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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
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
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’
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
Record evacuations cut Typhoon Mangkhut death toll, says UN
Philippines learned life-saving lessons from 2013 Typhoon Haiyan as residents heeded warnings and fled their homes
Exxon, Chevron first US companies to join oil and gas climate alliance
ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum join ten other major fossil fuel producers that say they recognise the goals of the Paris climate deal
Business lobby plans to oppose raising EU climate ambition
Leaked memo shows BusinessEurope is preparing to resist a stronger EU 2030 emissions target, ahead of a key climate summit in Poland later this year
‘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
Call for climate justice as millions brace for intense storms
Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence are set to make landfall on opposite sides of the world, bringing destruction likely exacerbated by climate change
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
Even without the Trump administration, the US is upholding the Paris Agreement
States, cities and companies alone will put the US in touching distance of its climate goals, say governor Jerry Brown and UN special envoy Michael Bloomberg
Climate action is written in the stars
As business and civic leaders meet in California, they should look to the heavens for inspiration, writes New Zealand climate change minister James Shaw
‘Scientifically right’: EU commission president backs deeper carbon cuts
Jean-Claude Juncker urged the European Union to raise its goals for limiting climate change, but did not mention the forthcoming 2050 strategy
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
‘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
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
End of coal power in Australia ‘inevitable’ – report
Market forces alone will see huge drop in coal use over next decade, academics find, adding that planning for a future without coal is ‘prudent risk management’