Climate politics
Marshall Islands commit to going carbon-neutral by 2050
First plan of its kind from an island nation says adopting new shipping technologies ‘could have ripple effects across the international sector’
Climate Weekly: G7 spotlights Canada’s climate dissonance
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UN lacks plan to help climate migrants, finds internal report
Experts say drought, flooding and storms can force people from their homes and urged the UN chief to develop a system-wide strategy
France is lagging on 8 out of 9 climate targets, watchdog warns
For all President Macron’s talk of “making our planet great again”, emissions are not falling fast enough in most sectors, according to an NGO scorecard
‘Major shift’: Nations face bottom-up pressure to act on climate change
A California summit of business, city and state leaders ends with a call on national governments to increase their pledges to the Paris climate deal
Climate Weekly: Into the storm
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Let down by Trump on climate, China goes around him in California
At the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco, the superpower and the US state cut diplomatic deals that fly in the face of White House policy
UK offers green assurances for no-deal Brexit
London says it will carry over EU emissions rules for cars, coolants and industrial plants even if it crashes out in March with no negotiated deal
EU pushes Poland to drive climate ambition as UN host
As climate hosts, Poland will be charged with spurring greater efforts to cut emissions. The EU has some suggestions
Poland’s plan to leave its mark on UN climate talks
Declarations on forests, electric vehicles and the impact of climate action on coal workers will be a central legacy of this year’s talks in Katowice
A green transition can help save money: France’s new environment minister
De Rugy presents himself as more pragmatic than his predecessor, calling to end divisions over nuclear energy and work within budgetary constraints
Secretary-general to throw entire UN into fight against ‘suicidal emissions’
Antonio Guterres to outline personal and institutional crusade on climate change in ‘major’ speech in New York on Monday
Bangkok Bulletin: Countdown to Katowice begins
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‘Everyone was frustrated’: US-China stand-off holds up climate talks
A week of climate negotiations in Bangkok proceeded unevenly, as old fights about the firewall between rich and poor countries resurfaced
Bangkok Bulletin: Money talks
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As he prepares to host climate bash, will California’s Brown bring gifts?
With a sweeping climate bill waiting for signature and an oil industry of his own, activists pressure governor Jerry Brown to live up to the vision of his own summit
Governments begin work on universal environment pact
UN will take stock of environmental failures and may create sweeping legal pact, or treaties on single issues, such as plastic pollution
Bangkok Bulletin: All night climate party
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Armed with faded copies, four diplomats write the rules of the Paris Agreement
Climate Home News grabs the four sleepless negotiators who are leading talks on the rules of the global climate regime
Bangkok Bulletin: UN calls for more time
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