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Bitcoin reforms proposed to curb soaring carbon footprint
Revamped cryptocurrency transactions could be cleaner than credit cards, experts say, while the underlying blockchain technology can bring climate benefits
China to launch nationwide carbon market next week: officials
The emissions trading scheme will initially cover only the power sector, not heavy industry as planned, but will nonetheless become the biggest in the world
US ‘no position’ on how much humans are changing climate, says Trump envoy
George David Banks speaks with Arthur Neslen about keeping the US in the Paris deal, morale in the state department and why he said he didn’t know what 2C means
Macron summit touts green finance progress – despite Trump
Paris meeting showed movement towards cleaner investments by development banks and the private sector, but there was little new money for the poorest
Trump seeks pro-coal alliance as global push against fuel grows
While leaders gather in Paris to celebrate the second anniversary of global climate pact, Trump official says US wants to form group of countries to promote “clean” coal
Belt and road countries could emit triple China’s carbon, warns official
Top green finance official Ma Jun tells a conference in Paris that China wants international support to clean up its investments abroad
‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025
Billions of internet-connected devices could produce 3.5% of global emissions within ten years and 14% by 2040, new research will find
To phase out coal, world leaders should learn from tobacco action
A few countries are set to join the coal phase-out club at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday, but more levers will be needed to bring major coal users in line
Civil society summit calls for international action on climate migration
Campaign groups meeting in Suva, Fiji, urged recognition of climate change in the global compact for migration due to be negotiated in 2018
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Macron summit to launch call for shipping to meet Paris climate goals
Declaration obtained by Climate Home News urges the International Maritime Organization to set emissions targets in line with “well below 2C” global warming limit
MIGA: The dirtiest World Bank wing you’ve never heard of
World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim tops the bill at a major climate summit in Paris next Tuesday, but part of the institution is still heavily promoting fossil fuels
China reverses coal ban after gas shortage leaves residents freezing
After an anti-air pollution drive left many without heat, China’s government has relaxed a ban on coal across 28 northern cities
Remake Puerto Rico’s power grid and create a universal basic income
While any move away from fossil fuels is welcome, we need to think bigger about what resilience could mean for Puerto Rico
Will these hand-painted signs be enough to stop a dam in the Amazon?
With indigenous land demarcations frozen across Brazil, illegal mining and hydro dams threaten the Amazon. Communities are taking matters into their own hands
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
In Poland’s coal heartland, miners defend their jobs but imagine a greener future
While the government champions coal, the area around Katowice, host of next year’s UN climate summit, is starting to diversify its economy
What would Hannah Arendt have seen on a beach covered in plastic bottles?
Only banal good can defeat banal evil. Kerrie Foxwell-Norton writes from the rubbish-strewn beaches of the southern Maldives
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