A dispute over IPCC science is dividing the world's largest climate NGO coalition
A fight over how fair the IPCC's climate models are to developing countries is straining unity inside the world's largest coalition of climate NGOs.
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Policy & Regulation
Climate summits, international agreements, national policy.
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Every answer to the climate crisis eventually turns into a policy document. This section follows COP summits, nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the European Green Deal, and national climate law and emissions trading. Our interest is less in the announced target than in the clause that makes it binding.
Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open
A federal court ruled the Trump administration had no real emergency to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant running past its retirement date, striking down an order that cost the public hundreds of thousands of dollars a day.
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Invasion of isolated Indigenous land in the Amazon escalates with fires and illegal roads
More than 500 invaders have stormed a protected Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon, building illegal roads and setting fires, while promised federal security forces still haven't arrived.
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Pacific islands press for COP31 funding on renewables and ocean protection
Pacific Islands Forum leaders used their Palau summit to demand COP31 deliver climate finance and ocean protection, as the UN warns rising seas are now a 'development emergency.'
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UK quietly lowers its aviation-emissions ambitions, government data shows
New forecasts show clean-flight technology will only cut UK aviation emissions by a quarter by 2050 — far short of earlier climate targets — just as ministers move to approve a third Heathrow runway.
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US paper industry spends millions lobbying against EU's deforestation law
The American Forest & Paper Association has spent nearly $11 million since 2023 trying to weaken the EU's anti-deforestation rules — but Brussels held firm in its latest update.
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US appeals court rules the constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water
A federal appeals court dismissed a Jackson, Mississippi lawsuit over lead-tainted water, ruling clean water is not a constitutional right.
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Industry and NGOs push back against tighter UN carbon credit rules
Carbon credit developers, corporate buyers and major conservation NGOs are lobbying against new UN rules meant to protect against carbon losses from fire, drought or logging.
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London talks raise hopes for a green shipping deal
Four days of closed-door talks in London have raised hopes for an ambitious deal to cut shipping's emissions, which make up about 3% of the global total.
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A hard-won US rule to cut chemical plant pollution is being dismantled
The Trump administration is unwinding a 2024 rule that cut toxic emissions at 220 US petrochemical plants, through exemptions and a planned rewrite.
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Turkey formally ratifies four agreements as it prepares to host COP31
Four agreements signed off by President Erdoğan formalize Turkey's commitments ahead of hosting COP31 in Antalya.
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Mayors of Paris, Milan, and Phoenix unite to combat escalating urban heat
In a collaborative piece for The Guardian, the leaders of three major cities detail how they are exchanging policies and redesigning urban infrastructure to protect residents from the deadliest climate hazard.
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