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Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States will set aside their differences at U.N. climate change talks in Glasgow, just as they came together in 2015 to help hammer out the Paris Agreement.

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China generated over half world's coal-fired power in 2020: Study

China generated 53% of the world's total coal-fired power in 2020, nine percentage points more that five years earlier, despite climate pledges and the building of hundreds of renewable energy plants, a global data study shows.

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David Attenborough to U.N.: 'Climate change a threat to global security, I don't envy you'

British naturalist David Attenborough warned on Tuesday that climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have ever faced, telling the U.N. Security Council: "I don't envy you the responsibility that this places on all of you."

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China aluminium sector must shut inefficient coal power to meet climate goals - report

China's aluminium sector must shut dedicated power capacity equivalent to more than Germany's entire coal fleet over the next decade to keep Beijing on track to meet its carbon pledges, climate think tank Ember says.

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EU climate change plans will ripple through foreign policy, researchers say

The European Union's goal to have zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will have "profound geopolitical repercussions," including sharply lower revenue to oil and gas exporting neighbors such as Russia, Algeria and Libya, the European University Institute and two influential think-tanks say.

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World welcomes U.S. return to Paris climate accord, readies wish-list for Biden

Climate-change leaders and campaigners worldwide welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's move to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement but said Washington must also cut emissions and use its influence to encourage other countries to do the same.

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Trade feuds will take on a new, green hue

Trade feuds will take on a different hue after the departure of Donald Trump. Slapping tariffs on countries out of the blue isn’t U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s style. But his determination to fight climate change could emerge as a new source of commerce tensions.

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Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks

China generated over half world's coal-fired power in 2020: Study

David Attenborough to U.N.: 'Climate change a threat to global security, I don't envy you'

China aluminium sector must shut inefficient coal power to meet climate goals - report

EU climate change plans will ripple through foreign policy, researchers say

World welcomes U.S. return to Paris climate accord, readies wish-list for Biden

Trade feuds will take on a new, green hue

Tracking traffic pollution transforms city climate policy

Returning to the 'Carbon Coast'

Blowin’ in the wind: How Nordic countries made electricity free

New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

Deep soils could hold keys to climate resilience

Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers, but overcoming local opposition is tough