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CHINA'S CARBON MARKET READY - BUT WAITING
There were 87 low carbon provinces and cities, 51 low carbon industrial parks and 400 low carbon communities in China which will peak sooner, he said... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN UNION PLAYS DOWN ON ONGOING CONFRONTATION WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OVER 'PRE-2020 ACTIONS'
The Paris Agreement, finalised in the French capital in 2015, is essentially the successor agreement to Kyoto Protocol... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CANNOT HALT US CLIMATE PROGRESS, FORMER OBAMA ADVISER SAYS
Paul Bodnar believes US president has ability to hamper progress towards a lower carbon economy - but that market forces will ultimately stop him... READ MORE›
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FIGHTING TRUMP ON CLIMATE CALIFORNIA BECOMES A GLOBAL FORCE
And a battery of state lawyers is preparing to battle any attempt by Washington to weaken California's automobile pollution emission standards... READ MORE›
WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR POWER
Right now, coal accounts for 76 per cent of our electricity generation... READ MORE›
EU ENERGY COMPANIES PLEDGE NO NEW PLANTS FROM 2020
Europe will have to phase out all of its coal plants by 2030 or else vastly overshoot its Paris climate pledges, climate experts say... READ MORE›
UK RATIFIES PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
The foreign minister, Boris Johnson, who has flirted with climate scepticism, signed the pact in London on Thursday after a parliamentary deadline passed last night, with no objections raised... READ MORE›
CHINA AND EU STRENGTHEN COMMITMENT TO PARIS DEAL WITH US POISED TO STEP AWAY
An EU official said The climate change discussions will be about how to promote the implementation of the deal in Paris... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAYS ENERGY REGULATIONS ARE HURTING ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE EVIDENCE SAYS OTHERWISE.
The assumption they are making is that economic growth depends upon increasing carbon emissions... READ MORE›
SCOTLAND SETS AMBITIOUS GOAL OF 66% EMISSIONS CUT WITHIN 15 YEARS
O A totally carbon-free electricity sector based entirely on renewable energy sources by 2032, when Scotland's last nuclear power station will close... READ MORE›
GLOBAL CARBON INTENSITY FALLS AS COAL USE DECLINES
The result was just 0.1 percent lower than the previous year, but it occurred against the background of healthy growth, which usually spurs carbon emissions growth... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AT HOUSTON ENERGY CONFERENCE
One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's well-worn talking points is that building the economy and protecting the environment must go hand in hand... READ MORE›
SKY-HIGH CARBON TAX NEEDED TO AVOID CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, SAY EXPERTS
Leading economists, including Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern say taxes of 100 per metric tonne could be needed by 2030... READ MORE›
G20 SUMMIT: TONY ABBOTT LAMENTS TO WORLD LEADERS HIS FAILURE TO PASS TAX ON GP VISITS
Mr Abbott described the gathering as comprising some of the most powerful and influential people in the world... READ MORE›
GEORGE OSBORNE OVERSEES BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL BOOM SINCE NORTH SEA OIL DISCOVERY
George Osborne gave the fossil fuel sector another 430m in tax breaks in his autumn statement... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA IS THE 'WORST INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD FOR CLIMATE CHANGE', REPORT FINDS
Delegates are working to establish a draft international climate change agreement to be signed by all countries at the Paris Climate Summit next year... READ MORE›
CHINA CRITICISES DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN TO EXIT PARIS CLIMATE DEAL
China's delegation of more than 80 negotiators will begin departing from Tuesday for global climate change talks in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh set for 7-18 November... READ MORE›
CHINA TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE PLAN IN 2017, US ANNOUNCES
White House officials announce deal, which will make China the worlds biggest carbon market, on eve of summit between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping... READ MORE›
TORIES PLAN TO SELL A?1.4BN STAKE IN GREEN INVESTMENT BANK TO PAY DOWN DEFICIT
Nick Mabey, chief executive of E3G, said Selling off a majority stake in the Green Investment Bank would be completely reckless... READ MORE›
ENACTING CAP-AND-TRADE WILL PRESENT CHALLENGES UNDER CHINAS SYSTEM
Europe's emissions trading system has stumbled amid criticism that it gave out emissions permits too generously and failed to make companies change their energy habits... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE AUTHORITY HEAD SAYS COALITION'S $600BN CARBON BILL CLAIM 'WEIRD'
Climate Change Authority head says Coalition's 600bn carbon bill claim 'weird'... READ MORE›
INEOS LEADS INDUSTRY LOBBYING EFFORT TO AVOID PAYING GREEN TAX
Ineos is a member of the partnership and its director, Tom Crotty, chairs the initiative's energy work... READ MORE›
CANADA'S CLIMATE CHANGE MONEY SHOULDN'T GO TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SASK. PREMIER SAYS
Wall's plan won't battle emissions economist University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe compared the differences between Wall's climate change plan and B.C.'s carbon tax... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA TO SEEK ITS OWN CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL WITH CHINA AFTER DONALD TRUMP DITCHES PARIS AGREEMENT
California to seek its own climate change-fighting deal with China after Donald Trump ditches Paris Agreement... READ MORE›
BEIJING PUTS BALL BACK IN WASHINGTONS COURT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
We are learning from our carbon emissions trading pilots, said Su Wei, China's chief climate change negotiator... READ MORE›
PETER VAN VOORHIS DONALD TRUMP PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD MAGA KYOTO
President Trump's decision to not sign the Paris Accord was not a retreat from global American leadership it was a reassertion of it... READ MORE›
FAILURE TO UPDATE BUILDING REGULATIONS COULD TRIPLE HEATWAVE DEATHS BY 2040
It is absolutely essential to recognise that we will not deal with the problems of climate change unless we have tougher building regulations, he said... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE: FARMERS URGE COALITION TO RESTORE EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME
John Pettigrew, who has an irrigation property at Bunbartha north of Shepperton, said calling climate change variability was doing everyone a disservice ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA MAKES TOKEN CONCESSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER US LOBBYING
US president Barack Obama's international adviser, Caroline Atkinson, has insisted publicly that leaders around the table at the G20 will raise climate change... READ MORE›
CANADA'S CLIMATE PLAN IS FRACTURED AND INADEQUATE
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invited the provinces to Paris for the global climate change summit, but Canada's economic plan to fight warming is dangerously fractured... READ MORE›
TONY ABBOTT DENIES CHINA'S CARBON TRADING PLAN SHOWS HE IS OUT OF STEP
Decision to dump Australia's carbon pricing scheme in favour of his Direct Action plan ran against the tide of international efforts to reduce emissions... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE: COALITION ACCUSED OF POLITICISING GREENHOUSE GAS TARGET
The Climate Institute thinktank said the new figures did not explain how the government would meet its 2020 emissions reduction targets, let alone deeper cuts after 2020... READ MORE›
OTTAWA COULD IMPOSE CARBON PRICE IF IMPASSE AMONG PREMIERS DRAGS ON
Ottawa willing to impose carbon price if impasse drags on... READ MORE›