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Atomic shambles: UK nuclear plans need urgent rethink
Planned celebrations by the nuclear industry were cancelled last week following the shock decision to put the world’s largest electricity project on hold
János Áder: Hungary’s unlikely climate change leader
Janos Ader has taken a hawkish stance on global warming in his time as president, but change at home has proved harder to deliver
Weekly wrap: Democrats, Philippines target ExxonMobil
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Renewables overtake coal in UK power generation
Biomass, wind and other clean sources produced a quarter of UK electricity last year, government figures show, as plant closures reduced coal’s share to 22%
Spiral-tastic: Climate change in three animations
These mesmerising climate visuals tell the story of how emissions have stoked global warming since 1850
Wikileaks emails show Democrats see climate as weapon
Huge correspondence leak causes trouble for Democrats ahead of Philadelphia convention – but illustrates use of climate to target Donald Trump
Crib notes: Democrat convention to debate Clinton climate plan
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Trump: I’ll get miners back to work as US president
Billionaire businessman-turned politician places coal and steel at heart of economic plan, delivers veiled threat to green regulations
Six EU countries have already met their 2030 climate targets
Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Portugal and Romania won’t be required to cut emissions in transport or farming for 15 years
Heat stress to wipe billions off GDP in India, China
Scientific reports warn that people are already dying and economies being hit by climate change − and that the dangers are growing
UN: Kenya, Bangladesh, Jordan ‘green finance leaders’
New hubs for green finance are fast-expanding and they’re not always in traditional money centres
Weekly wrap: Clinton proposes ambitious US climate platform
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1% finished: Facebook reveals 2015 carbon footprint
Social media giant gets 35% of electricity for its data centres from clean and renewable sources, ahead of target
Climate emerges as critical Clinton weapon against Trump
Belief in global warming and policies to tackle greenhouse gas emissions are becoming a key dividing line ahead of the 2016 election
Clinton could run on strongest climate platform ever
Democrats’ draft platform won’t be ratified until the convention, but climate activists are already hailing it as a ‘monumental victory’, reports the Guardian
Crib notes: UN meets in Vienna to debate HFC slashing deal
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Weekly wrap: Figueres sells message of hope to UN leadership race
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UK climate change sceptics botch Paris deal hit-job
Critics of the UK’s climate policy sense a window of opportunity post Brexit, but an inability to download the right PDF is hampering their hopes
Paris climate deal needs fossil fuel giants to ‘implode’
Research shows that a “controlled implosion” of the fossil fuel industry and a technological explosion of renewable energy are needed to meet climate targets
Crib notes: UK climate sceptics prepare post-Brexit challenge
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