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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
'Real urgency required': Business leaders urge G20 to act now on climate change
Bosses at world's leading businesses step up calls for G20 to deliver tangible progress on curbing emissions
'Doubling down on fossil fuels': Is the green recovery opportunity being squandered?
New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course?
EU stands by climate plan, as G20 pledges to deliver 'environmentally sustainable' recovery
Leaked documents reveal the EU is likely to delay some parts of its Green Deal work programme, but 2030 climate targets remains a top priority
Club of Rome calls for collaborative, green stimulus solutions
Think tank urges world leaders to build a low-carbon, circular economy in the wake of the health crisis.
'The climate crisis is upon us': G20 finance ministers acknowledge climate risk for first time in Trump-era
As the White House bristles at suggestions its climate stance is evolving, everyone from the IMF to JP Morgan are stepping up calls for a bolder global response to the escalating crisis
HSBC: Climate-related health costs could near $10tr by 2050
Climate impacts are set to exacerbate strain that ageing populations are already placing on health systems in 11 key emerging economies, according to a major new report from HSBC
20:19 vision
Something weird is happening in global geopolitics: there is division everywhere, but on climate action Trump's efforts to sow discord keep being rebuffed - what's going on?
May: 'We are the last generation of leaders with the power to limit global warming'
EU secures qualified success at G20 Summit, as final communique reiterates G19's commitment to the Paris Agreement
G20 kicks off with row over climate ambition
International talks in Osaka and Bonn are marred by continuing divisions over the Paris Agreement and the global response to the escalating climate crisis
Investors representing almost half the world's capital demand G20 climate action
Letter from investors and superannuation funds representing $34tr in assets under management write to world leaders calling for carbon price and coal phase out
Coal addicts: G20 governments have doubled support for coal power plants, report finds
G20 governments more than doubled their support for coal power plants between 2014 and 2017, with their overall backing for coal power currently totalling $64bn a year
COP24 and the end of civilisation: What to expect in the age of the unexpected
The latest crucial UN Climate Summit kicked off yesterday, but trying to predict the outcome is a mug's game
G19 asserts backing for 'irreversible' Paris Agreement ahead of COP24 kick-off
US left isolated once again, but fears remains over pace of progress as critical UN Climate Summit gets underway
'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push
OECD, World Bank Group, and UN Environment sound clarion call for 'transformative' shift in investment towards low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure
Investors urge G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020
Investors worth $742bn in assets urge world leaders to help tackle financial risks by setting a 2020 deadline to end fossil fuel subsidies across biggest economies
Draft G20 statement waters down Paris climate commitment
Argentinian official says ambiguity over the Paris Agreement is needed to avoid a split with the US, days before critical UN climate talks begin
'Unacceptable': European fossil fuel subsidies top €112bn a year
Report from Overseas Development Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe reveals how EU member states continue to prop up fossil fuel production and demand
The G19 has sealed it, Trump really has strengthened the Paris Agreement
The G19's refusal to sign off on a statement offering a lifeline for high carbon energy is yet more evidence the Paris Summit marked the beginning of the end for the fossil fuel era
G19 rejects Trump's pro-fossil fuel agenda
Investors hail "most ambitious G20 climate statement ever produced", as world leaders dismiss attempt by President Trump to secure group's backing for fossil fuels
G20 climate showdown could fall flat over scheduling clash
Merkel intended climate change to be a centrepiece issue of this week's G20 meeting, but reports suggest scheduled meeting between Trump and Putin put it at risk of becoming a side show
Theresa May to discuss Paris accord with Donald Trump at G20
PM will use summit meeting with US president to say climate change agreement doesn't need renegotiation
From Japan to Germany calls grow for G20 to step up climate action
Ahead of G20 Summit businesses and governments urge group to take a strong line on climate change in face of US opposition
Reports: Merkel to challenge Trump on climate change at G20 summit
German Chancellor stresses Paris Agreement focus at next week's meeting in Hamburg and states 'we cannot wait to act until the science has convinced every last doubter'
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