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Canada and China to strengthen cooperation on climate, carbon markets
On a state visit to Beijing, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau struck a deal that will weave climate action into a potential trade agreement
No legal action taken against Delhi’s polluters since 2014
Despite desperately toxic air and powerful anti-pollution legislation, not a single case has been taken up against polluters in India’s capital
No heating at -6C: Poor bear brunt of Beijing’s air cleanup
Urban demands for cleaner air have left residents of surrounding towns without heating and cooking as coal systems are ripped out and gas supply falters
Kevin Rudd: ‘I don’t know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids’
Australia’s former prime minister talks about the failure of his country’s climate policy, the rise of China and the Carmichael coal mine
Communities face down plans to expand Britain’s last coal mines
‘It was cruel what we went through’. As the UK weighs whether to allow its ailing mines to stumble on, community activists ask when enough is enough?
Pompeo, Koch ally and Paris climate critic, tipped as US secretary of state
Rex Tillerson is headed for the exit, according to reports, to be replaced by a vocal opponent of climate action
How New Zealand can make world-leading climate refugee visas work
Wellington wants to give a home to Pacific island neighbours threatened by sea level rise. Here are six things to consider
Australia: Labor victory a ‘death knell for Adani’ coal mine
Queensland Labor looks certain to form government promising to veto a public loan, observers say that puts the southern hemisphere’s biggest coal project in serious doubt
EU commission urged bank to support Azerbaijan gas pipeline
Letter from top officials to the president of the EIB said Europe’s commitment to the pipeline ‘must not wane’ and called for publicly-backed loans
Cleaner coolants fund gets $540m – and US backing
The Trump administration is set to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down potent warming HFC gases, while helping fund poor countries to make the switch
German Greens reveal coal phase-out red line for joining government
The Green Party will only join a coalition promising to close at least 7GW of coal power capacity by 2020, its lawmakers say, as Germany likely faces another election
We are [not] still in: can the world ever trust US again on climate?
The US has always been an unreliable actor on climate change. This month’s sideshow to UN talks in Bonn only emphasised its internal conflicts
Russia brands environmental NGOs ‘foreign agents’
At least 14 green groups have shut down since falling foul of Moscow’s anti-spy legislation, according to Human Rights Watch
Former UN climate chief lobbies against $1bn loan to Australian coal train
Christiana Figueres warns subsidising Adani’s controversial Carmichael mega-mine would damage Australia’s reputation abroad
Macron: France will replace US funding for UN climate science
French president said Europe must step into the leadership role the US had abandoned, while Angela Merkel struggled with Germany’s political uncertainty
Video: Palau to raise Adani coal mine with Australia
“The future of our planet cannot tolerate us continually burning coal,” said the minister for environment of the tiny Pacific state
It’s war in the Amazon, says Brazil’s top environmental law enforcer
Local politicians are colluding with gangs to undermine rainforest protection, Luciano Evaristo tells delegates at UN climate talks in Bonn
Trump’s climate official: ‘I actually don’t know what 2C means’
The US came to sell fossil fuels as a solution to climate change, but were interrupted by protests as the divided US arrived in Bonn
African youth go digital to keep climate-smart farming alive
Mobile applications and online forums help young Africans make a living from farming amid changing weather, delegates hear on the sidelines of climate talks in Bonn
America’s pledge is about more than pollution
US mayors and governors want to show the world they stand by US commitments, but to their African counterparts solidarity means cash