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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
China backs ‘revolutionary’ clean coal
NEWS: Environment minister promotes power station technology to cut pollution as China sets out five-year energy blueprint
China’s Five Year Plan to radically tighten air pollution targets
NEWS: China’s draft economic plan for the next five years contains new targets that will need to be met if the country is to solve its environmental crises
UN-backed green fund to wean major banks off fossil addiction
INTERVIEW: New alliance with HSBC and Credit Agricole takes flak from civil society, but GCF heads say finance giants are now part of transition away from fossil fuels
Deep decarbonisation: Obama’s greatest climate legacy?
ANALYSIS: US president will leave his successor with a low-carb present: A roadmap to slash US emissions 80% on 1990 levels by 2050
Clocking off: Can Wales’ steel heartland survive in a greener world?
LONG READ: A world of zero emissions signals huge upheavals for heavy industry. How might Britain’s last steel town fare later this century?
Is Brussels killing the Paris climate dream?
COMMENT: EU plans lock in weak ambition to 2030, undermining the review mechanism it fought for in December’s UN agreement
Reviving Hercules: Can carbon capture give British industry a future?
LONG READ: Megan Darby travels to Teesside, where locals hope a surge in green investment can save the region’s ailing industrial base
Yvo de Boer: Paris was a small step for mankind, a giant leap for man
COMMENT: Climate summit’s achievements were modest, but political writing is now on the wall writes former UN climate chief
Uruguay pushes 100% renewables, just don’t mention the cows
NEWS: South America’s clean energy poster child is skewering its fossil fuel use, but reducing emissions from its meat industry is tough
Apple launches $1.5bn green bond
NEWS: Technology giant is raising finance for renewable energy, greener materials and efficiency
Why the Paris climate deal doesn’t depend on the US
BLOG: With or without Washington, governments in developing countries are already taking steps to slash emissions and clean up their economies
Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
CRIB NOTES 15-19 FEB: Game on for Clean Power Plan, top climate scientists gather in DC, air pollution linked to 5.5 million deaths a year
BP admits it has repeatedly underestimated renewables
ANALYSIS: Oil major revises up forecast for solar, wind and hydro power by its biggest margin yet in 2016 annual energy outlook