Latest climate change news
Kerry warns Trump against nixing climate progress
Outgoing secretary of state’s final memo to president Obama outlines his department’s successes, but warns that “the months and years ahead will be critical”
China to invest $361bn in clean power by 2020
Five-year plan sets country on path to get 15% of its energy from non-fossil sources by the end of the decade
Climate science is skewed to rich country interests, say researchers
Lack of interest in issues affecting poor countries such as adaptation informs global climate deals, argues international panel of scientists
Global 2C warming limit not feasible, warns top economist
With “extreme policy measures”, a 2.5C limit is in reach, according to latest climate model from William Nordhaus
Into the abyss: oil states face turmoil as climate policies bite
A transition to green energy sources threatens the stability of oil-rich states like Venezuela, Russia and Saudi Arabia
Can Saudi Arabia’s regime survive in a greener world?
The race is on for Saudi Arabia to find new sources of income before the oil age peters out
France delivers 2050 climate plan to UN
Francois Hollande joins leaders in US, Germany, Mexico and Canada in delivering long-term plan to slash emissions to United Nations climate body
Is Germany’s renewable power boom stalling?
Analysis of 2016 data by leading solar research institute shows no growth in electricity from renewable sources
Why India’s waste pickers are key to a fair climate deal
Low-carbon measures could increase urban poverty if a clean transition is not carefully managed, research from IIED suggests
The age of Xi: will China flex its climate muscles in 2017?
Beijing’s policies have seen China invest heavily in renewables and support the UN’s first major climate pact – but without US cover it will face new scrutiny this year
Climate calendar: key dates for your 2017 diary
With new leaders in the US and at the UN, conflicts across the world and a rise in populism, 2017 promises to be a key year for climate politics
Climate kids call on Rex Tillerson to testify in court
Plaintiffs in lawsuit against oil majors and the US government want Exxon chief-turned-secretary of state to give evidence the day before Donald Trump’s inauguration
Trump’s climate impact could be ‘vanishingly small’
Trump has called climate change a hoax, but what’s truly scary, scientists tell ProPublica, is how much larger the problem is than one American president.
Don’t kill US climate plans, 15 states warn Trump
Attorneys general from Democrat states and four sub-state jurisdictions say they will see the new president in court if he rips up low carbon policies
Our climate heroes of 2016
Climate Home writers pick some of the defiant optimists they came across in 2016
China reveals 2016 coal power crackdown
Beijing government says it is starting to cancel coal projects, but critics say country is wasting billions on polluting capacity it does not require
Waste gas flared by oil industry rising, warns World Bank
Natural gas flaring at oil sites around the world is on the up, cutting the industry’s costs but damaging the climate
Rising middle class threatens China’s climate targets
China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being undermined by increased Western-style consumption habits among the urban rich
British Army accused of thwarting Kenya’s climate plans
Who should account for emissions from overseas military training bases? UK defence planners say Kenya must deal with pollution from army manoeuvres
Australian climate sceptics may form new party
A right wing government backbencher with ties to mining magnate Gina Rinehart has registered a website for a new political brand, Australian Majority