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How von der Leyen could make a carbon border tax work
The next European Commission chief must tread carefully if she is to meet her promise to make polluting importers pay
Poland expected to delay EU carbon neutrality deal
European leaders will struggle to broker a stronger climate package before December, experts say, as Warsaw prepares to play hard for funding
Campaigners and industry criticise South Africa’s new carbon tax
While industrial players see it as a threat to jobs, the first tax of its kind in Africa is too weak for climate advocates
Climate a ‘signature issue’ as Ursula von der Leyen anointed EU chief
Lawmakers backed the German politician as European Commission president by a slim majority on Tuesday, after she met calls to strengthen climate ambition
Trade deal binds Brazil to Paris Agreement, says top EU official
‘President Bolsonaro chose, and came with us,’ said Cecilia Malmström, as she defended the EU deal with several South American nations
Non-Green MEPs largely ignore climate on Twitter
Parliamentarians from the EU’s power blocs might talk tough on global warming, but don’t engage with the most influential social media accounts, analysis shows
Von der Leyen offers 55% CO2 cuts by 2030 in bid for EU top job
The German nominee for European Commission president has strengthened her climate ambition to win parliamentary backing from socialists and liberals
Two million in Zimbabwe’s capital have no water as city turns off taps
‘The situation is bad, period’, says spokesman for Harare council, as suburbs go weeks without water and cases of typhoid are reported
Trains deliver emergency water to drought-hit Chennai
Millions of people are experiencing water shortages as Chennai’s reservoirs are running dry and other sources of water are dwindling
How Trump’s climate U-turn exposed the limits of European power
When the world needed someone to step up as a climate power broker, why did no-one think it would be the EU?
Families appeal EU court dismissal of ‘People’s Climate Case’
Plaintiffs including a Portuguese forester and Swedish indigenous reindeer herder argue inadequate climate action threatens their human rights
AIIB must stop backing gas in climate-hit Bangladesh
The Beijing-headquartered development bank is skewed towards fossil fuels, when it should be helping poorer countries access clean renewable power
Climate Home News launches African reporting programme
If you are an experienced African journalist, we want to hear your story ideas on the links between climate science and development
EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030
Ursula von der Leyen said Europe should become the world’s first climate neutral continent, as she sought lawmakers’ backing for the top job on Wednesday
UK told to close climate policy gap or ‘be embarrassed’ in 2020
The British government is off track for its 2050 net zero emissions target, advisers warn, undermining its credibility as likely host of Cop26 UN climate talks
Russia to ratify Paris Agreement; Putin says wind power ‘shakes worms from ground’
Russia says it wants a seat at the climate negotiations table, but the president warned problems with renewable energy must be considered
David Attenborough: Climate change may become abhorred as much as slavery
Just as 19th century attitudes toward slavery have transformed, so too may the public perception of ecological destruction shift, the naturalist told UK MPs
France announces tax on air travel in climate push
A proposed levy of €1.50-18 on each outbound flight comes as part of a climate strategy, with France pushing the EU to follow suit
European Greens demand action on climate as condition to approve EU top job
Green grouping co-chairs in the European Parliament set tough conditions to ratify Ursula von der Leyen as next Commission president after meeting her on Monday
Finland’s forestry myth undermines its radical climate ambition
The next EU presidency wants to drive the climate agenda, but its forestry industry is bad for carbon emissions, biodiversity and its indigenous Sámi people