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Peabody’s climate-denying crash is a warning to investors
As the US coal giant goes bankrupt, shareholders should beware of fossil fuel companies predicting a rosy future
Weekly wrap: Oil majors accused of undermining climate laws
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Renewable power installations grew 8.3% in 2015 – IRENA
NEWS: Solar and wind farms muscled out fossil fuel-fired plants as preferred form of new power generation in 2015, says clean energy body
Solar and Saudi Arabia: Riyadh bows to the inevitable
COMMENT: Last week deputy crown prince Salman announced the formation of a post-oil $2 trillion fund, accelerating a major Middle East energy transition
UN’s pitch for global aviation deal lands in Netherlands
Crib Notes 4-8 April: ICAO primed for EU meet, World Bank to release new climate plan, G20 sherpas gather in China
Call for EU carbon market overhaul as emission cuts slow down
NEWS: Low carbon price and glut of free permits give power sector and industry little incentive to reduce their climate impact, say analysts
Weekly wrap: Obama, Xi emphasise support for Paris climate deal
Carbon superpowers to sign and approve agreement this year, raising hopes it may come into force by the end of 2016
New fossil fuel plants post-2017 risk 2C warming limit
NEWS: To have a 50% chance of avoiding dangerous temperatures new fossil fuel investments needs to be put on hold from next year
India ramps up fossil fuel spend amid welfare cuts
NEWS: Delhi considers axing food subsidies for the poor, but continues to pay almost US$200 billion in subsidies for coal, oil and gas
WMO: Climate change could outpace mitigation efforts
NEWS: Despite signs that the world will cut its future fossil fuel use, greenhouse gases already emitted are still driving accelerating climate change
Weekly wrap: Investors close in on polluting companies
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Lost in Lusatia: Lignite goes from asset to liability
LONG READ: Brown coal is Germany’s guilty energy secret, a drain on its climate ambitions. Mining communities see the writing on the wall
Meet Jonathan Pershing, the new US climate envoy
NEWS: Veteran diplomat and energy analyst steps back into the heart of UN climate talks tasked with implementing 2015 Paris agreement
Fears of an Asian coal surge are overblown – study
NEWS: Dirty power plants planned in China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia are unlikely to all be built, says think tank ECIU
Germany mulls ‘mammoth’ 95% cut in emissions by 2050
NEWS: Minister says renewables transition can radically slash greenhouse gases by mid-century, but omits coal exit strategy
China five-year plan hints at deeper carbon cuts
NEWS: World’s largest carbon polluter may arrest rising emissions sooner than thought, says five-year economic plan, but details on boosting renewables remain light
West Balkans coal pollution bill running into billions
NEWS: Heavy pollution from coal-fired power stations results in Serbia losing a third of its national wealth annually because of premature deaths caused by poor air quality
Budget 2016: Osborne moves to prop up UK oil and gas sector
NEWS: Ailing hydrocarbon sector welcomes tax relief, but green groups say first budget post 2015 climate deal should have offered more on renewables and efficiency
Budget 2016: Will George Osborne back a low carbon future?
COMMENT: Heavyweight lobby groups agree the country needs a smart, diversified and flexible energy system, and George Osborne has it in his power to deliver
German CO2 emissions rise 1% in 2015
NEWS: Higher heat demand and use of brown coal for power behind estimated 1.1% increase in climate pollution, says think tank Green Budget Germany