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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
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
UK releases plan to ‘lead the world’ on growth with carbon cuts
Long awaited strategy says green economy will grow 11% per year but plan will miss carbon emissions targets, drawing criticism
German Greens: ‘No coalition with Merkel without climate progress’
Greens will search for common ground with prospective conservative and free market partners, but are adamant their climate priorities must be protected
Boost for German coal phaseout as election weakens Merkel
A ‘Jamaica coalition’ is the most likely outcome of a surprising election, putting the Greens in a position to pursue their goal of ending coal power
Kenya’s most polluting coal plant could poison coastline
A project that will double Kenya’s carbon emissions also threatens life on a fragile coastline, but the government’s planning process has been flawed
UK omits climate change from post-Brexit foreign policy plan
Proposal for future relationship with EU calls for cooperation on energy security, but makes no mention of the Paris Agreement, a stated priority in Brussels
Irma forces Caribbean delegates to abandon UN climate science meeting
Representatives from Caribbean island nations want to put extreme weather damage on the agenda for the next IPCC comprehensive report
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California to pass law setting 100% renewable electricity goal
The world’s sixth largest economy is aiming for an entirely clean power grid by 2045, with legislation that pits technology start-ups against utilities
Green Climate Fund to fund $1bn Egypt renewables drive
In its biggest project to date, the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme is putting $150m towards developing wind, hydro and solar power in Egypt
Al Gore: ‘Many Republicans want to switch sides on climate change’
The former US vice-president and climate campaigner has launched a new film and says “to fix the climate crisis we need to fix democracy”
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
Countries urged to start bargaining over negative emissions
There is an emerging consensus CO2 needs to be sucked out of the air to meet climate goals, but no discussion of which countries are responsible for acting
Why state action is no answer to bonfire of US climate rules
President Trump says states know better than federal government how to protect the environment, but history shows they are creative at ducking collective problems
Sri Lanka plans no new coal plants until at least 2037
Government electricity authority says coal’s impact on health and environment tipped balance in favour of a gas and renewable-focused future
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The tax-free shipping company that took control of a country’s UN mission
How the tiny, climate-threatened Marshall Islands came to be represented at UN shipping talks by a private company based in Virginia, 11,000km away
Calling China’s carbon market ‘ambitious’ shows how low the bar has fallen
China is planning the world’s biggest carbon market, but with little detail given for its design, praise for the scheme is premature
Trump-era climate resistance, from a beachside in Rhode Island
States claiming climate leadership will be held to account by local groups like Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, fighting against fossil fuel developments