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Trump desire to renegotiate Paris deal ‘incoherent’ and ‘clumsy’
Trump’s speech was “divisive”, “unnecessarily isolating” and utterly misunderstood the agreement from which he has now withdrawn, experts said
Republican ‘climate caucus’ offered little support for Paris deal
Republican who signed up to climate action all but evaporated in the lead up to Trump’s momentous decision, highlighting deep-set opposition to global cooperation
Bangladesh backtracks on carbon tax proposal ahead of election year
Mooted climate policy was dropped from the budget announced on Thursday, as energy and transport lobbies complained it would raise living costs
EU-China climate statement is a manifesto for a new global order
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant
White House debate on Paris was never about climate change
The wrangling between Trump’s advisors was always about how best to burn more fossil fuels
Donald Trump says US will leave Paris climate agreement
Donald Trump withdraws the US from 2015 Paris climate agreement, leaving the US standing almost alone against action on climate change
As it happened: Trump says US will withdraw from Paris climate deal
Live coverage as the US president announces heavily-rumoured decision to leave Paris climate agreement. Follow @karlmathiesen or email [email protected]
Leaked EU-China climate statement – in full
As Trump reportedly prepares to walk out of the Paris climate deal, the EU and China have prepared a statement that sets them up to replace the US as climate leaders
UN climate conference 2018 heads to heartland of Polish coal
Katowice, home to the largest coal company in the EU, will host the pivotal 2018 climate talks
Trump schedules Paris announcement for 3pm Thursday
Join our live blog from around 2pm ET (7pm BST) for updates from the US and around the world as Trump makes his decision on the Paris accord
Trump told Pruitt to make plan to leave Paris deal, stay in UNFCCC
Environment chief asked by president to draft a strategy that would take the US out of the Paris climate deal, but keep the country within the wider UN climate process
Trump: Paris Agreement decision will ‘make America great again’
Unconfirmed reports said the president had decided to leave the Paris agreement, turning the US away from the global effort to fight climate change
Environmental protections are under siege across the world
Not only in the US, the laws that safeguard the global commons are being watered down or washed away
UN secretary general: ‘Get on board the climate train or get left behind’
As the US teeters on the brink of leaving the global climate process, António Guterres has implored all countries to stay the course or go alone into a “grey future”
EU climate laws undermined by Polish and Czech revolt, documents reveal
As the world looks to the EU for leadership on climate, eastern states are diluting laws supposed to guide Europe toward its carbon reduction targets
Brazil’s Temer urged to veto rollback of forest protections
Nearly 600,000 hectares of land could lose protected status under a law approved by Congress, an area twice the size of the US’ Yosemite national park
Conflict-hit Syrian hospital goes solar to save lives
Medical charity UOSSM plans to roll out solar power to five more facilities, reducing reliance on diesel generators to keep incubators and other equipment running
G7 split as leaders issue climate statement without US
US would not join other G7 leaders in support of climate action. President Donald Trump promised to make his decision on the Paris accord “next week”
Pope’s climate essay won’t convince Trump, it didn’t even work on Catholics
Pope’s encyclical on climate change appealed to liberals, but conservative Catholics were driven away by the values it invoked
G7-backed insurance ‘too little, too late’ for Malawi drought, report finds
Insurance scheme that took nine months to pay out after a state of emergency was declared contains major flaws, according to Action Aid report