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Polish trade union Solidarity rejects climate science consensus
In a joint statement with US denialist think-tank the Heartland Institute, Solidarity expressed scepticism of UN conclusions on the dangers of global warming
‘Most important years in history’: major UN report sounds last-minute climate alarm
Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it
11 takeaways from the draft UN report on a 1.5C global warming limit
UN draft report says missing 1.5C warming target will multiply hunger, migration and conflict, but staying under will require unprecedented global cooperation
Australian government ‘can’t be trusted to protect Great Barrier Reef’
Government loses vote on bill noting the government’s ‘failure to protect’ reef on day of chaos in Canberra
Weekly wrap: Carmichael curveball and subsidy-free offshore wind
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Weekly wrap: Kenya faces climate-linked drought emergency
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Melting Arctic worsens Beijing’s pollution haze, study finds
Changing weather patterns make winter smog around China’s capital more likely, scientists warn, despite efforts to tackle air pollution at source
Weekly wrap: Will China turn its back on coal?
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Why the Marrakech summit must deliver on climate finance
Vulnerable countries urgently need predictable support, funding that will offer countless health, economic and development co-benefits of cleaner energy sources
Visitors rush to the Great Barrier Reef to catch it “before it’s gone”
Survey finds that 69% of visitors to the world’s largest coral reef system are motivated by the fear that it might disappear
WMO: 2016 on track to be hottest year on record
Average temperature in the first six months of 2016 was 1.3C says NASA as fears over climate change impacts continue to mount
Pope, World Bank and Google demand tougher climate policies
Governments, religious leaders and business talk up the Paris Agreement on climate change, but record temperatures hint at huge ambition deficit
Oceans warming too fast for Great Barrier Reef – study
Corals survived bleaching in the past as gradual warming gave time to adapt. That’s not so certain in the future
Australia approval of vast coal mine ‘evil’ says marine scientist
NEWS: Greens, scientists brand leases for $22bn Adani mine irresponsible in face of whitening Great Barrier Reef
Small islands urge progress in Bonn, cite Philippines Typhoon Koppu
NEWS: Alliance of vulnerable states remind weak UN climate deal might be “worse than no deal at all” as session gets off to rocky start
Netherlands court case win inspires climate campaigners
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Sahel food shortage as studies show climate risk to crops
NEWS: UN plea for food aid to the Sahel as scientific studies flag up climate change threat to food production
EPA faces ocean acidification legal challenge
US Clean Water Act could be used to combat the growing threat posed by ocean acidification, caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide
Australia rumoured to announce Kyoto II commitment tomorrow
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Climate Live: Developing nations “frustrated” by climate change, Calls for UK to pioneer personal carbon trading, US Gov “preparing” for new weather patterns
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