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Los Angeles lawmakers propose “climate emergency” department
In the wake of the devastating Thomas wildfire in southern California, city council members are calling for emergency funds to ramp up climate action
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
Cop23 UN climate talks: Everything you need to know
The US’ split personality, a stronger China and all the technical outcomes of the 2017 Fiji-in-Bonn summit in one place, compiled by Carbon Brief
Bloomberg demands seat at UN climate negotiating table for cities and states
UN special envoy says non-state actors can deliver US carbon-cutting pledge despite president Donald Trump’s hostility to climate action
US governor elections inspire hope during UN climate talks
Rejection of Trumpism in key gubernatorial battles is a sign the US’ climate pariahdom may be shortlived
Climate finance helps ayahuasca culture protect remote Amazon forest
Six hours from the nearest road, German climate money funds a hallucinogenic festival that tips the scales in a culture war between indigenous villagers and cattle ranchers
‘Don’t wake the bear’: fragile climate talks begin in Bonn
Despite calm rhetoric, negotiators are nervous of the Trump effect, telling Climate Home News the Paris consensus ‘can unravel very quickly’
Despite Trump, US climate team to forge on with Paris deal
As UN climate talks resume in Germany, a team of experienced, familiar diplomats are expected to take up many of the same positions the US has been fighting for years
It’s time for new climate governance – from below
Sponsored content: The Bonn climate talks will see a huge push from local and state governments who are driving climate action everywhere
Climate Weekly: Startling admissions and supersonic emissions
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One in seven coal power plant owners are heading for the exit
North American and European utilities are phasing out old coal plants, Coal Swarm survey shows, as Asian companies dominate new development
Canada to Tony Abbott: Inuit don’t think climate change is ‘probably good’
Environment minister Catherine McKenna rebutted former Australian PM’s claim climate change was “probably doing good” at a London conference
International concern as US moves to end clean power plan
The Trump administration plans to repeal and replace landmark policy that underpinned US commitment to Paris Agreement and a key climate deal with China
New York City aims to be carbon neutral by 2050
Donald Trump’s home city aligns its strategy with tough 1.5C global warming limit, in defiance of the president’s hostility to climate action
Climate Weekly: Fiji sets out Pacific COP vision
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Fiji’s climate leadership: ‘We are all in the same canoe’
Prime minister Frank Bainimarama urged leaders in New York to look beyond narrow self-interest as he outlined plans for COP23 climate talks presidency
Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama’s speech to the UNGA – in full
The president of COP23, the next round of UN climate talks, calls for solidarity with hurricane victims and sets the scene for negotiations
Jerry Brown’s climate coalition now covers 39% of the global economy
California governor’s list of city, state and national governments nears 200 and is shifting climate diplomacy beyond the caprices of national leaders