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  • Adopting targets to go 100% renewable could save the world’s biggest economies a combined US$520 billion each year, according to a new study.

    10 Apr | Climate Group
  • International aid to the world’s poorest countries made a shocking downward turn in 2014, according to new figures.

    10 Apr | ONE
  • New research implicates acidic oceans in the Earth’s worst mass extinction - portending a troubled future without further action.

    10 Apr | Reuters
  • A new plant being built in Ireland with potentially unlimited storage capability could ‘revolutionize’ the renewables industry, filling the supply gap when sun or wind are insufficient.

    9 Apr | The Guardian
  • Stranded fossil fuel assets: as more countries turn against coal, producers face prolonged weakness in prices.

    9 Apr | Economist
  • Economist warns that burning world’s fossil fuel reserves would lead to 9ºC of temperature change.

    9 Apr | NYTimes

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AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST »

  • A company based in the world’s largest oil exporting nation, Saudi Arabia, has become the new owner of Australia’s second-largest solar plant .

    8 Apr | Reneweconomy
  • Solar and wind may now be the cheapest sources of new energy supply in the United Arab Emirates, according to a new report by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    8 Apr | EnergyPost
  • Nigeria’s president elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to make addressing global warming a priority when he assumes power in June.

    8 Apr | RTCC
  • South Africa’s coal-powered energy sector brings environmental devastation despite legal regulations.

    6 Apr | Al Jazeera
  • Gabon submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the first African country to do so.

    1 Apr |
  • Activists won the battle against a controversial coal power plant on the small island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.

    26 Mar |

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AMERICAS »

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    Update on Brazil’s water crisis: 56 Northeastern cities are in state of collapse, says government.

    11 Apr | O Globo
  • Can Canada Lead on Climate Change? Activists are aiming to put pressure on Canada’s national government with a major climate march this weekend.

    10 Apr | Earth Island Journal
  • This Saturday, thousands of people from across Canada will gather in Quebec City for what is anticipated to be the biggest climate march in the country’s history. Our Tree team pulled together a resource kit with all the details.

    10 Apr | The Tree
  • US efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions look set for a huge boost this year, with carbon pollution from the power sector set to fall to its lowest level since 1994.

    10 Apr | RTCC
  • President Barack Obama unveiled a major clean energy partnership at a Caribbean summit, seeking to reassert US leadership in the region as the economic clout of oil-producing Venezuela appears to be receding.

    10 Apr | Reuters
  • World Bank approves $265m Argentinian renewables and forest protection push

    10 Apr | Business Green

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ASIA »

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    In an interview published last week, Umit Sahin breaks down the present and future of climate change in Turkey and beyond.

    11 Apr | Jadaliyya
  • According to Kiko Network, new coal power projects planned for Japan could emit carbon dioxide equal to about a 10th of the country’s total emissions.

    10 Apr | Bloomberg
  • Indonesia’s press is pulling back the curtain on the country’s efforts to finalize the it’s INDC, which is expected between July and September.

    10 Apr | Jakarta Post
  • Prime Minister Narenda Modi pushed yoga as a part of India’s response to the global climate challenge, emphasizing the aggregate impact of individual lifestyle choices in a speech at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

    10 Apr | RTCC
  • In China’s Inner Mongolia, where the fossil fuel industry remains on relatively strong footing, mining spells misery for traditional herders.

    9 Apr | Washington Post
  • With analysts weighing in on our first peak at Japan’s planned climate action pledge, it looks unlikely that the government will target tough emissions cuts for Paris.

    9 Apr | RTCC

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EUROPE »

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    In an interview published last week, Umit Sahin breaks down the present and future of climate change in Turkey and beyond.

    11 Apr | Jadaliyya
  • UK faces European court over coal plant emissions.

    10 Apr | HEAL
  • Germany will buy 1B € in bonds linked to projects to curb climate change through the country’s development bank.

    10 Apr | Bloomberg
  • MEP Ian Duncan takes up the cause of helping the EU find a way of recognizing the economic cost of developing countries leaving their fossil fuels in the ground.

    9 Apr | EurActiv
  • HEAL, working with Polish activist, are celebrating a win in the fight against a major new coal plant.

    9 Apr | HEAL
  • Kelly Rigg lays out why the landmark Dutch climate change lawsuit should put governments around the world on notice.

    8 Apr | Huffington Post

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PACIFIC »

  • Australia’s energy productivity plan is being called a great idea, but is it ambitious enough?

    10 Apr | The Conversation
  • Climate change has forced a New Zealand mussel plant to close, hundreds to lose their jobs.

    10 Apr | 3News
  • Who’s to blame for forest loss in Borneo timber concession?

    10 Apr | MongaBay
  • France’s three largest banks have joined a stampede away from Australian coal projects.

    8 Apr | The Tree
  • Second tropical storm to hit the Marshall Islands in a month is evidence of how weather patterns are changing, says Minister Tony de Brum.

    7 Apr | RTCC
  • A new report slams Australia’s ‘s ‘weak’ Great Barrier Reef recovery plan, calling for greater action on climate change, and warning that new coalmines in Queensland could cause permanent damage.

    7 Apr | The Guardian

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