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Top US Republicans pitch $40 carbon tax to Trump
GOP veterans say carbon dividend could put money in pockets of 70% of poorest in US while significantly cutting greenhouse gas pollution
Netherlands invests €1m in global climate adaptation centre
Dutch join forces with Japan, UN among leading donors for project aimed at helping countries understand how they can cope with climate impacts
Russia starts work on climate adaptation strategy
Kremlin wants new plan by mid-2018, as brief sent to regions highlights focus on extreme weather events, permafrost thawing
Women’s mosque goes solar in India clean energy push
As Uttar Pradesh lags its target for solar installations, female-led Ambar Mosque calls on everyone to do their bit for air quality and energy access
UK emissions have fallen 38% since 1990 on coal closures
UK chasing Denmark as one of the fastest carbon cutters in the developed world, but faces tougher challenge in cleaning up transport fleet
Over 400 ex-EPA staffers protest Trump environment pick
Former government employees raise concerns about Scott Pruitt’s climate scepticism
Think climate change is a hoax? Visit Norway
Environment minister says warm temperatures and low levels of Arctic sea ice are an early warning to world that climate change is biting
Drought sours future of Swaziland’s sugar growers
Sugarcane has brought wealth to the world’s last absolute monarchy, but climate change spells an uncertain future for this thirsty crop
Contested NOAA paper had no influence on Paris climate deal
Envoys from US, EU, Russia and South Africa reject claims that one piece of research in June 2015 shaped flagship UN climate pact
Crib notes: China’s solar PV capacity doubled in 2016
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National emergency as Chile fights record forest fires
Drought, heat and commercial foresting have made it easier for fires to spread, killing 11 people and consuming entire towns
EPA airbrushes climate webpage as Pruitt nears confirmation
US federal environment agency has quietly removed a reference to UN climate cooperation from its website
Pentagon: Arctic melt requires updated US strategy
Falling sea ice levels due to climate change and spike in Russian activity require strategic response in US, says department of defense
Sweden set to bring in climate law by 2018
Legislation will create the framework to deliver a cross-party agreement to go carbon neutral by 2045
Green groups don’t get conservatives – it’s time this changed
Conservatives are committed to science-based public policy on the environment, but for too long their voice has been ignored by civil society
Geoengineering rulebook could be ready by 2020s
Initiative sponsored by Carnegie Council and led by UN climate veteran aims to break silence around geo-technologies and explore their potential
Coal and oil demand ‘could peak in 2020’
Solar power and electric vehicles will wreak havoc on the energy sector, say analysts from Carbon Tracker and Grantham Institute, in contrast to rosy industry forecasts
6 takeaways from the 2017 EU state of the energy union
Brussels bids for climate leadership as US backs out, but stocktake shows clean energy momentum slowing and a carbon lock-in risk from gas pipelines
Climate ignored as Exxon Mobil takes earnings hit
US supermajor’s profits have halved since last year, on a $2bn write-down of gas assets, but executives still don’t mention climate risk