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13 Dec 2015 1 minute read

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21st century COP out

A brief illustrated history of the climate negotiations by cartoonist Kate Evans.

11 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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In final hours thoughts turn to look at what 'winning' looks like in Paris

As rich countries declare ‘ambition’ while racing to weaken the text, some climate justice campaigners are turning their backs...

10 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Latest agreement at Paris climate talks ‘nowhere close to good enough’

Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam...

10 Dec 2015 6 minute read

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Two good days when crimes against nature were exposed

An extraordinary gathering of frontline communities in Paris has been presenting evidence of crimes against nature. Nigerian...

9 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Will Paris promises lead to catastrophic warming?

The ‘high ambition coalition’ is really about undermining developing world groups, argues Nick Dearden.

5 Dec 2015 7 minute read

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COP21 and the carbon market menace

There is a diplomatic silence over carbon trading at COP21, but a Paris climate agreement could offer a lifeline to carbon ‘...

10 Nov 2015 5 minute read

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The pipe dream that came true

Cherri Foytlin on the significance of Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

1 Nov 2015 6 minute read

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China's climate transition

Is the world's most populous country a climate villain or an environmental leader? Sam Geall investigates.

15 Aug 2015 11 minute read

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The stuff problem

How much mined material will we need to build a 100-per-cent renewable world? Danny Chivers works it out.

4 Aug 2015 4 minute read

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Global protests oppose Vedanta mining company

Protestors used the company’s annual meeting to highlight human and environmental abuses, write Samarendra Das...

30 Jul 2015 5 minute read

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‘Paris Pledge’ pushes for coal-industry retirement

Getting the banking sector out of coal can boost ambition at Paris climate summit, says Catalina von Hildebrand....

23 Jul 2015 3 minute read

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Fracking goes on trial

News of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is an important step toward truth, argues Julie Wassmer.

6 Mar 2015 3 minute read

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Cooking up improved conditions in the kitchen

Cleaner, quicker stoves will benefit women and their families in south Asia, says Lucy Stevens.

24 Jul 2014 4 minute read

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Protesters question airport expansion plans

Ylenia Gostoli talks to activists demanding a cleaner, greener future for London.

12 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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The struggle continues, 18 years after the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Shell has left Ogoniland but the promised clean-up never came, reports Celestine Akpobari.

30 May 2013 3 minute read

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Welcome to Manila, the gates of hell

Novelist Dan Brown’s description is sadly apt, says Iris Gonzales.

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