Here we break down the major fights and minor breakthroughs of the UN conference in Madrid
Carbon offsets have patchy human rights record. Now UN talks erode safeguards
A new global carbon market could unleash finance for projects around the world. But protections for local communities were weakened in draft rules at Cop25
Irresistible Greta Thunberg meets immovable UN climate talks
Youth march on Madrid to demand real action, while diplomats remain deadlocked over climate rules and big emitters stay silent
We really may have just 11 years to save the climate
As the crisis becomes dominated by urgent survival needs, the political window to prevent further climate change will close
The UK must steer the Paris Agreement out of its ‘perilous decade’
Demands for action are outstripping political will. The diplomatic task of bridging the expectations gap falls to the hosts of next year’s climate talks
Loss and damage: Who pays for the impacts of the heated Earth?
The current system for accounting for loss and damage from climate change is contentious and up for review at UN talks in Madrid
In a climate emergency, there must be compensation for victims
With impacts spreading, declarations of climate emergency are worthless unless those making them help the afflicted
London police ban on Extinction Rebellion was unlawful, court finds
Lawyers for the protest group say those arrested illegally could claim thousands in compensation
Extinction Rebellion art seized by police includes Ron Mueck skull
Australian artist’s works have sold for up to $1.3m. Police could not say whether they still have the skull, seized among hundreds of artworks during October protests
Chile has abandoned hosting Cop25, we cannot abandon its people
As the UN talks move elsewhere, the international community must remain deeply vigilant about the potential for continued and escalating repression in Chile
Catholic church denounces ‘attacks’ on Amazon people and forest
Setting up a collision with Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, the church said ‘ecocidal’ projects should be stopped and proposed indigenous-led development plan
Massive protests and disruption in Chile ahead of trade and UN climate summits
Government said plans for the meetings had not changed, but protesters and military remain on the streets and the death toll has reached 18