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Sierra Leone names Africa's first chief heat officer
Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite COVID crisis
South Africa to call on rich nations to do more at COP26
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Achieving net-zero emissions
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Flood-prone Mumbai digs deep to turn climate change tide
Can solar power solve Lebanon's energy crisis?
Plastics to outpace coal's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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Car-centric Austin is building transit. Will anyone ride it?
EU leaders to lock horns over response to energy price spike
India PM to attend Glasgow climate meet, environment minister says
'Window for action closing' - G20 urged to hike climate pledges
G20 split over coal, 1.5C climate limit ahead of Rome summit
New Zealand passes climate laws for financial firms in world first
UK net zero targets at risk from inequality, says L&G
Russia says Putin won't fly to Glasgow, in blow for climate talks
Big fossil fuel producers' plans far exceed climate targets: UN
Mexico agrees to expand climate goals by 2022 -foreign minister
Investors to pressure utilities on net zero emissions deadline
French beekeepers expect worst harvest in decades due to climate
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EXPLAINER: What is 'net zero' and why does it matter?
UK sets out net zero strategy as it gears up to host COP26
Africa's glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods
Alien world under Austria's doomed glaciers tells tale of collapse
Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short
'Giving life to dying land': Solar pumps quench thirsty farms
UK to increase grants to help homeowners ditch gas boilers
How green champion Sweden could end up exporting its carbon sins
Invest in clean energy to tackle COVID jobs crisis, climate change
China's rocky road on biodiversity beyond rosy UN summit
Remote Russian permafrost thaws, threatening homes, infrastructure
EXPLAINER-Sticking points at the U.N. climate conference
Costa Rica, Milan among winners of Prince William Earthshot prize
Canadian Arctic city confirms high levels of fuel in water supply
White House unveils climate risk plan for federal projects
U.S. overhauls flood insurance to meet rising climate change risks
China's Xi will not attend COP26 in person, UK PM told -report
Britain's queen irritated by leaders who are just talk on climate
Australia PM Morrison says he will attend U.N. climate summit
Greece closes services, restricts traffic as storm set to worsen
Turkey set to get 3.1 bln euro loans to help Paris climate goals
Sicily bans solar park as archaeologists fight environmentalists
French court orders state to honour climate commitments
'It's our stuff': consumers wage right-to-repair revolution
Agri-tech digital tools boost crops for farmers across Africa
Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
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Moon dust: Greenland's recipe for saving Planet Earth
UK's Prince William urges focus on saving Earth not space travel
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We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge World Health Organization

OPINION: Leaders at COP26 must avoid a global ‘squid game’

"We must not spiral into a devastating - and lethal - survival game where we struggle for our health, fight for natural resources and livelihoods" writes Dr Hans Kluge of the World Health Organization
Ploy Achakulwisut Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

It's time to hold governments to task for fossil fuels they permit

Courts are telling oil, gas and coal companies to cut emissions from their products to curb climate change. Shouldn't governments also be responsible for projects they approve?
Cara Jenkinson Ashden

Why tackling the green skills shortage is vital

To add heat pumps, we first need the people trained to install them
Santiago Gowland Rainforest Alliance

Let's show our children we can do more than talk on climate change

Investing in nature can help shift the climate crisis

In Depth

Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
analysis
Fossil fuel firms feel the heat over push for advertising ban
analysis
Can South Africa become a model for developing nations ditching coal?
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As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods, drought

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