China’s biggest bank is ditching Zimbabwe coal plant, campaigners say
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China told environmentalists in a meeting last month they would not go ahead with the 2.8GW Sengwa coal plant
‘Hot air’ carbon offset scheme undermines Colombia’s climate goal, experts warn
Colombia stands to lose $62m in carbon tax revenue and underperform its emissions targets due to flawed forest carbon credit projects, investigators claim
Canadian minister Catherine McKenna to quit politics and focus on climate change
Catherine McKenna introduced climate legislation as Canada’s environment minister and will step down at the next election before October 2023
UK government opens registration for Cop26 participants to apply for vaccines
The race is on for delegates to the next UN climate summit to register for a Covid vaccine by 23 July, offered by the UK hosts to enable more people to participate
Norway pays Gabon $17m for forest protection despite deforestation spike
While proponents say results-based payments can support forest protection in the long term, critics say the Gabonese government has done little to earn the money
India’s biggest oil refiner to invest $10bn in clean energy ‘gigafactories’
Reliance Industries plans to mass produce solar panels, renewable hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries in Jamnagar, alongside the world’s largest oil refinery
Mega oil project in Russia’s far north threatens Arctic indigenous communities
Rosneft is developing a massive oil project on the Taymyr peninsula with 15 towns, a port, two airports and 800km of pipeline
Months after criminal probes launched, Brazilian environment minister quits
Ricardo Salles is the subject of two police investigations into collusion with loggers illegally cutting down the Amazon rainforest
Infrared images show under-regulated ‘methane crisis’ across Europe
Campaigners found 120 cases of methane leakage and venting from oil and gas infrastructure in seven European countries
UK has done ‘surprisingly little’ to deliver on climate targets, say official advisers
The Climate Change Committee called on the UK government to up its game and show leadership before hosting Cop26 in November
Biden scales down climate spending in search of bipartisan deal
Clean energy and electric vehicle incentives are being cut from the US president’s flagship $2 trillion American jobs plan to win conservative support
An outbreak of ‘sea snot’ is killing Turkey’s fishing industry
Fishing in the Marmara Sea has become impossible as marine mucilage blankets the water, blamed on rising sea temperatures and pollution
Internship opportunity: Launch your career in climate journalism
Climate Home News is offering a paid internship to a UK-based journalism student or recent graduate with a keen interest in the climate crisis
Ministers called in to break deadlock after unproductive climate talks
Diplomats say a lot more work is needed over the next five months to overcome divergent views on finalising the Paris Agreement rulebook
Pacific islands make lonely case for carbon price on shipping
The Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands called for a price on shipping pollution at the UN body, but got only tepid support from European nations
South Korea proposes cutting emissions 40% by 2030
The coal-reliant nation will need to pivot quickly to renewable energy under the government’s proposed new climate target
Nato considers net zero by 2050 target in move to green military operations
Joe Biden has put the hefty – and underreported – carbon footprint of tanks and fighter jets on the transatlantic security agenda
G7 offers ‘peanuts’ to developing world, putting climate ambition in doubt
While Canada and Germany set out new climate finance pledges, rich countries are still falling short of a target they promised to meet in 2020
Swiss public reject climate law over cost of living fears
In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss citizens narrowly voted against a package of measures including increased taxes on petrol and flights
Norway eyes expansion of oil and gas industry under policy proposal
The government wants to hand out more exploration licences – ignoring modelling that shows fossil fuel expansion must end now to meet global climate goals