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Science Museum criticized over Shell-sponsored climate exhibit
Mid-year UN climate talks to go ahead virtually in 'crucial year'
Singapore gets creative with solar in clean energy push
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Setting the stage for COP26
In Depth
Ex-logger leads firefighters defending Indonesia's peatlands
Power companies urge Biden to implement policies to cut emissions
Brazil needs $10 bln a year in aid for carbon neutrality by 2050
US senators urge Biden to condition Brazil Amazon aid on results
EU to define 'green' investment in transport, industry, buildings
INSIGHT-Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrels
Google Earth's timelapse feature puts spotlight on climate change
Brazil must cut deforestation 15-20% a year to reach 2030 goal: VP
China's Xi ready to step up climate change cooperation
Duo of Kerry and McCarthy puts U.S. back in climate fight
Philippines raises carbon emission reduction target to 75% by 2030
India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power
Green and cheap? Doubts dog Lebanon's first electric car
Brazil demand for US to pay now stalls deal to save Amazon forest
Facebook signs renewable energy deal in India
Big business seeks market-based approaches from climate summit
U.S. seeks to polish tarnished reputation with new climate pledges
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Climate scientists swap fieldwork for finance
With phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging
Matchbox toy cars get eco makeover to inspire children
Is 'frugal innovation' Africa's ticket to green development?
Q&A: Solutions Project CEO talks climate and racial justice
Health systems urged to find green cure for fast-rising emissions
EU blasts Brazil climate pledge for not going far enough
Andrew Steer to tackle 'climate crisis' as CEO of Bezos Earth Fund
Britain wants in-person COP26 climate change summit this year
Cutting emissions 50% 'would put U.S. Paris target on par with EU'
Informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia's Amazon
India's farmers face 'chaotic' monsoons without climate action
China says to hold talks with Kerry on COP26 climate summit
Brazil must show Amazon protection is working: top donor Norway
New Zealand introduces climate disclosure law in world first
Biden's climate envoy Kerry to hold talks with China, South Korea
U.S., European firms pile pressure on Biden to hike climate target
Could Germany get a Green chancellor? It's within reach
Greta Thunberg: a timeline of her climate activism
How computer mapping could help fix polluted U.S. neighborhoods
Japan's greenhouse emissions fell 2.9% in 2019/20 to record low
Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage
Change bank capital rules to boost climate action - survey
EU chief adviser says credibility of green finance rules at risk
Environmentalists call on Norway to stop plans for deep-sea mining
Pakistan slum dwellers map flood risks to stop evictions
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About our Climate coverage

We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Jeff Milder and Leah Samberg Rainforest Alliance

Despite setbacks, no-deforestation supply chains remain crucial

Making supply chains protect forests and land rights is the clearest route to other priorities, from biodiversity protection to human rights
Abhishek Jain & William Brent

Look to India to put climate-vulnerable at heart of green recovery

Decentralised solar energy can support climate-friendly livelihoods and drive green growth - but it needs coordinated help to get off the ground
Josh Karliner Health Care Without Harm

Charting a course for zero-emissions health care

The health sector, a major player in the global economy, makes a huge contribution to the climate crisis and therefore has an important role to play in resolving it
Richard Pearshouse Amnesty International

Cambodia’s Prey Lang: how not to protect a vital forest

Authorities have failed to curb illegal logging and instead are cracking down on indigenous groups working to protect the forest

In Depth

Pakistan sends in armed force to stop logging in northern forests
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'Wilful ignorance': Flood-hit Australia urged to rethink climate adaptation
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Businesses join hands to find 'right recipe' for zero-carbon industries
Pakistan faces an unexpected dilemma: too much electricity

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