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China experiences “worst heatwave ever recorded”

In a year when climate records – from floods, fire and drought - are being shattered daily like shards of glass, there is one country that beats them all: China. The country is experiencing a heatwave like no other.

WHO calls climate change “single biggest health threat facing humanity”

As hundreds are arrested outside the White House demanding urgent action on our climate emergency, the World Health Organization has described climate change as the "single biggest health threat facing humanity," and called on governments and policymakers to "act with urgency" on the climate and health crises.

Why $77 billion a year in public finance for oil, gas, and coal is even worse than it sounds

With the health and livelihoods of billions at risk from COVID-19, governments around the world are preparing historic levels of stimulus finance. Building a Just Recovery that avoids the worst of climate change means overhauling our public finance institutions fast.

US Sees Steady Solar Growth (Despite Trump), But China Slashes Subsidies

Donald Trump can’t stop the sun from shining

“Giant Leap Backwards” as Fossil Fuel Emissions Reach Record High

New research published today and presented at the UN climate talks in Bonn, predicts that following three years of almost no growth, the burning of fossil fuels will reach a record high this year.

A Welcome Step Towards the Last Tango in Paris

One step forward - two steps back or two steps forward one step back? It’s been a topsy turvy couple of weeks as far as the climate is concerned. We have had the Republicans gaining control of both sides of the House and Obama pulling a climate rabbit out of the hat with the US-China deal.

Chinese Changing Global Energy Market

Chinese companies are changing their investment strategies, with implications for the global energy market

China Enters Arctic Oil Race

The Chinese state oil company, CNOOC has become the first Chinese oil company to invest in Arctic oil.

New Amazon Oil Threat

On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.

Is Oil One Reason For Genocide of Rohingya in Burma?

Human rights campaigners are warning that further ethnic cleansing in Burma, which is being exacerbated by land clearances due the Shwe Oil Gas pipeline, could be imminent.