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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
Poland’s plan to leave its mark on UN climate talks
Declarations on forests, electric vehicles and the impact of climate action on coal workers will be a central legacy of this year’s talks in Katowice
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
Secretary-general to throw entire UN into fight against ‘suicidal emissions’
Antonio Guterres to outline personal and institutional crusade on climate change in ‘major’ speech in New York on Monday
Green power set to surge while fossil fuels decline: report
Electricity will be dominated by renewables and supply nearly half of total energy demand by 2050. Yet the rise is not enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals
Bangkok Bulletin: Countdown to Katowice begins
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‘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
Bangkok Bulletin: Money talks
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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
Bangkok Bulletin: All night climate party
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Armed with faded copies, four diplomats write the rules of the Paris Agreement
Climate Home News grabs the four sleepless negotiators who are leading talks on the rules of the global climate regime
Bangkok Bulletin: UN calls for more time
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Yvo de Boer: Heads of state must intervene to fix climate process
Former UN climate chief says trust underpinning global negotiations can only be restored at the highest political level