Donald Trump, now the official Republican presidential nominee, told oil executives yesterday he would seek a revival of the fossil fuel industry, vowing to make the US energy independent, put coal miners back to work and give the go ahead for the Keystone XL pipeline in return for “a big piece of the profits” for American people. Trump said the restrictions on fracking proposed by his Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would leave US ‘begging for oil’ from Middle East. Among many apparent contradictions, Trump seemed unsure whether high oil prices were good or bad, says The Guardian, reporting from the conference in Dakota. A separate piece in The Guardian has experts analysing Trump’s energy policy remarks, from “Wind [power] is killing all of the eagles” to “‘I know a lot about solar”. Elsewhere, French climate envoy, Laurence Tubiana, dismissed Trump’s desire to derail global efforts to tackle climate change, telling the UN climate talks in Bonn that she felt “quite calm” over the prospects of the 2015 Paris Agreement, reports Climate Home. The Hill, Reuters, TIME and Grist all have more on the story.

A new UN sponsored report highlights the threat posed by climate change to iconic cultural landmarks and landscapes, such as the Galápagos islands, the Statue of Liberty, Easter Island and Venice. One of more than 30 sites in 29 countries, the report identifies Stonehenge as being at risk from heavy rainfall and local flooding, with others bearing the brunt of increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas, worsening droughts and longer wildfire seasons. Scientists involved in the report are urging the world’s governments to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by limiting warming to below 2C. Lead author, Adam Markham, told journalists: ““Now, more than ever, we need countries to back up with action the promises they made in Paris.” Reuters. Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites, compounding threats from tourism, mining, poaching and human encroachment, reports AFP. The New York Times, Mail Online and VICE have more on the report.

Climate negotiators ended two weeks of talks in Bonn on Thursday – the first talks after last year’s Paris Agreement – with the warning that it could take two years to iron out the details for how countries will monitor their domestic pledges, reports Reuters. While the talks did not expose any big or unexpected problems, they marked a “return to technical work” to straighten out ambiguities and details left vague in the agreement. Some delegates expressed concern about the potential impact of the upcoming presidential election in the U.S. and Britain’s vote on whether to remain in the European Union, reports Associated Press. Reuters reports statements by G7 leaders on Friday to “spearhead efforts” to implement the Paris climate agreement, aiming for entry into force by the end of the year. The Bonn talks ended with delegates serenading outgoing climate chief, Christiana Figueres, with a reworded version of the 1970s ABBA classic “Dancing Queen”, reports Climate Home.

Jeremy Corbyn and Ed Miliband will team up to emphasise the role the EU has in tackling climate change, in their first major appearance together since the new Labour leader took over the party eight months ago. In a speech at Raventhorpe solar farm, Corbyn will call climate change “one of the greatest fights of our generation”, adding that green spaces and clean air could be at risk if the UK votes for Brexit next month. Ahead of the appearance with Corbyn, Milliband said: ““Every major climate change agreement has involved EU leadership. So when it comes to climate change Britain stands taller and is stronger inside the EU.”

A new report listing the world heritage sites at risk from climate change had all references to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef pulled after the government intervened, according to reports. The World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate report discusses coral bleaching but only specifically mentions a reef system in the French islands of New Caledonia in the Western Pacific. A draft chapter warned the Great Barrier Reef was ‘poor and deteriorating’ but all references were later scrubbed, reports The Guardian. Australia’s Department of the Environment said it had omitted its contribution to the U.N. report over concern it could create “confusion” and harm tourism, says Reuters.

In a new headache for the controversial nuclear project, the workers committee of the French Utility behind the planned Hinkley Point plant have said they are likely to vote against the £18bn project, saying they believe it could threaten the company’s future. Jean-Luc Magnaval, secretary of the EDF workers’ committee, told Newsnight: “We have reservations about several aspects of the project: organisation, supply chain, installation and procurement.The trade union is unlikely to give its blessing to the project in its current state.”

The Economist takes an in-depth look at the Pacific-wide climatic phenomenon known as El Niño, and how far it’s responsible for searing heat in India recently. “On May 19th residents of Phalodi, a city in the north of the country, had to cope with temperatures of 51°C—the highest since records there began.” The piece says the sweltering temperatures may also help settle debate over a period of slower warming at Earth’s surface than in previous decades, concluding: “The complexity of climate systems means temperature variations cannot be explained by a single cause. But those who pinned the pause on the ocean’s heat-storing may have known best.”

The limitations of observed records of tornado damage in Europe countries can lead to a remarkable underestimation of tornado risk, a new study says. Europe mostly experiences only weak tornadoes, the researchers say, meaning around 90% of tornadoes contribute just 1% to average damages. More intense tornadoes are rare, but account for around 40% of damages. Given that most national tornado databases in Europe contain records for recent years only and few (if any) violent tornadoes, using them to assess tornado vulnerability doesn’t fully take into account the risks, the paper concludes.

By coordinating the design and distribution of global climate model simulations of the past, current, and future climate, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) allows scientists around the world to validate and improve climate models. This overview paper presents the background and rationale for the structure of its latest iteration – CMIP6 – and the questions it aims to address, such as: How does the Earth system respond to forcing? And: How can we assess future climate changes given internal climate variability, predictability, and uncertainties in scenarios?