Chile’s president cancels COP25 climate summit in Santiago
Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera said Chile would not host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade summit in November or the COP25 climate summit in December, following weeks of violent protests...
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5 people to watch as the EU goes climate neutral
This article is part of POLITICO’s Changemakers series, looking at the players driving European policy. Going green is not only good for the planet but will boost the EU’s global status — that’s the...
View ArticleUS withdrawal from Paris climate agreement greeted with EU shrug
Europeans stressed Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to formally start a one-year withdrawal process from the Paris Agreement won’t upend global efforts to tackle climate change. “It...
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European Parliament declares global climate emergency
STRASBOURG — The world is experiencing a “climate and environment emergency,” the European Parliament proclaimed Thursday — a symbolic move for the bloc days before negotiators gather for a global...
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6 things to know about the COP25 climate summit
The COP25 climate summit starting Monday won’t end the danger of climate change. Rather, the summit being held in Madrid is aimed at making the rough ways smooth and preparing the ground for next...
View ArticleUN chief blasts governments as COP25 gets underway
MADRID — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday blasted the world’s big emitters for failing to cut greenhouse gases. “All the main emitters must do more,” he said at the formal opening of...
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Gloom hangs over COP25 climate summit
MADRID — Politicians have to wake up to the growing public outrage over the failure to tackle climate change, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned during Monday’s opening of the COP25 global...
View ArticleWorld Meteorological Organization: 2010s a decade of ‘exceptional’ heat
MADRID — It’s been a decade of “exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels” driven by rising greenhouse gases, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. The WMO released...
View ArticleBuildings will ‘make or break’ the EU’s Green Deal
This article is the product of a POLITICO Working Group. Europe is an old continent — and that’s a problem for its efforts to fight climate change. Buildings account for approximately 40 percent of the...
View ArticleYouth climate strikers gear up for Friday protests in Madrid
MADRID — The global climate strikers that have driven up public pressure on politicians over the past year have arrived at the COP25 climate talks in Madrid ahead of a major protest march on Friday. At...
View ArticleProtests hit Madrid as frustration over climate failure boils over
MADRID — Youth activists flooded the streets of the Spanish capital on Friday — part of a global protest hoping to ramp up pressure on negotiators and politicians taking part in the COP25 climate...
View ArticleEU moves away from promise of post-Brexit trade deal in 2020
Brussels will not commit to wrap trade negotiations with the U.K. by the end of 2020, according to the latest draft document to be agreed by EU leaders. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled out...
View ArticleUN climate talks sputter on carbon market disputes
MADRID — U.N. climate change talks enter the final week here on Monday as senior national officials arrive to try to hammer out rules to link the nascent carbon markets that are deemed critical to...
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Von der Leyen’s Green Deal faces tough political battles
Just 11 days into the EU’s top job, Ursula von der Leyen is laying her cards on the table on her most high-profile policy initiative. The European Commission president will on Wednesday unveil in the...
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Ursula von der Leyen’s risky climate gambit
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen grabbed the Continent’s attention with Wednesday’s announcement of her Green New Deal program that aims to turn the EU climate neutral by mid-century. The...
View ArticleGlobal climate talks stumble to a conclusion
MADRID — The COP25 global climate talks concluded today with negotiators failing to agree on uncompleted sections of the rules for the Paris Agreement dealing with carbon markets and trading emissions...
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UN climate talks fall short thanks to US vacuum
MADRID — U.N. climate negotiations ended in disarray on Sunday, exposing deep rifts among industrialized nations, fast-growing economies like China and India and the poorest countries. With a lack of...
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6 takeaways from the COP25 climate talks
MADRID — The COP25 climate talks failed to reach their main goal on Sunday, but they didn’t blow up the global climate negotiating process. That’s a pretty low bar and not nearly enough for the growing...
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Here comes European protectionism
After decades of championing the dissolution of barriers and borders, Europe is battening down the hatches. Ursula von der Leyen has set herself a monumental task for her European Commission...
View ArticleTop Dutch court orders government to take action on climate change
The Netherlands has to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by next year under a ruling issued Friday by the country’s Supreme Court, which said global warming poses “great dangers to life on...
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