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Greenpeace threatens to sue coal utility in Poland
Activists are calling on PGE to phase out coal by 2030 and switch to clean energy, or face legal action
France sets up independent climate council to advise government
Inspired by the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, the group of 13 experts will hold the government to account for aligning with the Paris Agreement
Spain, Europe’s second largest carmaker, plans combustion engine ban
Proposal put forward for country’s first climate law takes swipe at auto-industry, scraps fossil fuel subsidies and sets 2050 goal for 100% renewable power
Can Teresa Ribera transform Spain into a green champion?
Highly experienced minister offers a contrast after years of slow-walking the environmental transition, but admits there is more to do
Swiss researchers set out how to decarbonise cement
Cutting the carbon footprint of this common building material is tricky but achievable with existing technology, report finds
Polish utility sued over financial risk of €1.2bn coal plant
Client Earth argues the Ostrołęka C power plant investment is a bad bet, putting the spotlight on Poland’s support for coal as it gears up to host UN climate talks
Asian Development Bank signals end to ‘dirty’ coal finance
Falling renewable energy costs and a shadow carbon price are making coal power investments unviable, according to bank energy chief Yongping Zhai
US-China trade war spills into Green Climate Fund
Global green fund gets back on track with $1bn splurge, but US vetoed a project that would have loaned $100m to China
‘Despair’ as global carbon emissions to hit new record in 2018
International Energy Agency chief says chance of meeting targets of the Paris Agreement are getting ‘weaker and weaker’
Political deadlock has put $1bn in green projects on hold
Green Climate Fund board meets in Bahrain three months after a contentious meeting failed to approve any money for projects in developing countries
Bavarian vote shakes Berlin coalition, threatens climate limbo
The demolition of Angela Merkel’s coalition partners in the south further weakens the chancellor, undermining hope for tough calls on climate policy
Fracking ‘part of a low carbon future’, says UK minister, as drilling restarts
Claire Perry requested a net-zero emissions probe on Monday but defended fracking, saying gas was ‘absolutely part of our future’
37 things you need to know about 1.5C global warming
The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal demanded by vulnerable countries. We break it down
‘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
Todd Stern: Remain faithful to the Paris Agreement
The deal moved away from the firewall between developed and developing countries; going backward would undermine ambition
South Korean province joins international coal phase-out club
South Chungcheong becomes the biggest coal user and first Asian region in the Powering Past Coal Alliance, reflecting local opposition to polluting plants
A carbon-neutral milestone for Signify
Sponsored content: Ten years of carbon emissions reduction pays off as Signify achieves neutrality in the US and Canada
Post-Brexit carbon tax would set Scotland against UK
UK weighs future carbon pricing options, but Scotland will not abide a national tax it says will stomp on devolved powers
Poland’s coal miners: ‘EU climate proposals terrify us’
The host city of this December’s UN climate summit is keen to share a story of post-mining transformation, but the coal industry still holds sway
Changing rainfall patterns spell risk for hydropower in Africa
Sponsored content: New research warns planned hydropower dams across eastern and southern Africa are vulnerable to drought