Rich cities and counties claiming reparations from oil companies increases the inequality at the heart of climate change. But it can be fixed
Urgenda and 900 citizens successfully sued in 2015 for stronger Dutch climate ambition, but the government is challenging the court’s right to rule on policy decisions
Fracking transformed US energy production, but Europe and the rest of the world will struggle to repeat the trick, finds global report
Ten families from around the world and an indigenous Swedish youth association are suing European institutions for stronger climate action to protect their rights
International donors have frozen funding to conserve the world’s second largest rainforest, with the DRC environment minister said to have gone “rogue”
While the Trump administration generally avoids discussion of climate change, it is participating in a coalition to promote “clean, reliable” nuclear power
As companies withdraw from deals involving Iran, fearing US sanctions, the EU scrambles to preserve growing energy cooperation
Leaked strategy paper leads on jobs and calls for environmental concerns to be ‘harmonised’ with economic development
After nearly 200 die in extreme weather, national disaster agency reiterates zero-mortality goal and says toll could have been higher without action plans
DeSmog UK investigation finds secretive companies using UK’s Alternative Investment Market to raise finance for new oil and gas projects
Post-divorce environment body will not enforce climate change regulations, says proposal, but UK lacks direct replacement for EU institutions
‘We need to ask developing countries how to address that gap,’ says G77 chair, calling for concessions on climate finance to unlock stalled talks
Tomasz Chruszczow said calls to exclude organisations from talks based on a conflict of interest test were not ‘very useful’
Preliminary data suggests that renewable supply alone met demand for about two and a half hours on a sunny, windy public holiday on Tuesday
Western allies say Russia is using UN climate talks to ‘normalise’ its claim to the peninsula, while Russia accuses them of politicising the delicate process
Germany, France and Sweden are among the countries advocating a faster transition to a clean economy, in a critical year for strengthening ambition
Many more staff need training on the emissions trading system as climate policy moves to a new, enlarged environment ministry, says director Li Gao
On a state visit to the US, French president Macron brought a green gift but showed no sign of convincing Trump to reconsider his rejection of the Paris Agreement
The Act Alliance is calling on the EU to direct more climate finance to the most vulnerable, after finding Turkey and Ukraine were the biggest beneficiaries
Without urgent action, global warming could push 100 million people into poverty by 2030, warns coalition of developed and vulnerable countries