Coal plant cancellations mean the world’s two largest countries are cutting emissions faster than predicted a year ago, outweighing the effect of US policy rollbacks
Unusually heavy pre-monsoon rains wiped out 2 million tonnes worth of rice crops, making farmers destitute and pushing up costs
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
At summit with 29 government leaders in Beijing, China’s president Xi Jinping proposed an “international coalition for green development”
The shipping industry could undermine global climate efforts. But Pacific islands and EU nations are joining together to force them to change.
Guarani-Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron is touring Europe to raise awareness of violence and environmental destruction by agribusiness
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson signed the Fairbanks Declaration, calling for climate action but holding judgement on the Paris Agreement
US secretary of state will fly to the world’s fastest warming region to join ministers in a statement that could sit uncomfortably with his president’s anti-climate agenda
Piyush Goyal told a UN energy forum in Vienna India would pursue clean energy “irrespective of what others do”, in a nod to the US debate
Susan Biniaz, who played a key role in drafting the US-China and Paris deals, will continue to work on international climate change issues
African leaders are no-one’s “puppet”, says head of the African group of climate negotiators, after $10bn scheme was said to have been hijacked by the EU
The Paris agreement is a club for countries who are part of a global effort to tackle dangerous climate change. The US no longer meets these admission criteria.
Nine men were brutally killed last month in a remote Brazilian settlement where deforestation, land grabbing and violence go unpunished
Defenders of the Paris climate agreement are fudging the question of whether nations, namely the US, should be allowed to water down their commitments
Delegates at Bonn climate talks warn of wider diplomatic repercussions if the US withdraws from the Paris climate deal
A push to green India’s vast railway network with solar panels and LEDs also helps passengers and homeless migrants feel safe
Centrist candidate supports a coal phase-out by 2022, carbon price rise and trade sanctions on polluting countries, but needs a parliamentary mandate to deliver
While the White House wrangles over the Paris deal, diplomats gather for climate talks in Bonn where the US presence will be much reduced
In the shift to renewables, several member states are paying coal generators to be available for back-up power
In answer to queries from China and others, the Trump administration said it was reviewing policies to promote “jobs for American workers”