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Nine solutions to the food-forests-fuel trilemma
The UN climate science body is expected to warn of increasing pressure on land use to meet climate and development goals. Here are ways to limit the conflict
UK carbon price to plummet under no-deal Brexit
A proposed UK tax on heavy polluters would come in at nearly half the EU carbon market price, reducing the incentive to cut emissions
Zimbabweans work at night to beat hydropower shortage as drought bites
Low water levels at Kariba Dam mean power cuts lasting 16 hours a day in capital Harare, making it difficult for businesses to survive
How von der Leyen could make a carbon border tax work
The next European Commission chief must tread carefully if she is to meet her promise to make polluting importers pay
Campaigners and industry criticise South Africa’s new carbon tax
While industrial players see it as a threat to jobs, the first tax of its kind in Africa is too weak for climate advocates
Cleantech patent applications plummet, sparking fears for innovation
The number of carbon-cutting inventions filed globally has plummeted this decade, despite growing awareness of the urgency of climate action
Countries must address this major Paris Agreement blind spot
As countries meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss their climate pledges, they must draw up plans to end the production of fossil fuels, not just their consumption
Europe faces another lost decade in decarbonising transport
Sponsored content: An essential conversation is missing around sustainable biofuels as part of the decarbonisation solution
Denmark’s new government raises climate change to highest priority
In a deal with other left parties, the Social Democrats agreed to raise the country’s climate targets and place the green transition at the heart of policy
Australia’s emissions rise again, putting Paris climate promise in doubt
Data showing increase was released late, in defiance of a senate order, but leaked to a major newspaper, leading to accusations of contempt of parliament
Climate change an ‘unconscionable’ threat to peace: German foreign office
Ministers from a dozen countries discussed stronger international cooperation on climate security threats at a conference in Berlin on Tuesday
Finland to be carbon neutral by 2035. One of the fastest targets ever set
Incoming prime minister Antti Rinne presented the climate goal as part of a package with increased welfare spending on Monday
South Africa’s Ramaphosa signs carbon tax into law
In a first for an African country, the coal-heavy economy will put a price on pollution, but campaigners say it is not high enough
Multiple coal deals emerge from China’s ‘green’ investment summit
At the belt and road summit in Beijing, leaders talked up sustainable development, while investors forged ahead with polluting power projects in partner countries
India elects: Congress takes on Modi with green promises
The main opposition party will treat air pollution as a national emergency and tackle climate change impacts if elected, it promises as India goes to the polls
The Green New Deal: Finally climate policy informed by science
The proposal from Democrats is the most comprehensive response yet to the scientists’ warnings, to implement it would be realism, not radicalism
Climate Weekly: Youth bring hope
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Turkish supreme court blocks coal plant, as wave of new projects stalls
Local opposition won a legal ruling against a major project on the Black Sea coast – the latest challenge to Turkey’s plans to expand coal use
South Africa set to introduce long-awaited carbon tax in June
The levy will make polluters report and pay for their emissions, but experts say the starting rate is too low to spur a rapid shift to clean energy
‘If not us, who?’ Failure of representation drives youth climate strike
As a movement grows across the world, young people say they want politicians to protect their interests