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Climate campaigners in Poland are demanding a just transition from coal. Their banner reads “People over Profit.”

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Clouds of smoke over Europe's largest brown coal power plant in Belchatow, central Poland.

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India is now home to the most people in the world: Here’s how it’s trying to sustain them all while keeping emissions in check.

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Solar panels in Chile. The country's energy minister Diego Pardow says that "2023 seems promising at a global level [...] but we still have a long journey to travel."

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Coal is still the single largest source of electricity - but change is coming fast says Ember, with solar rising by 24% in 2022.

12/04/2023

The Australian government has blocked a proposed coal project just 10km from the Great Barrier Reef.

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Wind and solar generated a record 22% of EU electricity in 2022

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Greta Thunberg was one of thousands of protestors who gathered in Germany today

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An oil rig in Texas: Existing fossil fuel extraction must end early to stop climate change say experts

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Anjali Sharma speaking after last month's court hearing, during which the 'duty of care' precedent was overturned.

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