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India dismisses Trump impact on climate targets

Piyush Goyal told energy analysts investors are keen to get involved in the country’s ambitious clean power plans

Chinese president delivers impassioned ode to globalisation, free trade, green growth and says any trade war will leave ‘no winners’

In Davos, President Xi Jinping is promoting a new growth model. China Dialogue looks at how booming renewables support that vision

Beijing’s sustainable finance push is bearing fruit, with a world-leading $36.9bn worth of green bonds issued last year

In the second of a three-part series, we look at how President Obama galvanised international action on climate change

Scientists mystified by a sudden fall in sea ice around Antarctica, but said there was no evidence it was related to global warming

Minister says private sector will be encouraged to bid for major clean energy investment programmes as country moves to diversify economy

Report commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency recommends closing older plants rather than relying on the carbon price

A carbon sink as large as 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions has been identified in peatland in central Africa’s forests

The new head of the UN’s green fund has a packed to-do list: here Climate Home outlines what he should focus on in his first year in charge

In the first of a three-part series, Climate Home looks at Barack Obama’s domestic record on one of his top priority issues

Letter signed by 100 UK scientists says Republican plan to de-fund NASA would harm British interests

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Emissions rigging scams are the “beginning of the end” of the diesel car, opening the door for electric vehicles

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Email subscribers and twitter followers were most positive about President Obama’s impact on the world stage

Leading critic of US climate plans set to address Brussels summit on environment amid fears Trump may hurt Paris Agreement

Global Change Research Program indicates support for further exploration of how geoengineering could be used to tackle global warming

Incoming UN secretary general says he wants to rebalance organisation’s approach from conflict resolution to prevention

China cut back on renewable power subsidies to focus on grid upgrades, say analysts, driving a global slump