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President Biden signs order confirming US return to the Paris Agreement
World leaders, top businesses, and investors unite in welcoming new US administration's commitment to global climate action, as return to Paris Agreement is backed by raft of new green policy measures
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux
The real message from the parable of the boy who cried wolf is that there was a wolf
Could Democrat's Georgia victory and Trump's disgrace trigger the 'Decade of the Green New Deal'?
Amidst historic chaos in Washington, the Democrat's Senate victory has provided a major boost to hopes for a new era of global climate action – but can they be realised?
Why anyone who cares about climate action should have Georgia on their mind
As Andrew Warren argues, the high profile re-run election for Georgia's two Senate seats could yet determine the direction of US - and by extension global - climate efforts for years to come
G20 reiterates commitment to tackling 'pressing' climate challenge, as Trump left isolated
President Trump may have raged against Paris Agreement, but the rest of the G20 simply reaffirmed plans to ramp up national climate strategies and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
How the 'Biden Bounce' heralds boost for green businesses everywhere
From international co-operation on climate change to tougher regulation of financial markets, a Biden administration has the potential to turbocharge a massive new global wave of green investment
A victory for the climate
America's departure from the Paris Agreement will be short and sweet, and with Joe Biden's victory the global consensus on the urgent need for climate action suddenly looks stronger than ever
Biden victory to trigger US return to Paris Agreement and fresh wave of climate action
But experts warn that without control of the Senate the President-elect may struggle to deliver on his promised net zero strategy and green recovery package
Biden promises swift return US to Paris Agreement, as vote count continues
Democrat says he is confident campaign is on course for victory, as Donald Trump launches legal action to contest results in key states
The battle for the future of the climate is reaching boiling point
The nail-biting US election has clarified one thing: the truly gargantuan scale of the climate challenge in an age of populism and division
US to formally quit Paris Agreement as election hangs in the balance
Hopes for a Democrat landslide have evaporated as a close race continues to offer both Donald Trump and Joe Biden hope of victory
The biosphere is on the ballot
The world stands at a crossroad: one path keeps the global 2C goal and net zero hopes within reach, the other could deal a perhaps mortal blow to global climate efforts
The White House effect: Biden, Trump, and the outlook for green business
Whoever wins the 2020 election will steer the world's biggest economy through the start of a critical decade for green business
US election: Trump and Biden clash over climate change in first Presidential debate
Trump acknowledged the role of greenhouse gases in driving climate change while Biden embraced a number of specific climate measures in debate marred by interruptions and personal attacks
Trump, taxes, climate, and capitalism
President Trump'stax affairs highlight again how he embodies the very worst of kleptocratic capitalism - a mode of doing business many corporate leaders are desperate to leave behind once and for all
Strange summer, green autumn?
It's time to get back to school, and the stage is set for the most consequential autumn in decades
Paris Agreement exit would damage reputation of US business, top economists warn
New academic report predicts US will suffer loss of political and economic power if it exits the global climate accord in November
What could a Biden presidency mean for climate change investing?
Joe Biden in the White House, and potentially Democrats in control of the Senate too, could turbo-charge climate change as an investment theme, argues Schroders' Simon Webber
Al Gore: 'Need for climate action is bound together with the struggle for racial equality and liberation'
Environmental campaigners express solidarity with civil rights activists, as protests escalate across the US
Coronavirus: Calls grow for green recovery, as battle lines drawn over US stimulus
Leading experts from around the world argue policymakers should avoid locking in fossil fuel infrastructure, as President Trump attacks the 'ridiculous Green New Deal'
Trump hits out at 'prophets of doom' as US joins global tree conservation drive
President announces US will join Trillion Trees initiative to grow, save, and better protect one trillion trees around the world by 2050
Global Briefing: Coal decline leads to CO2 drop in US, Germany and Spain
Coal continues its decline as renewables take hold in Germany, Spain, USA and even Fukushima, plus all the green business news you may have missed this week
US corporate giants and union leaders call for US to stay in Paris Agreement
Remaining part of the climate treaty will deliver stable, low-carbon green jobs for US citizens, CEOs of Apple, L'Oreal, Mastercard, Decathlon, Salesforce and more declare
The Obama Doctrine v The Pollutocrat Playbook
How can advocates of climate action fight opponents who plumb the depths of moral bankruptcy in order to spark and then weaponise outrage?
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