19 countries team up to go carbon neutral
The UK, Canada, Denmark and Spain joined a coalition to slash emissions to net zero on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York
Poland pushing forest agenda as climate host, leak shows
Global declaration draft calls for new research from the UN science panel and for forest carbon stocks to be maintained by 2050
Canada and EU add climate clause to trade pact
In a move that underscored Donald Trump’s isolation on trade and climate change, the two major economies inserted a reference to the Paris Agreement into Ceta
Saudi Arabia eyes Ethiopian hydropower link to cut reliance on oil and gas
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s grid operator is studying the feasibility of a cable to Ethiopia, which would run through currently war-torn Yemen
Post-Brexit carbon tax would set Scotland against UK
UK weighs future carbon pricing options, but Scotland will not abide a national tax it says will stomp on devolved powers
UN recruits Mike Bloomberg to lead green finance push
Antonio Guterres appointed the billionaire businessman to spur private sector investment into clean energy and resilience to climate change
UK anti-fracking protestors jailed over blockade
The men ‘deserve our gratitude, not a prison term’, Greenpeace’s executive director said, after judge handed them 15-16 month sentences
Leaked: Draft UN declaration to ‘ensure decent future’ for fossil fuel workers
Proposal by Polish climate presidency calls for a programme to monitor national efforts to protect communities impacted by climate action
Climate scientists reject ‘offensive’ claim of US, Saudi meddling in landmark report
An article claiming a landmark report on the consequences of warming past 1.5C had been watered down at the behest of big polluters has been slammed by authors
Poland’s coal miners: ‘EU climate proposals terrify us’
The host city of this December’s UN climate summit is keen to share a story of post-mining transformation, but the coal industry still holds sway
Marshall Islands commit to going carbon-neutral by 2050
First plan of its kind from an island nation says adopting new shipping technologies ‘could have ripple effects across the international sector’
UN lacks plan to help climate migrants, finds internal report
Experts say drought, flooding and storms can force people from their homes and urged the UN chief to develop a system-wide strategy
Record evacuations cut Typhoon Mangkhut death toll, says UN
Philippines learned life-saving lessons from 2013 Typhoon Haiyan as residents heeded warnings and fled their homes
Exxon, Chevron first US companies to join oil and gas climate alliance
ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum join ten other major fossil fuel producers that say they recognise the goals of the Paris climate deal
Business lobby plans to oppose raising EU climate ambition
Leaked memo shows BusinessEurope is preparing to resist a stronger EU 2030 emissions target, ahead of a key climate summit in Poland later this year
France is lagging on 8 out of 9 climate targets, watchdog warns
For all President Macron’s talk of “making our planet great again”, emissions are not falling fast enough in most sectors, according to an NGO scorecard
‘Major shift’: Nations face bottom-up pressure to act on climate change
A California summit of business, city and state leaders ends with a call on national governments to increase their pledges to the Paris climate deal
Call for climate justice as millions brace for intense storms
Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence are set to make landfall on opposite sides of the world, bringing destruction likely exacerbated by climate change
Let down by Trump on climate, China goes around him in California
At the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco, the superpower and the US state cut diplomatic deals that fly in the face of White House policy
UK offers green assurances for no-deal Brexit
London says it will carry over EU emissions rules for cars, coolants and industrial plants even if it crashes out in March with no negotiated deal