Natalie Sauer
Natalie Sauer is a freelance journalist and former staff reporter for Climate Home News. She has contributed to a variety of international outlets, including Politico Europe, AFP and The Ecologist. French and British, she holds a languages degree from Cambridge University and speaks Spanish, German and a smattering of Russian.
UK forms citizens’ assembly on climate change
A cross-section of society will be invited to debate how to share the costs and rewards of meeting the government’s net zero emissions target
Brazil and EU face off over future of carbon trading
The next generation of carbon markets could make or break the Paris Agreement, say negotiators as talks resume in Bonn
Japan sets carbon neutral goal with focus on capturing emissions
The coal dependent country focuses on innovation as it moves toward ending its contribution to climate change
EU should not raise 2030 climate target, says Juncker
Ahead of a meeting of European leaders, the European Commission president says raising the bloc’s Paris Agreement target ‘does not make sense’
UN Environment official attacks agency’s own carbon offsetting policy
Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities
Europe’s largest solar plant unveiled amid Spanish renewable rebirth
€300 million investment plan comes amid buoyant optimism for Spain’s long suffering solar sector
Australia’s emissions rise again, putting Paris climate promise in doubt
Data showing increase was released late, in defiance of a senate order, but leaked to a major newspaper, leading to accusations of contempt of parliament
Coal-dependent Chile vows to eradicate fuel by 2040
The host of the next UN climate talks announced its ambition to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, which will require one of the fastest coal shut downs anywhere
Deadly Japan heatwave ‘essentially impossible’ without global warming
Study finds one of the clearest climate change signals to date in July 2018’s record high temperatures, in a result that surprised scientists
Lake Chad not shrinking, but climate is fuelling terror groups: report
Satellite analysis shows ‘vanishing’ lake has grown since 1990s, but climate instability is driving communities into the arms of Boko Haram and Islamic State
Merkel pledges to make Germany carbon neutral by 2050
The chancellor said her “climate cabinet” would consider how to get to net-zero emissions, aligning Germany with states calling for higher EU-wide ambition
Brazil cancels Latin American climate summit
After backing out of hosting the 2019 UN climate summit, the Bolsonaro administration has changed its plan to hold a week-long event in Salvador
Cement giant Heidelberg pledges carbon neutral concrete by 2050
In a first for the sector, the world’s fourth largest maker said it would cut emissions in line with Paris climate goals
How can the biodiversity and climate crises be tackled together?
The protection of nature is a major weapon against the climate crisis, but it remains on the periphery of diplomacy and finance. That might be changing
US breaks from Arctic consensus on climate change
At a meeting of the Arctic Council, secretary of state Mike Pompeo refused to identify global warming as a threat, instead hailing an oil rush as sea ice melts
House passes bill opposing Trump Paris Agreement withdrawal
The symbolic legislation seeks to compel the administration to adhere to its climate pledges and cut off funding for the US withdrawal from Paris
Los Angeles targets eradication of petrol cars by 2050
Mayor unveils plan aiming for 100% zero-emissions vehicles by 2050 amid sweeping climate package for the city
Spain’s socialists win election with Green New Deal platform
Vote share up in mining regions after deal to transition away from coal, manifesto calls for ‘consideration of planetary limits as conditions for economic progress’
Mozambique ‘faces climate debt trap’ as Cyclone Kenneth follows Idai
A loan from International Monetary Fund allows the African country to rebuild from climate-linked disaster – but drives the poor into debt, campaigners warn
Chile’s ‘Blue Cop’ will push leaders to protect oceans to heal climate
Hosts of UN climate talks push ocean health up political agenda in year when IPCC scientists will deliver major report on climate link