Paris Agreement
Despite Trump, US climate team to forge on with Paris deal
As UN climate talks resume in Germany, a team of experienced, familiar diplomats are expected to take up many of the same positions the US has been fighting for years
Jerry Brown: ‘California will sue Trump over climate’
Governor says state will use the courts to block the erosion of US climate actions, ‘just like the Republicans tried to block Obama’s efforts’
Bonn climate talks raise tough questions about German coal
Chancellor Angela Merkel, with no concrete plans to curtail its huge coal industry, will be exposed as her country plays host to Fiji’s climate presidency
US climate talks delegation to be led by under secretary Thomas Shannon
Obama-appointed diplomat will lead the US at first climate talks since Trump’s Paris withdrawal speech, he once called climate change “one of the world’s great challenges”
US ‘will not speculate’ on climate treaty after leaving Unesco over Palestine
The body that oversees the Paris treaty also recognises Palestine, raising the prospect that Thursday’s decision to leave Unesco sets a precedent
New York City aims to be carbon neutral by 2050
Donald Trump’s home city aligns its strategy with tough 1.5C global warming limit, in defiance of the president’s hostility to climate action
Anger at EU climate chief’s suggestion US can backtrack on Paris
EU commissioner has signalled that the US can downgrade its pledge to the Paris deal, but poor countries say such an act would “undermine global solidarity”
Nicaragua to join Paris climate deal in solidarity with ‘first victims’
Announcement makes Syria the only party not to have adopted the 2015 deal, while the US is threatening to leave in 2020
China, EU and Canada to take lead on climate at Montreal meeting
New partners move to take on global climate leadership at meeting in Canada this weekend as US influence declines
US state department to abolish climate change envoy
Critics say Rex Tillerson’s restructuring will further diminish US’ standing in international affairs
NGO demands Trump-Pruitt emails on Paris withdrawal
The Center for Biological Diversity is seeking documents that influenced the US president’s decision to leave the Paris climate agreement