Climate politics
EU lawmakers support 55% emission cuts as IPCC spectre lurks
MEPs are calling on the EU to bump its 2030 target in light of this week’s scientific report of 1.5C of global warming
Brexit: What it means for UK-EU energy trade
The UK says it wants to keep ties with the EU energy market – but it’s complicated
Reality check: is the 1.5C warming target even possible?
Scientists have warned that warming more than half a degree above now is dangerous, but can we stop it?
Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM
The country won’t withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but it’s not obliged to follow UN recommendations either, Scott Morrison said
Bolsonaro has made grim threats to the Amazon and its people
Presidential favourite would abolish Brazil’s environment ministry, exposing world’s largest rainforest and its indigenous owners to criminal gangs of loggers and miners
‘Most important years in history’: major UN report sounds last-minute climate alarm
Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it
Climate Weekly: Saudis push back as IPCC talks head into overtime
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EU: Breaching 1.5C would trigger cascade of negative effects
Confidential comments on a draft UN report show the EU calling for scientists to discount scenarios where temperatures temporarily overshoot the Paris goal
Todd Stern: Remain faithful to the Paris Agreement
The deal moved away from the firewall between developed and developing countries; going backward would undermine ambition
EU environment ministers to consider stronger climate target, in light of 1.5C warming impacts
Leaked draft conclusions of meeting next Tuesday call for urgent response to UN landmark climate science report, but stop short of commitment to higher ambition
Leaked US critique of climate report sets stage for political showdown in Korea
Confidential government feedback casts doubt on scientific models, pushes domestic energy priorities and questions economic basis for climate action
Climate science faces ‘pivotal moment’ and government questions
A major report on the impacts of warming 1.5C will be the subject of intense government scrutiny this week
Climate Weekly: Ethiopia’s Nile, Saudi Arabia’s battery?
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19 countries team up to go carbon neutral
The UK, Canada, Denmark and Spain joined a coalition to slash emissions to net zero on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York
Poland pushing forest agenda as climate host, leak shows
Global declaration draft calls for new research from the UN science panel and for forest carbon stocks to be maintained by 2050
Post-Brexit carbon tax would set Scotland against UK
UK weighs future carbon pricing options, but Scotland will not abide a national tax it says will stomp on devolved powers
UN recruits Mike Bloomberg to lead green finance push
Antonio Guterres appointed the billionaire businessman to spur private sector investment into clean energy and resilience to climate change
Edna Molewa, who fought for unity on climate change, dies aged 61
South African environment minister, who made crucial interventions during the Paris climate conference, died on Saturday while still in office
Leaked: Draft UN declaration to ‘ensure decent future’ for fossil fuel workers
Proposal by Polish climate presidency calls for a programme to monitor national efforts to protect communities impacted by climate action
Poland’s coal miners: ‘EU climate proposals terrify us’
The host city of this December’s UN climate summit is keen to share a story of post-mining transformation, but the coal industry still holds sway